In March 2011 Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson, chairs of a White House deficit-reduction commission, issued a frightening warning about U.S. government debt. Unless America took major steps to rein in future…
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The ‘Mother of all bubbles’ has popped. This strategist sees a Fed-fueled recession in 2023.
If you think the Federal Reserve wouldn’t dare keep interest rates high and risk throwing the U.S. economy into recession, Keith McCullough would like to have a chat with you. He’s convinced…
Opinion | How long till people stop falling for ‘founder’ hype?
Comment on this story Comment Americans have been hyping entrepreneurs since the dawn of the nation. Credit — or blame — probably belongs to Benjamin Franklin. Between 1771 and 1790, while war…
‘Adam Smith’s America’ Review: Wealth of a Nation
Admirers of Adam Smith may be surprised to learn that there is an entire academic industry dedicated to the proposition that the great Scottish economist was not a proponent of free-market capitalism….
Opinion: CT needs to make the internet safer for children
As I campaign in Fairfield County, I constantly speak to parents concerned about their kids. And for good reason: this generation of young people has unprecedented rates of anxiety and depression, and…
Opinion | Will America Take Fridays Off?
Photo: Scott Keeler/Zuma Press Some days it seems like almost everybody from Main Street to Wall Street is forecasting recession. The contrarian in this column wants to take this consensus as a…