The Senate confirmed Christopher Waller to the Federal Reserve Board of Governors last week, leaving only one slot left open which is unlikely to be filled by Judy Shelton.* Any spot on the Board is significant; however, it is unlikely that Waller will push for any changes to the Fed’s policies. The Federal Reserve Board […]
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When The Doves Fly
08 Dec 2020
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How to Win Votes and Influence Students
27 Nov 2020
I keep reading headlines about different plans to eliminate student debt. Unfortunately, most of these plans seem to be attempts to buy votes from the college educated instead of working to fix the problem. It seems that Biden’s plan is to cancel $10,000 of everyone’s debt and more if you work for the Federal Government. […]
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Deutsche Bank recently conducted a study and proposed a new tax. Whenever you tax something, you get less of it. If you subsidize something, you get more of it. Deutsche’s central desire is to tax people working from home (WFH) to redistribute that money to people who cannot work from home along with reducing the […]
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Markets Matter (Apparently, So Do Minks)
13 Nov 2020
Early on in the lockdown, probably April, I read an article that pointed out the mob related issues created by the pandemic. Essentially, the Italian government is concerned that the mob will take advantage of the distressed businesses. Later on, the mob will come back and ask for favors that the business owner can no […]
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Bing’s Big Day
22 Oct 2020
I’m sure no one was surprised by the DOJ’s antitrust lawsuit against Google. Someone who handles over 80% of domestic internet queries is definitely a monopoly, right?! Even better, Chrome controls about 70% of global browser traffic, 85% of the world’s smartphones run on Android, and Google receives 63% of search engine ad revenue in […]
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Hello! My name is Carter and I am a new writer here for the Bereans at the Gate. I hope you find my posts engaging and at least a little comical. Enough about me – on with the show! For most of human history, the average Joe has had very little say about how he […]
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