Tag: Politics
Hyperinflating, Land Expropriating Zimbabwe Begs White Farmers to Return as Country...
(NewsPunch) Crisis-torn Zimbabwe is on the brink of “manmade starvation” with most households unable to obtain enough food to meet basic standards, a UN envoy...
Web Inventor Hopes Rule Book Will Stop Censorship by Tech Companies,...
(Associated Press) World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee released an ambitious rule book for online governance — a bill of rights and obligations for...
Operation Mega Flex Aims to Protect Online Shoppers from Dangerous Counterfeits
(Fox News) American consumers shopping online this holiday season and year-round face a significant risk of purchasing counterfeit goods – from fake watches and lead-laced toys...
“OK Boomer” Is First Salvo of a Generational Showdown over Social...
(Jon Miltimore, Foundation for Economic Education) Few will disagree that there is a tendency for generations to caricaturize one another. The young tend to...
Fox News Fans Targeted in Shady Silver Coin Scheme
(MSN/Quartz) While browsing through Facebook one day in 2017, a widow from Kentucky clicked on a series of links that led her to a...
Cracks Spread in the Bullion Banks’ Price Management System
(Clint Siegner, Money Metals News Service) Department of Justice prosecutors charged a sixth JPMorgan executive for cheating in the precious metals markets.
Jeffrey Ruffo stands accused of...
Insolvent Entitlement Programs Are a Graver Threat Than Climate Change
(Foundation for Economic Education) The taxes levied to fund Social Security have already risen drastically. In 1937, the Social Security tax rate was one...
Former Congressman: “Mother of All Bubbles” Will Pop
(Ron Paul) When the New York Federal Reserve began pumping billions of dollars a day into the repurchasing (repo) markets (the market banks use...
Political Motivations Drive Fed Interventions
(American Institute for Economic Research) The recent move by the Federal Reserve to increase support for the overnight lending market further informs our understanding...
Warren’s Wealth Tax Gives Lefty Billionaire Second Thoughts
(Claire Russel, Liberty Headlines) Despite his past exhortations begging to be taxed more, billionaire Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates may have second thoughts about the wealth tax being proposed...
