UNEXPECTEDLY: The Twin Cities’ ‘affordable housing’ shortage was caused by their politicians.

via americanexperiment: Seeing this problem, many people then demand that the government ‘do something’ about it. Typically, that ‘something’ involves spending more money or issuing a new raft of regulations. Thus, the $40 million Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey has earmarked in his 2019 budget for affordable housing and the $71 …

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The Dollar shortage of 2018 and maybe 19

by Shaun Richards Today we return to a topic which has been regularly in the headlines in 2018. We started the year with the US administration that looking like it was talking the US Dollar lower in line with its America …

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The Labor Shortage Is Real

by Charles Hugh-Smith Few conventional-media commentators are willing or able to discuss these factors in the labor shortage / declining participation trends. Is there a labor shortage in the U.S.? Employers are shouting “yes.” Economists keep looking for wage increases as …

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