Are Illegal Immigrants Hurting the US Economy? 3 Facts that may Surprise You

We hear about it all the time. After a natural disaster, or during times of civil unrest such that transpired recently in Ferguson, businesses price gouge items in high demand. Water or a ride away from a dangerous area become expensive commodities. The instinct is to chastise such actions as immoral and selfish. But a…

Photo by woodleywonderworks 1. Government Spending Ended the Great Depression A commonly held belief is that government spending stimulated the economy and eventually ended the Great Depression. Reality is excessive government spending took badly needed resources from the private sector and spent them on insolvable government programs and jobs that produced no real values. The…

Many people will be shocked by these facts about world poverty…. Photo by Bob Jagendorf 1. World poverty has been cut in half In the past twenty years the world’s acute poverty rate has been slashed in half! Measuring poverty is based on daily consumption, not income. In 1990, 43% of the world lived in…

Given the actions of the Federal Reserve, particularly over the last twenty years or so, we have become accustomed to the fixing of interest rates as normal. Indeed, there appear to be benefits for many from such policies, at least in the near term. After all, given mortgage rates as low as 2% to 3%,…