The Global Economy “It’s Wonderful!”
The Boston Globe revealed the reason why tens of thousands of information technology (IT) jobs have been outsourced overseas in the last couple of years, and why major…
Category: Economy
Your Financial Privacy On The Chopping Block
A collection of information about your financial affairs is a valuable commercial commodity. It includes what's in your bank accounts and on your credit cards, your deposits and…
Is the Era of Big Government Coming Back? — February 2002
Is the Era of Big Government Coming Back? ID Cards Coming in the Back Door? Having had to retreat from legislative attempts to establish a national ID…
Lessons Of The Euro
Denmark's dramatic decision to ditch the euro holds an important lesson for both Europeans and Americans: the march toward the global economy is fundamentally anti-democratic. The gulf between…
Why Are Gas Prices So High?
The biggest issue on the highways and byways of America is the high price of gasoline at the pump, in some areas higher than $2 per gallon. Who's…
Why Russia Is Not A Market For U.S. Goods
Have you wondered why the White House, Congressional leadership, and the multinational corporate lobbyists are staking all their financial and political capital on trade with Communist China, but…
Money Isn’t The Solution To Illiteracy
When former Netscape president James L. Barksdale announced a $100 million gift to promote the teaching of reading in Mississippi, he certainly dramatized the current scandal of illiteracy…
Time To Abolish Federally Financed “Hate Art”
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has returned to center stage, insulting our sensibilities, offending our religion, and degrading our public life. The coarsening of our culture…
Banks Keep Deposits Confidential? Don’t Bank On It!
Several months ago, the angry reaction of the American people forced the government to withdraw its plan to require banks to make a computer profile of all their…
Binge Banking
Earlier this month, Americans were treated to full-page newspaper ads to advertise a product called “Binge Beer.” There’s no such beer; the ads were an attention-grabbing device to…