By Monty Guild. We are looking forward to 2014 with optimism, and we believe the key factor supporting the U.S. and global economies in the present phase of the economic cycle will be productivity growth. Our comments below were prompted [...]

  By Russ Winter. For every 10 percent increase in global food prices there is a 100 percent increase in anti-government protests, according to a recent report from the International Monetary Fund. Looking at recent price increases [...]

  By Richard Larsen. Our economy, and personal liberty, are under assault in America, The threat to the country is much more stealthy and incremental than that faced by our nation’s founders two centuries ago. According to a Gallup poll [...]

    By Andrew McKillop.   EXPENSIVE POWER AND THE URANIUM PINCH Nuclear power is now one of the most capital-intensive, highest cost types of electricity generation which exists, around 5 – 8 times more expensive on a cost-per-kilowatt [...]

      By Peter J. Wallison.       WASHINGTON — IN November, housing starts were up 23 percent, and there was cheering all around. But the crowd would quiet down if it realized that another housing bubble had [...]

  By David Andolfatto.   I want to say a few things in response to Brad DeLong’s post concerning the usefulness of overlapping generations (OLG) models of money (and on the value of “microfoundations” in general). Let’s [...]

By Antal Fekete. Germany is neither independent nor sovereign, prevailing pretenses notwithstanding. It has American troops on her soil for reasons unexplained and unexplainable after all Soviet occupying troops were withdrawn almost 25 [...]

By Davos Sherman.     In A Nutshell: Corporatocracy Has Replaced Capitalism Capitalism Fixes Problems & Preserves Democracy: Capitalism is what we should be relying on to fix our problems. Capitalism has it’s own ecosystem, [...]

By Bruce Krasting.   When Harry Reid (D-NV) changed the rules on how the Senate votes for a Presidential appointment, he opened the door for a critical change in the leadership at the Federal Housing Finance Authority (FHFA). In short [...]

By Alasdair Macleod.  “Now the New Year reviving old desires The thoughtful Soul to Solitude retires” Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam Yes folks, it’s that time of year again; but unlike old Khayyam who reflected bucolically on the continuing [...]

  By The Eurasia Commision.   To read full report: Euroasia economic integration The Eurasian Union is said to be the brainchild of Vladimir Putin in the wake of his third term as the President of Russia. If realised, it would [...]

  By Ajay Shah, Arjun Rajgopal, Shubho Roy. This post is based on talk at the 2013 National Convention of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India. India’s governance environment is undergoing rapid changes, and this [...]

  By Murray Sabrin.   Bridgegate: I live one mile south of the George Washington Bridge in Fort Lee where the notorious three-tollbooth lanes designated for local traffic were restricted to only one for a few days in early September. [...]

By Peter J. Wallison. Mel Watt is a long-time champion of mortgage quotas for affordable housing. Here we go again. By banning filibusters of most executive-branch and judicial nominations, the Democrats have done historic damage [...]

By Michael Snyder.   When QE1 ended there was a substantial stock market correction, and when QE2 ended there was a substantial stock market correction.  And if you will remember, the financial markets threw a massive hissy fit [...]

By: Robert C. Pozen.   Have you heard of the two terms “risk retention” and “qualified residential mortgages”? Federal regulators are reportedly close to adopting rules defining these two terms, which will largely [...]

    By Peter J. Wallison. To read report: Underwriting Standards and Housing Market Stability