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Property Confiscation Is Coming

Outright property confiscation by governments is something that’s ardently disparaged here at the Economic Prism.  There’s no justification we can rationalize for state sponsored theft.  This includes penalizing those who are young and healthy with a disproportionate burden of a … Continue reading

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The New Era of Fed Activism

The basic characteristic of an overextended government is that its institutions are rotten.  Take the U.S. Post Office, for instance.  It lost $15.9 billion in 2012.  That’s over $43.5 million per day – flushed down the toilet – for an … Continue reading

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Janet Yellen’s Bad Idea

Yesterday something quite remarkable happened.  House Republicans and President Obama talked.  We don’t know what it was they talked about.  But, perhaps, it had something to do with raising the debt ceiling. Wall Street was elated.  The DOW and the … Continue reading

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Committed to Mass Public Spending

Yesterday President Obama said a government shutdown “would throw a wrench into the gears of our economy.”  Here at the Economic Prism we say, “Bring it on.”  For a wrench caught in the gears is just what’s needed…especially if the … Continue reading

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