Why So Many People Are Leaving California: California Insider With Joel Kotkin
BY SIYAMAK KHORRAMI My guest today is Joel Kotkin, the R.C. Hobbs Presidential Fellow in Urban Futures at Chapman University in Orange and executive director of the Houston-based Center for Opportunity Urbanism. We discuss why so many people are leaving California. Republished with Permission The Epoch Times SUBSCRIBE Get Citizensjournal.us Headlines free SUBSCRIPTION. Keep […]
Mexico Is Showing the World How to Defeat Neoliberalism
by Ellen Brown While U.S. advocates and local politicians struggle to get their first public banks chartered, Mexico’s new president has begun construction on 2,700 branches of a government-owned bank to be completed in 2021, when it will be the largest bank in the country. At a press conference on Jan. 6, he said the neoliberal […]
Nearly 6 in 10 Americans Say They’re Financially Better Off Now Than a Year Ago: Gallup Poll
BY JANITA KAN Americans’ levels of optimism about their current and future personal financial situation have reached or are near record highs, according to a recent Gallup poll. Nearly 6 in 10, or 59 percent, Americans say they are financially better off now than they were a year ago, which is up from 50 percent last year, […]
What is Capitalism?
By Sigrid Weidenweber If it were not for all the Democrat candidates maligning capitalism and proposing ridiculous monetary social schemes for the population, it would never have occurred to me to write, or even think, about capitalism. We all think that we know what the word means. It is the freedom and the […]
Why Trump is the Most “Presidential” President Ever
Wayne Allyn Root Why do Democrats hate Trump so much? And why do Republicans love him so much? I believe it all starts with another question, “Is Trump presidential?” I just returned from a White House visit. I attended the White House Hanukkah Party with President Trump. Liberals argue Trump isn’t “presidential.” They claim […]
Year in Review: Strong Job Market and Consumer Spending Boost Economy as 2019 Wraps Up
BY TOM OZIMEK The economy is finishing the year in stronger shape, thanks in part to resilient consumers and a healthy job market. With near-record low unemployment and solid wage growth, the U.S. labor market is expected to continue to underpin consumer spending and the economy. The Commerce Department said Friday that the total output of goods and services, […]
Port of Hueneme Shatters Record – Closes Out 2019 with 1.65 Million Cargo Tons & 2,201 New Jobs
Santa’s sleigh has been doubling as a boat this year, helping bring record cargo into the Port of Hueneme. The Port delivers another record breaking year for cargo, jobs, tax revenues, and economic impact. Cargo grew by 3.6% over the past year; and, the past two years of record breaking cargo have generated the highest […]
Decades Later, Free Market Economist’s Warnings Go Unheeded In California
BY ALICE SALLES In October 1944, Austrian economist Ludwig von Mises was a guest of honor in a gathering of business leaders at The California Club in Los Angeles. Introduced as “the most eminent and uncompromising defender of English liberty and the system of free enterprise,” the economist had already made a name for himself as […]
Is the Run on the Dollar Due to Panic or Greed?
by Ellen Brown What’s going on in the repo market? Rates on repurchase agreements (“repo”) should be around 2%, in line with the fed funds rate. But they shot up to over 5% on September 16 and got as high as 10% on September 17. Yet banks were refusing to lend to each other, evidently […]
Restoring the Korean Economic Miracle
by Ellen Brown This 10-page paper was written for the Economics of Happiness Conference co-sponsored by Local Futures, held in Jeonju, Korea, on October 16-17, where I was the keynote speaker — a wonderful city and great experience! Satisfaction in the workplace is a major component of the “happiness” index; but it is a […]
