One of the unfortunate characteristics of many successful businessmen is that they tend to believe that their business acumen gives them some insight into the workings of the economy and …
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Money
Nobel Prize-Winning Economist Thinks Housing Market Has Been Overheated Since 2012, Sees No Bubble
Economist Robert Shiller, the 2013 winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics, recently stated that he believed that while the housing market has been overheated since 2012 he doesn’t …
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At the beginning of June, the Federal Reserve announced that the net worth of US households had risen to over $100 trillion for the first time ever, as investments skyrocketed …
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The 2008 housing bubble and ensuing financial crisis and Great Recession of 2009 were unprecedented global events that completely changed the world, yet despite this most people do not understand …
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The American auto industry appears to be halfway on board with President Trump’s ideas for how to save their companies after years of uncertainty during the Obama administration. Not only …
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One of the most underappreciated and miraculous discoveries of humanity has been the price system. Because of it everyone eats better, resources are conserved, and large-scale economic coordination and planning …
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America Now
Survey Reveals Americans Have Trouble Differentiating Fact From Opinion – That’s Not Surprising
A new Pew survey has discovered that most American adults have difficulty distinguishing between factual statements and opinions in news stories. Survey participants were given five factual statements, five opinion …
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The Asian-American and Pacific Islander population of America has been long overlooked by the Republican Party, but was finally tapped into in 2016 to help send Donald Trump to the …
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In a discouraging sign for the future of world trade, President Trump recently decided to hit $50 billion worth of Chinese imports with a new 25 percent tariff. Coming on …
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CNBC is calling the phenomenon “something the American economy has never experienced.” The New York Times proclaimed that it has “run out of words” to describe the US economy’s health. …