Bureaucrats in Washington
Sanctions
Sanctioning Russia into economic devastation, we force them to become a greater military power by allying with our enemies. We are financially funding a country the U.S., once called a rogue state of corruption.
Bureaucrats in Washington
Constitution Doesn’t Mention
The Supreme Court Judges are saying that they are originalists and the Constitution doesn’t mention abortion. Well this is what else it doesn’t mention: Presumption of innocence; not in Constitution, Proof beyond reasonable doubt; not in Constitution, Unanimous jury verdict; not in Constitution, Right to court appointed counsel; not in Read more…
Bureaucrats in Washington
Another Reagan Recession Like 1979
We are in the middle of a “Black swan” event that will result in European recession. Another Reagan Recession Like 1979? Historically, global stocks have recovered and posted gains after periods of armed conflict—except when a recession followed. In the U.S. we have soaring energy prices and rising inflation, which Read more…
Bureaucrats in Washington
Book Launch Interview Question #1 Reawakening an American Dream
We’ve just seen one of the most contentious elections in history. Has the American Dream been lost? America was founded upon personal freedoms, or so we were taught. We are the greatest nation on earth and I’d rather be nowhere else. The problem we have now has plagued Read more…
Bureaucrats in Washington
Market Time
None should, “seriously believe that bureaucrats in Washington will be able to “market time” well enough to spot asset price bubbles and regulate accordingly”. Let’s not emphasize behavioral economics By Scott Sumner The Atlantic has an article decrying the fact that economists are refusing to give behavioral economics a bigger role Read more…