One way to compare prices of similar commodities and services over long periods of time is to convert the nominal prices to ounces of gold.
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Tad DeHaven The Trump administration says that it will sell Venezuelan oil at market prices and oversee the allocation of the proceeds. Trump framed it as a new presidential revenue…
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“Let’s be clear: President Trump’s claim that the U.S. government collected $600 billion from tariffs in 2025 is incorrect,” The true amount is closer to $289 billion.
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“If Donald Trump goes forward, the status of the US will go from adversary or rival to the one of enemy,” [French Prime Minister] Villepin stated. “It’ll be a huge…
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Solveig Singleton Morning Money’s piece, “How gutting the CFPB clashes with affordability concerns,” suggests that the Trump administration’s efforts to shut down the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau contradicts the administration’s affordability…
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Nicholas Anthony Today marks the publication of my latest report: Understanding Debanking. The report reviews the growing phenomenon of debanking—the sudden and often unexplained closure of financial accounts. While media…
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With American intervention in Venezuela, some are claiming that the Trump administration is simply invoking the Monroe Doctrine, or its corollary, the “Donroe” Doctrine. In reality, neither doctrine is an…
Neal McCluskey Arguably the biggest thing happening in American K–12 education over the past several years has been culture war: Battles over whose values, views of history, and more will…
Walter Olson In a major setback for the Trump administration, the Supreme Court, in an unsigned opinion on December 23, declined to stay a lower court order barring the federal…
In his inaugural speech, New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani declared an end to “rugged individualism” and the embrace of “the warmth of collectivism.” New Yorkers are about to find out…