In late June, one of the most influential figures in modern American economics, Alan Greenspan, passed away at the age of 100. For nearly two decades, he chaired the Federal Reserve, serving under four presidents and presiding over an unprecedented period of low inflation, rapid technological innovation, and one of [...]
This past weekend, the United States and Israel launched coordinated strikes on Iranian political and military targets, resulting in the death of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei along with several senior Iranian officials. In response, Tehran retaliated with missile strikes against U.S. and Israeli targets across the region. Predictably, these [...]
I’m not sure how many of you noticed, but during this year’s Super Bowl an advertisement aired promoting the newly created Trump Accounts, a provision included in the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” signed into law on July 4, 2025. The most widely publicized feature of these accounts is the [...]
As many of you know, several weeks ago the Federal Reserve, under Chairman Jerome Powell, announced a quarter-percent cut to its key interest rate, the first of 2025. Both in announcing this cut and in later remarks, Powell emphasized that the Fed intends to move cautiously, balancing the risk of [...]
On January 5th of this year, with bipartisan congressional support, President Biden signed into law the Social Security Fairness Act. Some workers (including certain state or local government employees, and teachers) are now entitled to higher Social Security payments. This means a retired Missouri public school teacher who never paid [...]
After months of heated debate and partisan gridlock, President Trump signed the Big Beautiful Bill into law on July 4th, making it the most sweeping policy achievement of his second term to date. This landmark legislation includes major changes to the U.S. tax code. Today, I want to break down [...]
Many experts said it was only a matter of time before the bromance between Donald Trump and Elon Musk would go south. This past week, we all got a front-row seat as their partnership blew up like a 50-megaton hydrogen bomb, leaving devastation in its wake. You might wonder: what [...]
Last week, President Trump did what he does best—he created a storm. He now has under his belt two of the fastest market swoons most of us have ever seen. Unlike the COVID-induced crash, this one was self-inflicted—and in my opinion could have been avoided. While there are rational reasons [...]
Believe it or not, I was not a typical kid. Case in point: as an 11-year-old boy, I became obsessed with the 1992 election, and Ross Perot was my guy. I vividly remember watching him hold up his charts as he warned of the dangers of our national debt. In [...]
In a sweeping move that sent shockwaves through the nonprofit sector, President Donald Trump issued a memo pausing federal funding for nonprofit organizations shortly after being sworn in as the 47th President. While the policy was temporarily halted by a court order, and ultimately rescinded by the White House, it [...]
