Monthly Archives: March, 2019
Could Colleges be Forced to Share the Risk of their Students’ Success?
A new proposal by the White House could force colleges and universities to share in the risk of their students' defaults on federally funded...
Will the Fed ever Keep Bernanke’s Promise to Unwind?
Ten years after Ben Bernanke's famous 60 Minutes interview, the Fed is looking less likely than ever to unwind the unconventional monetary policies it...
Connecticut Just Doesn’t Learn: Now Targets the Middle Class With New “Sin” Taxes
Now that Connecticut has raised taxes on the wealthy so high many of them are fleeing the state, Ned Lamont, the state's governor, and...
Bianco: Devaluation to Fund Government Has Never Worked
Writing at Bloomberg, Jim Bianco explains to readers that devaluing a currency to fund government has never worked. The Modern Monetary Theory, a current...
Democrats Fight for the Wealthy with New Tax Bill
Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ) is pushing a bill with his House colleague Rep. Bill Pascrell (also from NJ), to eliminate the cap on deductions...