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Milei’s Economic Miracle: How Argentina Slashed Inflation to 1.5%
In November 2023, Argentina faced a staggering inflation rate of 211.4 percent and a poverty rate of 41.7 percent, affecting 19.5 million people living below the poverty line. The country
One Big Beautiful Compromise
By Robert Romano President Donald Trump came one, big, beautiful step closer to achieving his legislative agenda for 2025 as the Senate passed 51 to 50 the One Big Beautiful Bill Act on July 1 in time for the President’s July…
CFACT’s Donna Jackson to Congress: “Environmental justice agenda is a costly step in the wrong direction.”
CFACT, founded in 1985 by Craig Rucker and the late (truly great) David Rothbard, examines the relationship between human freedom, and issues of energy, environment, climate, economics, civil rights and more. View all posts
Clean burning trash for energy, people, and planet
After years of opposing them, but facing constituents increasingly angry about rising electricity prices, New York Governor Kathy Hochul recently gave grudging support for two new Williams Companies natural gas pipelines.…
Trump’s Handwritten Note to Powell: Lower Rates Abroad, So Why Not Here?
Amid growing calls for the Federal Reserve to begin lowering interest rates, White House officials (and the president himself) have adopted the tactic of pointing to the nominal policy rates of foreign central banks as…
Trump’s Handwritten Note to Powell: Lower Rates Abroad, So Why Not Here?
Amid growing calls for the Federal Reserve to begin lowering interest rates, White House officials (and the president himself) have adopted the tactic of pointing to the nominal policy rates
But Lagarde, Europe Is a Museum!
“Europe is a museum, Japan is a nursing home, China is a jail, and bitcoin is an experiment.” These were former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers’ now classic words to investors
But Lagarde, Europe Is a Museum!
“Europe is a museum, Japan is a nursing home, China is a jail, and bitcoin is an experiment.” These were former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers’ now classic words to investors at a 2023 Morningstar Investment Conference.…
The Persistence of Benefit Cliffs: A Behavioral Look at a Policy Problem
Benefit cliffs occur when earning slightly more — through a raise or extra hours — leaves people worse off because they lose government benefits. Many economists believe these cliffs can
The Persistence of Benefit Cliffs: A Behavioral Look at a Policy Problem
Benefit cliffs occur when earning slightly more — through a raise or extra hours — leaves people worse off because they lose government benefits. Many economists believe these cliffs can be “smoothed out” through better…
