Thanks to the Fed: The middle class at large has gotten screwed over the past few decades as wealth gains have predominantly benefitted the top 1%.

And get this, the top 0.1% comprises a mere 131,485 households. pic.twitter.com/VlvsmZO7jP — Sven Henrich (@NorthmanTrader) March 29, 2023 No, really. pic.twitter.com/SOKcMq6TWT — Sven Henrich (@NorthmanTrader) March 29, 2023 When the Fed first announced QE in March 2009, QE was …

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Europe’s issues have just gotten a lot worse…

by BoatSurfer600 Source: https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/gazprom-informed-engie-reduction-gas-deliveries-2022-08-30/ German food CPI rose +16.6% YoY BANK OF ENGLAND: CREDIT CARD BORROWING UP 13.0%, HIGHEST SINCE OCTOBER 2005. And rates rise — Alessio (@AlessioTMAD) August 30, 2022 WESTERN EUROPE HEADED FOR ‘ENERGY COLLAPSE’ – HUNGARY UNLIKE OIL …

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The Democrats have gotten themselves into a position where they can’t accept the wall because of its symbolic-win value for Trump, almost no matter what else he offers.

by GR   EARLIER TODAY, A STUDENT ASKED ME WHAT I THOUGHT TRUMP WOULD DO: Offer something reasonable that the Democrats won’t go for, I replied. And that seems to be what he’s doing: President Donald Trump proposed a deal to …

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The buy-in for society has gotten higher and higher, and the returns have gotten less with each passing year. Is it any wonder that anyone who can avoid working, does?

Milkenreview.org reports: Over the past two generations, America has suffered a quiet catastrophe in the collapse of work for men. In the half-century between 1965 and 2015, work rates (the ratio of employment to population) for the American male spiraled relentlessly …

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