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If you thought the worst excesses of the 2008 financial crisis were well behind us then think again. While the first few years following the crisis brought a return of …

Professional sports teams are increasingly having to deal with the prospect of declining attendance. After years of growth, expanding leagues, and full ballparks and stadiums, the number of people attending …

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange’s arrest last week made major waves throughout the world. The journalist and free speech advocate’s detention and eventual trial will set a precedent for how governments …

The US dollar has been the world’s reserve currency since the end of World War II and the establishment of the Bretton Woods system. But the Bretton Woods system failed …

Perhaps the most perplexing part of the current stock market rally is that it just doesn’t want to break. The Dow Jones reached two record highs last year, both early …

What many people remember about the financial crisis of 2008 was the role that housing played in the collapse of that bubble. Banks and mortgage lenders had fallen all over …

China’s Belt and Road Initiative is a development and trade strategy that was first proposed by Chinese President Xi Jinping in 2013. The strategy identifies several vital trade and investment …

The zero interest rate environment created by the Federal Reserve spurred the issuance of trillions of dollars worth of corporate debt. With cheap money being readily available, it was no …

The zero interest rate environment created by the Federal Reserve in the aftermath of the financial crisis stimulated the issuance of massive amounts of debt by all sorts of entities, …

The focus on newly elected Democrats in Congress and their Green New Deal proposal has also helped to shed some light on the economic theory that helps undergird that proposal …