Three independent sources criticize the free-market system. Two of them are from the U.S. government. What is going on here?
The U.S. economy is doing well, but the slowly growing uneasiness on the market for federal government debt could easily grow into a problem big enough to derail it.
On some social issues, Dignitas Infinita reaffirms the Church’s traditional teaching in clear terms.
The European Commission has plans to go after Italy for its excessive budget deficit. There is no real reason for them to do this, and the timing is very bad.
The West is in a death spiral—but with the cooperation of confident, patriotic nations, there may be a way to turn that around.
EU member states must decide between prioritizing reduced ‘inequality’ or increased economic growth.
This welfare-state reform is perhaps too radical for many. However, it is designed to solve a radical problem, and radical problems require radical solutions.
There is only one way that Congress can permanently end its budget deficits. Here is how to get the job done.
Twenty years later, the 2004 Madrid train bombing remains central to understanding Spanish polarization and geopolitical irrelevance.
In 2023, the federal government borrowed $2.5 trillion. So far this year, things are only getting worse.
“LGBTQI” Spaniards are now being invited to register for priority status within the government’s job placement scheme.
Ideological inconsistency and obsession with respectability have prevented follow-through on conservative convictions.
Legal experts mostly agree that the law is unconstitutional, and opposition leader Feijóo has stated he would repeal it once in power.
The national French statistics office has released new numbers on government debt. Everybody debates those numbers, but has anyone actually read them?
A combination of ominous economic forces beyond the control of the government will make minced meat of Sweden’s euro-skeptic holdouts.
The U.S. Congress has ignored the budget deficit for decades. Debt investors have almost run out of patience. Will Congress address the problem—or continue to play for time?
Donald Tusk has accused the National Bank of Poland of manipulating interest rates to help his predecessor win last year’s election. Here is ample proof that Tusk has no case.
The prospect for lower interest rates in Europe is fading, but the reason has nothing to do with the European economy. The reason is found on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean.
Economists have failed to explain Europe’s economic stagnation. Here is an explanation they have not considered.
One would have to go back to Soviet times to find a more authoritarian polity in Russia.
The U.S. Treasury keeps selling a lot of short-term, expensive debt when long-term debt is demonstrably cheaper. Why?
Nine EU states are now in a recession. The ECB can help the continent ease the downturn, but they are up against bigger forces of economic stagnation.
By supporting the “European project”, Catholic bishops often forget that they ask voters to back today’s MEPs who favour abortion and euthanasia.
Many analysts think that today’s interest rates are the exception and that rates should always be low. History tells a different story.
The Socialist Party, which is devoid of leadership and a sense of public service, has gotten what it deserves.
There is a deep, structural flaw in the Swedish economy. It is so bad that the country is now slow-walking itself into an economic crisis.
In 18 months, the cost of the federal government’s debt has increased by 86%. Where will it be 18 months from now?
President Macron is setting the stage for bad budget battles to come. Meanwhile, the French economy is getting worse by the day.
The latest policy statement from the euro zone’s central bank is a harsh message to all governments that have budget problems.
After half a century of solid left-wing hegemony, Portugal might be days away from an extraordinary shift to the Right.
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