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Will Bitcoin Strengthen or Weaken US Dollar Dominance?
The reported death of US dollar dominance has been greatly exaggerated. The dollar’s demise has been repeatedly prophesied, supposedly threatened by any number of currencies including the euro, the yuan, and recent hints of a…
The OECD’s Warning to America: Economic Growth Is Slipping
The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development’s (OECD) latest economic outlook should serve as a wake-up call for Washington. While the organization upgraded global growth to 3.2 percent in 2025 after surprising…
Semiconductor Giants with Tech-Industrial Ambitions
In 1961, with global politics chilled by the looming Cold War, President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivered his farewell address, warning the nation of a military-industrial complex. “In the councils of government, we must guard…
Spectrum Sale Enhances Economy and National Security
A great but unheralded feature of the One Big Beautiful Bill passed in July was an authorization for the Federal Communications Commission to raise $88 billion to $100 billion through electronic spectrum auctions. Selling…
Nigeria’s Shea Ban Backfires, Crushing Millions of Women Workers
In August, the Associated Press reported that Nigeria had passed a law prohibiting the export of raw shea nuts — a key ingredient in many cosmetics. Shea nuts are big business in Nigeria, a country responsible for about 40…
Housing’s Deep Freeze: Existing Home Sales at 25-Year Lows
The American housing market is no stranger to boom and bust cycles, but the current slowdown in existing home sales is remarkable both for its scale and its stubbornness. With sales in 2025 on track to reach their lowest…
Going Nuclear: Democrats Are Hoping Republicans Will Irreversibly Abolish The Filibuster
By Robert Romano Democrats are openly hoping Republicans will go nuclear to pass their continuing resolution. Congressional Democrats keep lying to the American people and anyone else who will listen that Senate Republicans…
Democrats Believe Government Shutdowns Always Favor Democrats And So They Can Say Anything They Want
By Robert Romano Democrats believe shutting down the government always benefits Democrats—and they’ve got the polling to prove it, with a Washington Post poll taken Oct. 1 finding more Americans blame Republicans for the…
Double-Digit Decline For Democrats Among Women Since 2017 – Will Women Abandon Dems In Midterms?
By Manzanita Miller Women have been the backbone of the Democratic Party in modern elections, but looking at the party’s favorability over time, the data suggests Democrats are pushing away female voters. This shouldn’t come…
What I Saw in Milei’s Argentina
Argentina’s recent $20 billion currency swap agreement with the US underscores the delicate balance of economic reform and the vital need for liberalization. Last month, there was a sudden run on the Argentine peso, fueled by…
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