Trade Deficit Increase Not Necessarily a Bad Thing
The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) announced today that imports and exports both declined in October while the overall trade deficit increased. Reactions to… Read More
The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) announced today that imports and exports both declined in October while the overall trade deficit increased. Reactions to… Read More
This is the week that Michigan’s workers will finally be freed from forced unionization. After decades of United Auto Workers control over the struggling American… Read More
The federal estate tax, better known by its more accurate moniker the “death tax,” is poised to rise to 55 percent with just a $1… Read More
Yesterday, in a rare showing of bipartisanship, the lame-duck Senate passed the Russia and Moldova Jackson–Vanik Repeal Act of 2012 by a vote of 92–4…. Read More
The Wall Street Journal and the Financial Times had front-page stories yesterday on the Securities and Exchange Commission suing the China subsidiaries of major accounting… Read More
Hopefully, one half-baked idea will be off the fiscal cliff negotiating table: a carbon tax. While it seems that both Democrats and Republicans are becoming… Read More
Today, the lame-duck Senate is considering the Russia and Moldova Jackson–Vanik Repeal Act of 2012. The bill’s language contains the language known as the Magnitsky… Read More
Fresh charges of corruption are shaking up the Workers Party of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, as The Wall Street Journal reported last week. Reforms are… Read More
President Obama wants to do away with Congress when it comes to raising the country’s legal debt limit. Instead of getting permission from the people’s… Read More
The fiscal cliff is getting closer by the day, and it’s not just Washington wonks who are noticing. Even baseball players are on fiscal cliff… Read More