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  1. The Right Coast

    Why Americans Dislike the Economy | City Journal

    By Thomas A. Smith

    Why are the vibes so bad? ask legions of commentators, noting the disconnect between polling on the economy and top-level economic indicators. The unemployment rate is within spitting distance of 60-year lows,…

  2. The Right Coast

    The case for loosening is getting stronger

    By Thomas A. Smith

    Have central bank interest rates peaked in the US and the eurozone? If so, how quickly might they fall? From around mid-2021, central banks clearly had to tighten significantly. But…

  3. The Right Coast

    Biden s Food Inflation Crushes Household Budgets

    By Thomas A. Smith

    As of September, overall grocery prices have vaulted higher by a stunning 20% in under three years. Looking at some common grocery items unveils even larger price surges in some key…

  4. 21st Century Taxation

    Gasoline Excise Tax Outdated – What will come from recent House hearing on this?

    By Annette Nellen

    The federal gasoline excise tax that helps fund road construction and maintenance has been 18 cents per gallon since 1993! The tax is not tied to the price of gasoline…

  5. The Right Coast

    Schumer s Artificial Consensus – WSJ

    By Thomas A. Smith

    When Americans think of Biden blunders in economic policy they are bound to think of spending and inflation. But a less conspicuous error-in-the-making also threatens significant damage to American prosperity.…

  6. The Right Coast

    Inflation costs take hidden toll on American society. Here’s how.

    By Thomas A. Smith

    High inflation doesn t just leave you with less money in your wallet and struggling to pay bills.It also imposes long-term costs on society and the economy by forcing consumers…

  7. The D&O Diary

    Inflation Weighs on Company Performance, Leads to Securities Suit

    By Kevin LaCroix

    A host of macroeconomic factors continue to weigh on the U.S. economy, including rising interest rates, economic inflation, and supply chain and labor supply disruption. Geopolitical factors such as the…

  8. The Right Coast

    Yellen and rest of Bidenomics team ignore middle-class misery their policies create | Fox News

    By Thomas A. Smith

    Few people have done more to destroy the American middle class than Janet Yellen. Both in her former capacity as Federal Reserve chair and now as secretary of the Treasury,…

  9. Health Law Prof Blog

    Policy Forum: Pensions, Retirement Incentives, and the Role of Inflation

    By Katharine Van Tassel

    Tammy Schirle (Wilfrid Laurier University), Policy Forum: Pensions, Retirement Incentives, and the Role of Inflation, 71 Canadian Tax J. (2023):This article describes the role of wage and price inflation for…

  10. The Right Coast

    The Census Exposes Bidenomics – WSJ

    By Thomas A. Smith

    Mr. Biden is trying to avoid the real story, which is that the Census Bureau says median household income adjusted for inflation fell last year by $1,750 to $74,580. It…