The Next Recession Looms Large
by Peter Schiff, Euro Pacific Capital Currently economists and market watchers roughly fall into two camps: Those who believe that the Federal Reserve must begin raising interest rates now so that it will have enough rate cutting firepower to fight the next recession,...
Asset Forfeiture Money is Funding the Surveillance State
A recent report shows how police have purchased a huge arsenal of surveillance equipment with proceeds from asset forfeiture.Information gathered through public records requests by the Chicago Reader reveals how the Chicago Police Department utilizes money collected...
Constraining the White House Staff
We live in a world where an increasing number of things that are supposed to be done by the Congress are done by the executive. Treaties are supposed to be approved by the President with the ratification of two thirds of the Senate, but the President makes many...