Sometimes when we talk about the fiscal cliff or government spending in general, the billions and trillions of dollars can be hard to put into perspective. The numbers are just too big. Here’s an…
Read MorePick up a can of soda in the United States and check the ingredients list. Odds are, sugar won’t be on it; instead you’ll see high fructose corn syrup. Nearly anywhere else in the…
At the end of this year, 700 billion dollars worth of tax increases and major spending cuts will strike the American economy, thanks to the “fiscal cliff” created by the sequester that failed to force…
In his work “Capitalism and Democracy,” Gabriel Almond explained that Schumpeter, an academic writing during World War II, “projected a future of declining capitalism, and rising socialism.”1 A look at recent events in America (including…