In wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Biden administration is refusing to cut its reliance on foreign oil and gas despite plenty of reserves available here at home. According to the U.S. Energy Information Agency, reserves of U.S. crude oil and leases stand at 38.2 billion barrels as of 2020. However, President Biden and […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/welding-welder-gas-pipeline-pipefitter-xl-keystone-regulations-job.jpg384683Gabriella Hoffmanhttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngGabriella Hoffman2022-04-09 01:55:522022-04-08 04:21:12Is The Oil & Gas Industry To Blame For Unused Leases?
A California judge struck down a 2020 law Friday requiring public companies to meet racial or sexual minority quotas for their board of directors. Conservative legal advocacy group Judicial Watch sued California on behalf of three taxpayers in October 2020 to block the enforcement of Assembly Bill 979, which required publicly-held corporations to give positions […]
The apocalyptic talk about climate change is nothing more than a diversion tactic by the government, the radical Left, and their mainstream press. The many laws, the trillions in federal appropriations and tax credits, and the unworkable proposals to address climate change will not slow the rise of the oceans or heal the planet. Lobbying for […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/Climate-narcissism-mirror-800x541-1.jpg541800William Kocacshttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngWilliam Kocacs2022-04-07 02:05:322022-04-04 12:46:02Climate Change Is About Control, Stupid – Not The Environment
The wealthy got immensely wealthier. Everyone else paid for it via rampant inflation. The Fed’s own data on the distribution of wealth in the US is a quarterly report card on the Fed’s official policy goal of the “Wealth Effect.” It has now released the data for Q4. The Fed uses monetary policies, such as […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/Inflation_data.webp.png387800Wolf Richterhttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngWolf Richter2022-04-06 02:05:212022-04-03 11:42:03My “Wealth Disparity Monitor” of the Fed’s Money-Printer Era: Holy Moly. April Update of the Greatest Economic Injustice in Recent History
Minimum wage laws are a malicious attack on the least of us. The minimum wage is a sort of litmus test. And not only for economists. For social justice advocates, too. Forget, for a moment, the economics of it. In essence, minimum wage legislation imposes compulsory unemployment on the poor, the unskilled, racial minorities, the young, […]
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The Enemy of the Nanny State Addressing a Boston anti-slavery audience in 1865, abolitionist Frederick Douglass asked, “What shall we do with the Negro?” The answer he provided was a favorite of the conservative economist Walter E. Williams, though if Douglass were to utter it today he would probably be condemned by Black Lives Matter and deplatformed […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/waltw.jpg565864Jack Trotterhttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngJack Trotter2022-04-02 02:05:092022-03-31 12:31:32Weekend Read: Remembering Walter E. Williams
In 2021, the migrant surge at the southern border hit its highest point in two decades. But as bad as things are currently, the situation at the border may get even worse. President Donald Trump’s administration created the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention order Title 42 to allow immediate deportation of illegal immigrants coming from countries […]
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We are coming off two years of lockdowns that were countered with government programs spending billions and billions of dollars to offset the effects of those government-imposed restrictions. We are then hit with a burst of inflation at levels not seen in America for forty years. Additionally, one of the world’s largest energy suppliers decided […]
Not long ago, I was talking about recent financial events related to an article I penned in The Prickly Pear with a small gathering of people, who are generally quite knowledgeable about money. A few got completely lost when discussing the dollar and its “reserve status”. It seems when one starts talking about the Bretton-Woods […]
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Sweden, which avoided strict lockdowns, now has a lower COVID mortality rate than 29 countries in Europe alone. Early in the coronavirus pandemic, I asked a simple question. Could Sweden’s laissez-faire approach to the coronavirus actually work? Unlike its European neighbors and virtually all US states, the Swedes had opted to not shut down the economy. The […]
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Is The Oil & Gas Industry To Blame For Unused Leases?
