Economy Fed Cuts Rates for Second Straight Meeting by October 31, 2025 by October 31, 2025 On Wednesday, the Federal Reserve lowered its federal funds target range by 25 basis points, to 3.75–4.0 percent, its second… 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Economy One Vote Away: The Balanced-Budget Amendment That Almost Passed by October 31, 2025 by October 31, 2025 Thirty years ago, Congress failed by just one vote to send to the states a constitutional amendment requiring a balanced… 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Economy Electricity Prices are the New Inflation Flashpoint by October 31, 2025 by October 31, 2025 Electricity prices have moved from the background of daily life to the front lines of politics. What was once a… 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Economy Oil Prices Tumble As Competition Revives Supply by October 31, 2025 by October 31, 2025 When a sharply lower price per gallon pops up at local gasoline pumps, it can induce a momentary cognitive dissonance.… 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Economy Better Policy is Not Enough in Argentina by October 30, 2025 by October 30, 2025 Since taking office as Argentina’s president in December 2023, Javier Milei has done something remarkable. He has reduced the annual… 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Economy Frankenstein’s Money Press: How Washington Unleashed the Modern Monetary Monster by October 30, 2025 by October 30, 2025 Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,Over many a quaint and curious chart of fiscal lore… 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Economy Digital ID and the Return of Big Brother Britain by October 30, 2025 by October 30, 2025 Fresh out of university and looking for a career in public policy, I interviewed for a job in the Conservative… 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Economy Cowboy Diplomacy: Ranchers Reject Tariff Rhetoric by October 29, 2025 by October 29, 2025 The howls of disapproval from the cowboy-hat demographic have been loud this week, and for good reason. President Trump has… 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Economy We Have Never Been Austere by October 29, 2025 by October 29, 2025 Austerity comes from the Greek word “austeros,” connoting harsh, bitter, astringency. The first instance of the word to mean fiscal… 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Economy Understanding Medicaid by October 28, 2025 by October 28, 2025 Introduction Medicaid, Title XIX of the Social Security Act, is a joint federal-state program that finances health care to the… 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
