I may not be a financial advisor, but I can handle myself. I can run a budget, I can live within my means, and I can set money aside for bigger and better things. And no I’m not talking about the next generation playstation, and I’m not talking about trading in your vehicle the moment…
Two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, small businesses across the country are still struggling under the weight of government restrictions and mandates. Now, they’re in for another ugly welcome this New Year—at least, in the 84 places that are raising their mandatory minimum wages in 2022. When states or local governments pass minimum wage increases,…
Harry Wilmerding on November 23, 2021 Dollar Tree announced Tuesday it is raising its prices, bringing the cost of its products over one dollar for the first time in 35 years. The dollar store will raise its prices by 25%, bringing the cost of its products to $1.25 as customers become accustomed to higher prices…
There are a handful of economics books everyone should read. Economics in One Lesson and Free to Choose, the classic works written by Henry Hazlitt and Milton Friedman, respectively, are on that list. A personal favorite is Thomas Sowell’s Basic Economics, a book that kindled my own interest in economics many years ago. From The…
by Nathaniel Luz Nigeria, the largest economy in Africa with a federal system of government, has a mixed economic system that includes personal freedom combined with centralized economic planning and government regulation. Nigeria has had its challenges as a developing country, but these have worsened since the coronavirus pandemic hit the nation. Presently, the nation…
Are you tired of working in a Wendy’s drive-thru for $7.25 an hour? Would you like to earn a lot more money? What if you got paid $15 an hour instead? After a lot of petitioning, you get your higher salary, but you start to notice some changes. Your best friend gets laid off. Customers…
It appears that President Joe Biden and progressives will not be able to sneak in a $15 minimum wage increase into a 1.9 trillion dollar Covid-19 relief bill. This disabled Libertarian couldn’t be happier that the wage will not make it through the legislative process—at least for now—as minimum wage laws can trace their roots…
Yet another side effect of the government’s response to Covid-19 is shining through in recent business headlines. In a widely-touted deal last week, Salesforce acquired Slack for over $27 billion. The purchase is one of the largest ever in the software industry and is the largest cloud software deal ever. While the Salesforce acquisition is one of the…
At the time of this writing, the cryptocurrency known as Bitcoin has seen its value skyrocket to around $18,000 (11/19/2020 12 AM EST) after dropping down to around just $4,840 in mid-March. This is significant because the all-time high for the cryptocurrency is $19,783 back in December of 2017, only to drop down to as low as…
This game of hunt-and-kill Covid cases has reached peak absurdity, especially in media culture. Take a look at Supermarkets are the most common place to catch Covid, new data reveals. It’s a story on a “study” assembled by Public Health England (PHE) from the NHS Test and Trace App. Here is the conclusion. In the six…