/in Economy, Environment, Featured, National Security, Politics/by Gabriella HoffmanIn wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Biden administration is refusing to cut its reliance on foreign oil and gas despite plenty of reserves available here at home. According to the U.S. Energy Information Agency, reserves of U.S. crude oil and leases stand at 38.2 billion barrels as of 2020. However, President Biden and […]
California Judge Throws Out Corporate Diversity Mandate
/in Culture War, Economy, Featured, Liberty, Politics/by Laurel DugganA California judge struck down a 2020 law Friday requiring public companies to meet racial or sexual minority quotas for their board of directors. Conservative legal advocacy group Judicial Watch sued California on behalf of three taxpayers in October 2020 to block the enforcement of Assembly Bill 979, which required publicly-held corporations to give positions […]
Climate Change Is About Control, Stupid – Not The Environment
/in Culture War, Economy, Environment, Featured, Liberty, Politics/by William KocacsThe apocalyptic talk about climate change is nothing more than a diversion tactic by the government, the radical Left, and their mainstream press. The many laws, the trillions in federal appropriations and tax credits, and the unworkable proposals to address climate change will not slow the rise of the oceans or heal the planet. Lobbying for […]
My “Wealth Disparity Monitor” of the Fed’s Money-Printer Era: Holy Moly. April Update of the Greatest Economic Injustice in Recent History
/in Culture War, Economy, Featured, Liberty, Politics/by Wolf RichterThe wealthy got immensely wealthier. Everyone else paid for it via rampant inflation. The Fed’s own data on the distribution of wealth in the US is a quarterly report card on the Fed’s official policy goal of the “Wealth Effect.” It has now released the data for Q4. The Fed uses monetary policies, such as […]
Debunking the Myth That Minimum Wage Laws Are ‘Progressive’
/in Culture War, Economy, Featured, Liberty, Politics/by Walter BlockMinimum wage laws are a malicious attack on the least of us. The minimum wage is a sort of litmus test. And not only for economists. For social justice advocates, too. Forget, for a moment, the economics of it. In essence, minimum wage legislation imposes compulsory unemployment on the poor, the unskilled, racial minorities, the young, […]
Weekend Read: Remembering Walter E. Williams
/in Culture War, Economy, Education, Featured, Liberty, Politics/by Jack TrotterThe Enemy of the Nanny State Addressing a Boston anti-slavery audience in 1865, abolitionist Frederick Douglass asked, “What shall we do with the Negro?” The answer he provided was a favorite of the conservative economist Walter E. Williams, though if Douglass were to utter it today he would probably be condemned by Black Lives Matter and deplatformed […]
Border Crisis Is About to Get a Lot Worse
/in Economy, Featured, Healthcare, Liberty, National Security, Politics/by Jarrett StepmanIn 2021, the migrant surge at the southern border hit its highest point in two decades. But as bad as things are currently, the situation at the border may get even worse. President Donald Trump’s administration created the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention order Title 42 to allow immediate deportation of illegal immigrants coming from countries […]
A Defining Moment
/in Economy, Environment, Featured, Liberty, Politics/by Bruce BialoskyWe are coming off two years of lockdowns that were countered with government programs spending billions and billions of dollars to offset the effects of those government-imposed restrictions. We are then hit with a burst of inflation at levels not seen in America for forty years. Additionally, one of the world’s largest energy suppliers decided […]
Biden is Undermining Dollar Hegemony
/in Economy, Featured, National Security, Politics/by Neland NobelNot long ago, I was talking about recent financial events related to an article I penned in The Prickly Pear with a small gathering of people, who are generally quite knowledgeable about money. A few got completely lost when discussing the dollar and its “reserve status”. It seems when one starts talking about the Bretton-Woods […]
Sweden—Once Mocked for Its COVID Strategy—Now Has One of the Lowest COVID Mortality Rates in Europe
/in Culture War, Economy, Education, Featured, Healthcare, Liberty, Politics/by Jon MiltimoreSweden, which avoided strict lockdowns, now has a lower COVID mortality rate than 29 countries in Europe alone. Early in the coronavirus pandemic, I asked a simple question. Could Sweden’s laissez-faire approach to the coronavirus actually work? Unlike its European neighbors and virtually all US states, the Swedes had opted to not shut down the economy. The […]