Oct 2, 2024
Some politicians are blaming the high inflation that has been prevalent for more than three years on corporate greed. They say shortly after the recovery from the pandemic shutdown, corporations saw an opportunity to raise prices extremely high.
Sep 26, 2024
Every election season a raft of economically questionable policies are floated by candidates in a misguided attempt to win votes.
Sep 19, 2024
Jerome Powell's Federal Reserve just proclaimed, with its 0.50-percentage-point interest rate cut, ended the inflation fight. But it is far too soon to proclaim victory.
Sep 16, 2024
Most of the media reports that Democrat presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris is not specific about her future economic plans should she be elected. The Harris camp says the same thing about Republican candidate and former President Donald Trump.
Sep 9, 2024
In a recent speech, presidential candidate Donald Trump proposed, among other things, a 15% corporate income tax rate. He has also said that he wants to reduce the capital gains tax rate perhaps to 15%. Maybe he should consider a 15% tax rate for all personal and corporate...
Sep 3, 2024
During her first interview as a Presidential candidate, Vice President Kamala Harris said that although her positions on key issues have changed, her values have not changed. That is inconsistent.
Aug 28, 2024
Democrat candidate for President Kamala Harris says inflation is caused by corporate greed. She says corporations are price gouging as they push prices up.
Aug 22, 2024
The purpose of economic policy is to provide price stability, economic growth and full employment with the outcome resulting in a higher standard of living for Americans.