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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...

The Most Dangerous Man in the World

April 30, 2013
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When it comes to spending or saving, it's always a contentious debate.

But the risks are rarely as high as they are now for the U.S....

Why Paul Krugman is Wrong About Margaret Thatcher

April 12, 2013
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As the top Keynesian gadfly, Paul Krugman's recent attack on Margaret Thatcher wasn't very surprising.

In

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...

U.S. Economy Showdown: Krugman vs. Bernanke

May 2, 2012
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Nobel Prize winning economist Paul Krugman has some critical words for how Team Bernanke is handling the U.S. economy.

The Princeton...

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...

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 ...

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

July 8, 2011
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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...

Special Report: How the Government is Setting Us Up for a Second Subprime Crisis

September 23, 2009
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[Editor's Note: Shah Gilani, a retired hedge fund manager and noted expert on the global credit crisis, predicted this developing FHA debacle in a...

The Slow Death of General Motors

March 31, 2009
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By Martin Hutchinson Contributing Editor Money Morning U.S. President Barack Obama's firing of General Motors Corp. (GM) Chief Executive Officer G....

The Real Reason for the Global Financial Crisis...the Story No One's Talking About

September 18, 2008
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[Part I of a three-part series looking at how so-called “credit default swap” derivatives could ignite a worldwide capital markets meltdown.] By...

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