One of the consistent themes among both the libertarian and conservative movements is having a limited small government. Over the past century, our federal government has gotten so large and powerful that it has direct impact in virtually ever aspect of our lives. Often times, when discussing the financial impact that it has on us, we are referring...
If you listen to defenders of the US dollar, you might get the idea that cryptocurrencies are only good for funding terrorism and hard drugs. And when you consider that cryptocurrencies represent a pretty clear break with tradition, a conservative might be inclined to stick with what’s familiar. Article by Max Borders from FEE. That’s understandable. One of...
Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing, although rooted in an older concept known as “socially responsible investing,” has been more and more on the rise in recent years. Predictably, the Biden administration has paved the way for the Department of Labor (DOL) to pivot from Trump-era rulemaking and alter its approach to ESG-based regulation. Article by Mary Malone from...
China’s digital currency has left the testing stage and is set for a full rollout to the entire country and region. For some reason, the major media stories on the topic circle around the issue of Bitcoin, invented in 2009 as an alternative to government paper money. Article by Peter C. Earle and Jeffrey A. Tucker from AIER....
You can’t just pick up the phone and take on one of the most powerful CEOs in the world. Or can you? Article by David W. Almasi from Daily Signal. It could be that easy if you own just one share of stock in a publicly traded corporation. It’s a David-versus-Goliath strategy that conservatives don’t use enough to...
President Biden has come under fire by House Republicans for 'hypocritically' using an IRS loophole to avoid paying taxes on $13 million in income for tax years 2017 and 2018, while slamming wealthy Americans for using similar schemes to minimize their tax burden, according to Fox News. Article from Zero Hedge. In a scathing letter from the leader of a House...
There's a narrative being quietly pressed around Washington DC among Democrats and even a few Republicans. Nobody's talking about it in its proper terms to the press, but quietly The Swamp is preparing to make the $2 trillion infrastructure a bipartisan effort for reasons neither side will acknowledge. On the surface, they'll say it's about what the deal...
Do not believe government pronouncements that the economy is rebounding from very minimal damage caused by unprecedented covid-19-inspired closures of businesses. Government will use its favorite statistic of the health of the economy to justify its actions—gross domestic product (GDP). Article by Patrick Barron from Mises. GDP is supposed to represent the total of spending on final goods...
It's proving to be challenging to convince people Joe Biden's new venture into pushing "Vaccine Passports" is a really, really bad idea. It's a little like convincing them that universal background checks do not work; if they aren't aware of the facts or statistics, they are more likely to think these ineffective speedbumps to firearm ownership are good...
