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Crypto Finance

The Stablecoin Surge: How Visa, Stripe, and Mastercard Are Reinventing the U.S. Payments Industry—and Why Washington Needs to stay Out of the Way

Something remarkable is happening in the U.S. payments industry, and for once, it’s not coming from Capitol Hill—it’s coming from the innovators in the private sector. Visa, Stripe, and Mastercard—three titans of American enterprise—are embracing blockchain-based stablecoins, signaling a seismic shift in how money moves. They’re not dabbling. They’re building

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Business of Sports

A Fan’s Perspective on the House v. NCAA Settlement: Impact on SEC Men’s Football, Men’s Basketball, and Women’s Basketball (with running commentary )

Key Components of the House Settlement

The House v. NCAA settlement, effective for the 2025-26 academic year and running through 2034-35, resolves three antitrust lawsuits—House v. NCAA, Hubbard v. NCAA, and Carter v. NCAA. Its key provisions include:

  1. Backpay for Former Athletes:
    • Approximately $2.8 billion over 10 years
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Macro Economics

A Throwback Thursday Editorial: New York’s Housing Crisis and the Folly of Interventionism

By Milton Friedman, as channeled for June 5, 2025

New York City, once the pulsing heart of American enterprise, is strangling under the weight of its housing crisis. Skyrocketing rents, vanishing vacancies, and a construction pace that limps behind demand threaten to choke the city’s vitality. The 2025 mayoral candidates,

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AI Fearmongering: A Globalist Gambit That Hands the CCP a Win

Let’s get something straight from the top—America doesn’t need another round of liberal scare tactics masquerading as intellectual insight. When Globalists starts echoing apocalyptic AI nonsense, it’s not about protecting workers or promoting innovation. No, it’s about expanding the globalist regulatory state, handing more power to unelected bureaucrats, and letting

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EU and UK Macro Economics

“The EU Mirage: Why America Must Never Follow Brussels’ Path”

The Left’s Surrender – Larry Summers and the Death Spiral of EU Economics

Larry Summers, former Treasury Secretary and now chief spokesman for the stale economic theology of the American left, recently made headlines warning that the U.S. is acting like a flailing emerging market and could soon face a

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Why Does the GOP Let the CBO Run the Show?

I know a lot of people are wondering why it’s taking so long to get the federal budget off the ground. On this Talk it out Tuesday, let’s pull back the curtain and look at one of the biggest culprits behind the gridlock: the Congressional Budget Office. That’s right—the CBO.

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Finance

Speculation Saturday: Why Microsoft the World’s Most Valuable Company is having a Layoff

Let’s be honest—when Microsoft posted $70.1 billion in revenue and $25.8 billion in profit in Q3 FY2025, it didn’t just beat expectations—it obliterated them. Azure? Up 33%. GitHub Copilot? Now at 15 million users. And the company’s stock? Surging with a market cap over $3.38 trillion, putting it ahead of

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Geo Politics

Wealth, Technology, and Influence in the Gulf: A Comparative Analysis of Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Qatar

President Donald J. Trump’s historic trip to the Middle East—where he helped broker billion-dollar economic agreements and strengthened strategic alliances—brought one critical question to mind: How do the Gulf region’s power players—Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Qatar—compare in terms of wealth, technology, influence, and vision? These three nations, central to

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Geo Politics

China’s “Developing” Status? A Global Farce That Must End

 Let’s get real. China—the world’s second-largest economy, with a military arsenal second only to ours, and a global infrastructure machine via its Belt and Road Initiative—is still claiming to be a “developing country”? That’s not just outdated. It’s economic comedy—on the world stage, no less. As President Trump famously said,

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Macro Economics Uncategorized

The Heart of American Innovation: Celebrating Small Business Week

As National Small Business Week concludes, we celebrate the cornerstone of our economy: small businesses. Take Iowa as an example of a typical state in the Heartland, or North Carolina, where a growing tech corridor has given rise to thousands of small businesses, where small businesses comprise 99.3% of all