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Finance Government

The Housing Crisis That Only Exists in Newsrooms

Let’s start with a truth the national press can’t seem to grasp:

Only in America can a handful of journalists paying $4,000 for a shoebox apartment decide the entire country is in a housing crisis.

Turn on cable news and you’ll hear it: “America’s housing market is collapsing… families can’t

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Finance Macro Economics

Elon Musk’s Pay Package Isn’t the Problem — It’s the Blueprint

Why innovation beats envy, and how Musk’s model rewards the many while moralists reward themselves.

Tom Moran’s recent AL.com column, “Billie Eilish spanks the billionaires,” takes aim at Elon Musk and completely misses the real story. This isn’t about emotional outrage over big numbers on a Forbes list. It’s about

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Finance Government

Trump’s Fed Revolution: A Seismic Shift From Wall Street to Main Street

For decades, the Federal Reserve has answered to Wall Street. Under President Trump, that era may be ending — and everyday Americans stand to gain the most.

The Fed’s Long Wall Street Bias

For more than a generation, the Federal Reserve has operated as the private banker of the elite.

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Finance Government

Abundance Without Markets is Just Central Planning With a Smile

Book Review: Abundance by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson

It isn’t every Sunday that the New York Times Book Review places a work of political economy at the center of its pages. But Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson’s Abundance has managed to capture something rare in contemporary politics: a diagnosis

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Finance Government

Let the People Invest Again!

Washington’s red tape strangled IPOs, locked out Main Street, and handed the future to China. Time to tear down the barriers and bring wealth-building back to the American people.


U.S. IPO rocket tied in red tape next to China IPO rocket launching; headline Let the People Invest Again!

These days you can hardly turn on the TV without some politician wailing and gnashing their teeth about the “wealth gap.”

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Finance Macro Economics

Kodak’s Last Picture? What “Too Big to Fail” Really Means

Eastman Kodak—the company that once owned the word “photography”—told the SEC this week there is “substantial doubt” it can continue operating. That’s not spin. That’s an official “going concern” warning, the kind of disclosure companies make when the future looks like a short runway with no lift.

The stock plunged

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Finance Macro Economics

MANIC MONDAY: Why Are We Still Afraid of Yields?

Cue the fireworks and dot-com déjà vu—because what happened between late 1998 and early 2000 makes today’s yield panic look like amateur hour.

Let’s talk about the Nasdaq 100’s greatest bull run in modern history.

From September 1998 to January 2000, the index didn’t just rise—it launched into orbit. We’re

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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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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