Conn. subsidies seen spurring home solar powerBoston.comHARTFORD, Conn.—Dmitri Donskoy figures he'll save only $20 a month on his electricity bill after solar panels are installed on the roof of his home under a state-subsidized program. But he s…
The GuardianCommerce Department imposes tariffs on Chinese solar panelsIdeal Taxes AssociationThe solar industry is suffering from huge over-production glut worldwide due to the subsidies of the American solar panel industry by the US government and th…
Daily BeastFeds eye fix to loan$New York PostBy WILSON DIZARD For some students' federal college loans, Uncle Sam might be ready to forgive and forget. The Student Loan Forgiveness Act of 2012 aims to erase the federal student loan debt of academia…
Morning SentinelTrying to Shed Student DebtWall Street JournalBy JOSH MITCHELL The growth of student debt is stirring debate about whether the government should step in to ease the burden by rewriting the bankruptcy laws—again. In 2005, Congress proh…
America’s Export-Import Bank (Exim) is tapped out. Its authority runs out on May 31 and Congress has to agree to some form of extension. Exim has $100 billion of borrowing authority, none of which shows up on the federal balance sheet. It may have al…
Workers who lose their jobs in the conomic downturn typically suffer a double whammy: they lose not only their incomes but their employer-based health insurance as well. Millions are forced to forgo the medical care that they cannot pay for. …
The following is the summary lead-in to this week’s Wall Street Examiner Professional Edition Treasury Update. The subscriber link to the full report is below.…
The U.S. government is following a course of action that is creating a zombie banking system, while it still has the choice to do otherwise, according to John Hussman. Hussman believes that, while the global economy may appear to be in a rough patch,…
Best of both worlds?
This is so much better than old style ’70’s stagflation.
How to have a real depression and commodity reflation all at the same time.
Print oodles of money but give it to your select few friends only.
What have I not understood?
En…
Everyone has three objectives for higher education: lower tuition, higher quality, and less government spending on subsidies. The unfortunate truth is that we can have any two of these, but we can’t have all three. If we mandate low tuition, we have …