by Daniel BrouseOctober 14, 2025 On October 14, 2025, in a speech delivered in Philadelphia, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell hinted at a significant policy shift — one that could reshape the financial landscape for years to come. Powell indicated that the Fed may soon end its balance sheet reduction program, effectively pausing Quantitative Tightening […]
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Tariff Truths: How Trump’s Trade War Is Taxing American Families and Businesses
Despite repeated claims from Donald Trump and his advisors that foreign countries are “paying the tariffs,” new data clearly shows the opposite. U.S. consumers and domestic companies are bearing nearly all of the costs — a hidden tax that is worsening inflation, eroding profits, and undermining economic growth. According to an October 2025 analysis by […]
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Creative Destruction in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: How Endogenous Growth Theory Explains Today’s AI Stock Market Bubble
by Daniel Brouse October 13, 2025 The Theory: Innovation, Growth, and Creative Destruction Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion, and Peter Howitt Nobel Prize winning work advanced what’s known as endogenous growth theory, which emphasizes that technological progress is not something that just happens outside the economy (“exogenously”) but rather emerges from within it — from incentives, […]
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Déjà Vu Economics: How Trump’s Deregulation and Tariff Policies Mirror the Road to the Great Depression
by Daniel Brouse October 13, 2025 In 1919, General Motors transformed the American economy by founding the General Motors Acceptance Corporation (GMAC), a revolutionary move that allowed customers to buy cars on credit. This innovation made cars accessible to the masses through installment plans and helped ignite the era of consumer financing. What began as […]
America’s Bankruptcy Wave: How Trump’s Fiscal Policies and Economic Mismanagement Are Accelerating Business Collapses
by Daniel Brouse October 7, 2025 For 2025, U.S. bankruptcy filings have surged, marking one of the steepest upward trends in more than a decade. The spike reflects the combined weight of rising interest rates, historic consumer debt levels, and mounting economic uncertainty. Both consumer and corporate bankruptcies are climbing sharply compared to previous years, […]
Neptune Flood IPO: Riding the Rising Tide of Climate Risk
by Daniel Brouse October 1, 2025 Neptune Flood, the largest private flood insurance company in the U.S., went public today, October 1, 2025, with its initial public offering (IPO) on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “NP.” The St. Petersburg, Florida-based company raised $368 million by selling over 18 million shares at […]
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Trump’s Bailouts: Socialism for Farmers, Handouts Abroad, and a Wrecking Ball for U.S. Taxpayers
Donald Trump has once again taken to social media to tout a taxpayer-funded “solution” to problems of his own making. After launching destructive tariff wars and pushing through regressive tax policies, he is now bailing out U.S. soy farmers left devastated by his economic blunders. The irony is glaring: a president who endlessly denounces “socialism” […]
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Trump Faces Over 300 Lawsuits for Executive Overreach and Harm to U.S. Citizens
Donald Trump is now facing more than 300 lawsuits challenging his executive overreach, authoritarian policies, and actions that have caused widespread harm to American citizens. The sheer volume of litigation is unprecedented in modern U.S. history and reflects the growing backlash against his administration’s unchecked power and disregard for constitutional limits. A large portion of […]
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Trump’s Crimes, Illegal Activities, and Immorality: A Record of Corruption
Donald Trump’s public record is one of corruption, cruelty, and contempt for truth, law, and democracy. His actions—documented in court rulings, congressional reports, and his own words—paint a picture of a man unfit for power. Trump’s Record: Been implicated in pedophilia and sexual misconduct allegations. The Epstein files are being withheld by Donald Trump—that’s not […]
100% TACO: Trump’s Reckless Tariff on Life-Saving Medicines
Protectionism, White Nationalism, and the Collapse of U.S. Economic Credibility Donald Trump has just announced one of the most dangerous and reckless policies of his presidency: a 100% tariff on all branded or patented pharmaceutical products, unless the manufacturer is currently building a plant in the United States. “Starting October 1st, 2025, we will be […]
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