Recession is Still Threatening Special Alert: The U.S. economy is resisting recession, but is flashing red: Business spending (B2B) has dropped 9% in real terms over the past two quarters! Today, the federal government (BEA) released first quarter gross output (GO), the top line in national income accounting. GO measures spending at all stages of […]
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“Little else is required to carry a nation to the highest level of opulence than peace, easy taxes and a tolerable administration of justice.” — Dr. Adam Smith (1755) “The way to wealth is as plain as the way to market. It depends chiefly on two words, industry and frugality.” — Dr. Benjamin Franklin (1757) […]
“Investigate before you invest.” — Charles Merrill (Merrill Lynch) “I have always found it profitable to study my mistakes.” — Jesse Livermore This past week I’ve been in Edinburgh, Scotland, the birthplace of Adam Smith (1723-1790), the father of free-market economics. On June 5, I gave the Adam Smith Lecture at the Panmure House on his 300th […]
“Keynes wrote an apology for the prevailing policies of governments. Keynesians blithely assume that the state has unlimited means at its disposal.” — Ludwig von Mises William F. Buckley had a shortcut way to know what a long book was all about. Just read the first and last words of the book, and that would summarize […]
“America’s budget deficit is set to balloon as its population ages, the cost of handouts swells and the government’s interest rate bill rises.” — The Economist, May 6, 2023 issue Special Announcement: You have only one more week before the $77 discount for FreedomFest ends (May 31). See below — our new celebrity speaker will […]