Life, Liberty, Property
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Life, Liberty, Property #152: Immigration Driving Up Housing Costs
Mass immigration has contributed to the rapid increase in the price of housing, I noted in my Heartland Institute policy study on “Housing Affordability: America’s Short-Term Crisis and Long-Term Problem.” A draft working paper from the Federal Reserve confirms that conclusion, with the researchers stating illegal immigration drove 30 percent of the increase in home…
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Life, Liberty, Property #151: Can Warsh Lead Us Out of the Inflation Trap?
Markets are indicating strong optimism about the U.S. dollar. An article at Unleash Prosperity’s Hotline argues new Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin “Warsh Is Slaying Inflation Already.”
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Life, Liberty, Property #150: Rhode Island Starts Tax Hike Death Spiral
Rhode Island just enacted a tax increase that will chase the highest-earning households out of the state and ensure revenue shortfalls as long as it remains in place.
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Life, Liberty, Property #149: Federal Reserve Assumptions Have to Change
Tying the money supply to something real such as gold would solve the inflation and economic boom-bust cycles. The same is true of allowing the market to create money.
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Life, Liberty, Property #148: The Bill of Rights and the Rise of Soft Despotism
U.S. consumer confidence declined in May in the wake of a sharp rise in inflation expectations and worries about a possible recession. …
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Life, Liberty, Property #147: Consumer Confidence Declines, Credit-Card Debt Rises
U.S. consumer confidence declined in May in the wake of a sharp rise in inflation expectations and worries about a possible recession. …
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Life, Liberty, Property #146: Are Markets Calling for an Interest Rate Hike?
As Kevin Warsh takes over as chairman of the Federal Reserve (Fed), investors and analysts are expressing much worry about interest rates….
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Life, Liberty, Property #145: U.S. Economy Is ‘Bad’ or ‘Terrible,’ Under-30s Say
Young adults across the United States overwhelmingly say that the U.S. economy is currently “bad” or “terrible,” and “we’re seeing the consequences all over America.”
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Life, Liberty, Property #144: Debt-to-GDP Ratio Tops 100 Percent
The federal debt crossed an ominous threshold last week, rising over 100 percent of national gross domestic product …
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Life, Liberty, Property #143: GAO Confirms Enormous Entitlement Fraud
Federal government programs paid out hundreds of billions of dollars of undeserved benefits to criminal organizations and other opportunists over just five years.
