Pertinent Category: Daily Economy

How to Really End ESG

– September 13, 2024

“It’s incumbent upon ESG critics to advocate an alternative vision, not merely to fall in line with convention.” ~Russell Greene

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Tariffs ‘Protect’ Insiders, While Americans Pay the Price

– September 13, 2024

“The best way to address unfair trade practices is not through blanket tariffs but by expanding trade with allies and non-hostile nations.” ~Vance Ginn

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From ‘Taxachusetts’ to ‘City Upon a Hill’ 

– September 12, 2024

“Tax and spending reform takes more than ‘electing the right people.’ It must be politically profitable for the wrong people to make the right choices.” ~Thomas Savidge

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Selling a House in Jersey: a Personal Story of Transaction Costs

– September 12, 2024

“Sellers see fewer dollars from their sales while dealing with time-consuming headaches. Buyers see higher home prices.” ~Paul Mueller

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AIER’s Everyday Price Index Eases Marginally in August 2024

– September 11, 2024

“Inflation in the United States will end 2024 above the Fed’s target range.” ~Peter C. Earle

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Moderate Inflation Affirms Fed’s Path to Easing

– September 11, 2024

“The Fed should ignore the political noise and follow the data. Central bankers failed to curb inflation, but that doesn’t mean they should deliberately make the opposite mistake now.” ~Alexander W. Salter

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Unity in Disunity

– September 11, 2024

“When ‘unity’ means government policies will substitute for choices we would make for ourselves, it means domination, even though we do not want to be dominated.” ~Gary Galles

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Remembering the Truly Forgotten

– September 11, 2024

“Money and finance are the font and essence of modernity. I honor and praise the memory of the professionals who worked in the World Trade Center.” ~Peter C. Earle

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Overhaul for the Uninsured?

– September 10, 2024

“Full reliance on a public budgeting system for providing access to medical care is a certain prescription for millions of disappointed patients.” ~James C. Capretta

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Kroger Invests $1B in Antitrust Defense

– September 10, 2024

“Consumers would be better served if companies could spend more time on improving their services and less on fending off litigation.” ~Noah C. Gould

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Lose the Political Informality

– September 9, 2024

“Politicians’ first-name basis… is a mercenary maneuver to gain our confidence on the cheap. It is literally a con game.” ~Donald J. Boudreaux

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Harris’s ‘Joy’ Would Cost US Dearly

– September 9, 2024

“Economists have a duty to point out just how destructive these proposals are.” ~Alexander W. Salter

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