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DON’T BE SO ARROGANT, MR. PRESIDENT

July 22, 2013

Editor's Note: Romulus Augustus, the last emperor of Rome, had a lot of time to think about what went wrong to cause the...

The Latest Obama Outrage: the Family's $100 Million Vacation

June 21, 2013
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How much do you spend on your summer vacation? American households usually spend about $1,200 per person on summer vacations, according to a...

Paul Krugman May Be the World's Last Flat Earth Economist

January 31, 2013
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Nobel Prize-winning economist and New York Times columnist Dr. Paul...

Why The Fiscal Cliff "Deal" is Spelled P-O-R-K

January 7, 2013
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After narrowly missing the fiscal cliff, the President went out of...

Why Japan's "Lost Decades" Are Headed to America in 2016

December 26, 2012
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It's only been a little more than a week since Shinzo Abe won election as Japan's latest Prime Minister in a landslide-election victory and the...

What the Last Roman Emperor Would Tell President Obama Today

August 15, 2012
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Over the course of 700 years, the ancient Roman Empire grew from a small republic to one that stretched from London to Baghdad at its...

Obamanomics: What You Can Expect if President Obama Wins the Election

May 8, 2012
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Now that we are left with a two-horse race for president, the markets are going to begin to handicap the November results.

However, when...

Iran is Now a Full-Blown Crisis, Stage Set for $200 Oil

February 8, 2012
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Just when it looked like we could take a breather from the Strait of Hormuz, all attention is back on Iran.

There are three reasons for...

Paul Krugman is Dead Wrong: Debt Matters

January 9, 2012
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Paul Krugman, the Princeton University economics professor, Nobel Prize winner, and regular New York Times op-ed...

What the World Will Look Like if Occupy Wall Street Wins

November 1, 2011
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There are many reasons why the Occupy...

GDP Is a Lie – It’s Time for a New Measure of Economic Growth

August 23, 2011
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Gross domestic product (GDP) is the most commonly used measure of economic growth. But GDP isn't just inaccurate and misleading - it's the ...

Why a U.S. Default Will Be a Good Thing

August 11, 2011
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Now that Standard & Poor's has finally slashed its U.S. credit rating, it's more apparent than ever that a U.S. default is imminent....

The Debt-Ceiling Debate: Three Federal Tax Increases That Could Save the U.S. Economy

July 8, 2011
2012 election Banking Banking Crisis Bear Stearns Credit Crunch Credit-Default Swap cyclical deficit debt ceiling debate debt doesn't matter Deficit department of treasury savings bonds Don Miller Dr. Paul Krugman Dr. Paul Krugman economics Dr. Paul Krugman interview election Election 2012 election 2012 predictions federal tax increases Gold Gold/Precious Metals Government Government Spending Housing Market how to buy treasury bonds interest on treasury bonds interest rates on treasury bonds investing in treasury bonds Jobless Recovery laffer Curve laffer curve debunked laffer curve krugman Lehman Brothers neo-laffer curve Obama obamanomics occupy wall street Paul Krugman Paul Krugman debt Paulson Peter Krauth phillips curve explained presidential candidates 2012 Second Housing Bubble Shah Gilani short term treasury bonds shorting treasury bonds Subprime supply side economics definition TARP Too Big to Fail treasury bonds explained treasury direct i bonds treasury i bonds U.S. Debt U.S. default U.S. Economy U.S. Unemployment united states treasury bonds us budget us debt 2010 us debt gdp US Economy us public debt Wall Street who owns us debt zero coupon treasury bonds

As the debt-ceiling debate escalates, U.S President Barack Obama says federal tax increases are necessary to close the U.S. budget ...

How to Fix the U.S. Housing Market

June 3, 2011
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If this week's economic reports showed us anything, it's the fact that two years into what's supposed to be an economic recovery, the U.S. housing...

Moodys Warns U.S. May Get Credit Downgrade in "Coming Two Years"

January 30, 2011
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The United States' AAA credit rating may be at risk sooner than previously thought as the nation fails to deal with its growing debt, Moody's...

U.S. Credit Downgrade Possible, Moody's Warns

January 28, 2011
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The United States' AAA credit rating may be at risk sooner than previously thought as the nation fails to deal with its growing debt,

U.S. Debt Levels Elicit Warnings From Moody's and S&P

January 16, 2011
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Although worries about European sovereign debt continue to top the list of key investor concerns, two major credit-rating firms last week reminded...

GOP Takes Hardline on Federal Deficit By Killing Unemployment Benefits Extension

June 27, 2010
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Drawing a line in the sand over the federal deficit, Senate Republicans on Thursday killed a spending bill that included an extension of unemployment...

Wall Street's Stranglehold on the Economy Is Choking Americans

January 26, 2010
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America's Founding Fathers were afraid of any concentration of power in the republic. They were particularly afraid that banking interests could...

Why Gold Will be the "Greatest Trade Ever"

December 28, 2009
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Forget about all the forecasts being made for 2010. Here's my prediction for 2015: An entirely new name - John A. Paulson - will grace the coveted...

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