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Monday, January 2, 2012 - 12:13am
Student Loans: One of the Biggest Economic Issues of 2012?
Are student loans going to make for one of the biggest economic issues this year? Though the topic has been somewhat in the background lately as media attention to the Occupy movement has waned, there is reason to believe that student loans may be one of the hottest economic and political issues...
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Monday, December 19, 2011 - 5:26pm
Gingrich Targets Judiciary: Legal Profession, Judges in the Crosshairs
At the most recent Republican presidential debate in Sioux City, Iowa on Dec. 15, Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly questioned the candidates regarding federal judges and their judicial decisions. Among the candidates, Newt Gingrich criticized courts' "controversial decisions" regarding various issues...
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Wednesday, December 7, 2011 - 11:44am
New American Revolution or New American Civil War?
Marketwatch's Paul B. Farrell wrote a very interesting story Tuesday entitled "Super Rich vs. 99%: Class war will explode" regarding Occupy Wall Street, the evolution of class warfare, and the conservative response to the Occupy Wall Street movement. Farrell: "Forget politics. The 99%, the Occupy...
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Saturday, November 5, 2011 - 2:01pm
Rise of the Shadow Economy: Second Largest Economy in the World
The fact that the shadow economy, or the black market or underground economy, is on the rise in the middle of a global financial crisis should be no surprise to economists.A recent post on Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner's Freakonomics blog discussed the growth of the shadow economy across the...
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