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...

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Coal Plant Retirements Accelerate, But Delays Highlight Uncertainty

US coal-fired power capacity is expected to decline from...

Retired Nuclear Plants Brought Back Online for AI Demand

Avi Salzman of Barron's reports that artificial intelligence and...

Can Milei’s Reforms Unleash Argentina’s Shale Oil?

Argentina's Vaca Muerta shale basin, once hindered by unfavorable...

Take Care of Your Money, and Yourself

We’re just over halfway through the year, and tariffs...

Tomahawk Ultra: Broadcom’s New Chip Speeds Up AI Data Processing

Broadcom has unveiled the Tomahawk Ultra, a high-speed networking...

Richard C. Young’s Intelligence Report from Feb. 1987

You may recall a couple of months ago, Your...

DOE Unveils Plan to Quadruple U.S. Nuclear Power by 2050

The Department of Energy's report, Evaluating the Reliability and...

Russia and China Tighten Grip on Arctic: A Warning to the West

Daniel Kiss, Thomas Grove, Vipal Monga, Austin Ramzy, and...

LNG Prices Surge as Asia Weighs Middle East Supply Risks

Asia’s top LNG importers are reassessing Middle East supply...

The Power of a Compound Interest Table

Compound interest was described as the greatest mathematical discovery...