Some hard questions on political economy

By: Paul Cella (Diary)  |  November 12th at 10:55 AM  | 

Perhaps the simplest way to describe the difference is to say that if you’re in business enterprise, you’re exposed to very high risk of failure and bankruptcy, while if you’re in finance capitalism, you’re protected from such risks by means of an astonishing proliferation of machinations and arcane subtleties. What if virtually every variety of debt security were still overvalued? What if, to put it | Read More »

Can America Learn From Britain’s Austerity?

By: Ben Domenech (Diary)  |  October 25th at 11:31 AM  | 

Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed In today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Francis Cianfrocca to discuss what America can learn from the austerity measures and big budget cuts in Europe, as well as discussion on the real unemployment rate and the Juan Williams NPR firing. We’re brought to you as always by BigGovernment and Stephen | Read More »

Joe Biden to EU: You Got This

By: Caleb Howe (Diary)  |  May 24th at 04:25 PM  | 

The Obama World Apology tour never seems to end, does it? Although over time, it has morphed from apologizing for perceived wrongs committed against poor little rest of the world by mean old America, into simply apologizing for mean old America existing in the first place. At every step this administration eschews the idea of American leadership and declares the virtue of world governing bodies. | Read More »