IMF: Carbon Taxes Hurt The Poor; Also The IMF: We Need A Global Carbon Tax
IMF: Carbon Taxes Hurt The Poor; Also The IMF: We Need A Global Carbon Tax Authored by Mark Jeftovic via BombThrower.com, File between “No Sh*t Sherlock” and “You Don’t Say?” The IMF’s “Chart of the Week” just dropped, promising a glimpse into how carbon taxes can be “less regressive”, “socially fair” and “economically efficient”. Citing a new […]
Damage Control: MSNBC’s Ruhle Says It’s “Okay” Kamala Harris Didn’t Give “Clear And Direct” Answers To Policy Questions
Damage Control: MSNBC’s Ruhle Says It’s “Okay” Kamala Harris Didn’t Give “Clear And Direct” Answers To Policy Questions Well, the verdict appears to be in from both sides of the aisle: Kamala Harris’ solo interview with MSNBC’s Stephanie Ruhle was an unmitigated disaster. When The New York Times comes out and leads with “In her first one-on-one […]
Tax Cuts – An Examination Of The 2017 TCJA Impact
Tax Cuts – An Examination Of The 2017 TCJA Impact Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, An analysis of Presidential Candidate Trump’s policy proposals recently suggests that tax cuts will increase the deficit. While the raw analysis is correct, as it subtracts the potential for reduced tax collections from the tariff revenue, it ignores the […]
DOJ Indicts Three Men Over Alleged Iran Hack Of Trump Campaign
DOJ Indicts Three Men Over Alleged Iran Hack Of Trump Campaign After rumors began to circulate that the Biden administration was colluding with Iran against Donald Trump, the DOJ unsealed criminal charges Friday against three men accused of carrying out an Iranian hack and leak attack against Donald Trump’s presidential campaign. Apparently the Russians are […]
Gathering Storms
Gathering Storms By Benjamin Picton, senior strategist at Rabobank Hurricane Helene has strengthened to a to a Category 4 storm ahead of its expected landfall on the Florida gulf coast on Thursday evening. Strong wind and flash flood warnings have been issued as far up as the northern parts of Georgia, threatening cotton crops in […]
Hezbollah Belatedly Confirms Death Of Top Drone Commander In Beirut Strike
Hezbollah Belatedly Confirms Death Of Top Drone Commander In Beirut Strike A Thursday Israeli airstrike on Beirut’s southern suburbs killed another Hezbollah top commander. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said the ‘targeted’ attack on an apartment killed Mohammad Srour, also known as Abu Saleh. “Fighter jets attacked Beirut and killed Mohammad Hussein Srour,” the IDF had posted […]
Will The Fed Repeat 1970s Policy Mistakes?
Will The Fed Repeat 1970s Policy Mistakes? Authored by Vance Ginn via The American Institute for Economic Research, The Federal Reserve’s recent decision to cut the federal funds rate by 50 basis points to a range of 4.75 percent to 5 percent, despite inflation still exceeding its 2 percent target, bears alarming similarities to the monetary policy […]
Massive Israeli Airstrikes In Beirut Target Central Hezbollah HQ, Nasrallah
Massive Israeli Airstrikes In Beirut Target Central Hezbollah HQ, Nasrallah Just less than thirty minutes after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu finished his remarks to the UN General Assembly, the Israeli military (IDF) announced major new airstrikes across southern Lebanon, which has included the most intense attacks to date on Beirut’s southern suburbs. Eyewitness say that […]
“Forced To Liquidate” – Beijing’s ‘Bazooka’ & Shanghai ‘Glitch’ Trapped Chinese Quant Funds In Massive Short Squeeze
“Forced To Liquidate” – Beijing’s ‘Bazooka’ & Shanghai ‘Glitch’ Trapped Chinese Quant Funds In Massive Short Squeeze China’s long-awaited stimulus measures may have been too much for the markets to handle. With shares soaring and turnover reaching 710 billion yuan ($101 billion) in the first hour of trading on Friday, Shanghai’s stock exchange was marred […]
Kamala Harris Makes Dan Quayle Look Like A Superhero
Kamala Harris Makes Dan Quayle Look Like A Superhero Authored by the Issues & Insights Editorial Board, If you want an idea of just how inept Kamala Harris has been as vice president, measure her against former Vice President Dan Quayle – the guy that the left universally berated as a pampered half-wit. That characterization […]