By Kevin Judge | July 21, 2018 Capitalism and Socialism seem like opposites, not likely to be compatible. Socialism focuses on the distribution of wealth in society by state direction. Capitalism emphasizes the creation of wealth by private citizens. We often here criticism that Capitalism results in income inequality and disparities in living standards. We… Read More »
Bryan Keogh and Nicole Zelniker( The Conversation) | July20, 2018 Depending on whom you ask, the odds of the United States winning its trade war with China and the rest of the world is either probable, possible, unlikely, out of the question or irrelevant. Economists generally agree, however, that American consumers and most companies will be hurt, particularly… Read More »
(NewsUSA) | July 18,2018 For students around the country, summer vacation may be in full swing, but for many, that hasn’t kept them from learning – especially those interested in a career in agriculture. For the sixth consecutive year, National 4-H Council has partnered with CME Group, the world’s leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, to… Read More »
By Martin Hahn | July 17, 2018 Monetarism is actually a set of views depending on the perception that the entire sum of money in an economy is actually the main determinant of economic development. Monetarism is directly linked with economist Milton Friedman, who argued, dependent on the amount concept of cash, that the federal government must maintain… Read More »
By Kevin Judge | July 16, 2018 The US is enjoying an economy that promises to grow at rates not seen in decades, with the prospect of low unemployment and rising wages. Before we pop the Champagne corks, there are economic headwinds blowing that will certainly slow the economy. In a worst-case scenario, they could… Read More »
Amit Tawari| July 15, 2018 Despite worries of a Skynet- or Hal 900-like artificial intelligence rising up against humanity, AI is becoming a part of our everyday lives. This is particularly true of the business sphere. Many firms already use AI algorithms to process big data and automate simple tasks. And the trade dispute between… Read More »
Kevin Judge | July 13, 2018 When Trump and the Republicans passed their tax cut bill for this year, there were dire predictions that the cuts would deny the government needed revenue and balloon the deficit. Well, one out of two isn’t bad! According to the Feds this week, the US government is being flooded… Read More »
By Chris Bouchard | July 13, 2018 The blockchain refers to a public ledger technology in which each cryptocurrency transaction is digitally signed to confirm its originality and ensure that the information therein is not tampered with. As such, the operations recorded on the blockchain and the ledger itself are considered to be of the highest level of… Read More »
By Kevin Judge | July 3, 2018 Albert Einstein, who was so smart he was the original Einstein, said one definition of being crazy is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. That makes New Jersey lawmakers some of the craziest in the nation. If raising taxes was the solution to… Read More »
Kevin Judge | June 30, 2018 “It’s the Economy stupid!“, political guru James Carville once advised us. We might do well not to forget that as the political world and nation comes to grips with the reality of a Supreme Court vacancy. The replacement for retiring Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy will have a chance… Read More »