Tag: The Federal Reserve
The Fed’s inflation mistake continues
Most of the pain is borne by people who are already struggling to keep up with rising prices: lower-wage workers and the poor.
The Fed is about to shaft American workers—or no good reason
Fed policymakers are poised to raise interest rates at their March meeting and then continue raising them, in order to slow the economy.
Psst: You want to know what’s really driving inflation? (Not what...
The underlying problem is not inflation. It’s lack of competition. Corporations are using the excuse of inflation to raise prices and make fatter profits.
Donald Trump and the next crash
Making the Fed an instrument for disaster – this impacts everyone, yet very few grasp the scope of its influence.
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Pentagon seeks $200 billion for Iran war as costs surge and Congress pushes back
Lawmakers question the scale, legality, and strategy of a massive funding request as troop deployments expand and the conflict shows signs of escalation.
Balanced budget amendment would put Social Security, Medicare, and core public services on the...
The proposal would make revenue increases extraordinarily difficult while allowing tax cuts to pass more easily, shifting pressure onto widely used federal programs.
Scale raises the ceiling, but fiscal foundations determine whether autocracy or democracy prevails
The implication is stark: democracy is not only a constitutional or ideological arrangement; it is fundamentally a fiscal one.
State Department purge left US exposed as Iran war sent energy prices soaring
Internal layoffs removed the very officials who would have modeled oil supply disruptions, coordinated with Gulf energy partners, and prepared for retaliatory strikes as war with Iran drove gas and crude prices sharply higher.
The Paris Prelude: Why the US and China are moving toward a Cold Peace
Nuanced engagement is an improvement over chaotic confrontation.