The United States government implemented sanctions against 17 Saudi officials who allegedly were involved in the murder of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul in October. Those sanctioned included Consul General Mohammed Alotaibi and Maher Abdulaziz Mutreb, a senior aide to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. The sanctions are the […]
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With Venezuela’s oil-backed cryptocurrency the petro being lambasted by cryptocurrency enthusiasts and governments alike, its future isn’t looking all that great. But that hasn’t deterred Venezuelan officials from continuing to push the new currency. In fact, Venezuela’s oil minister recently announced that he intends to pitch the petro to OPEC as a digital currency to […]
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One area in which modern conservatives differ significantly from the Founding Fathers is civil liberties. With the abuses inflicted by King George’s troops still fresh in their minds, the Founders made sure that the Bill of Rights contained enough provisions to protect the innocent from the encroachment of government tyrants. But over the centuries those […]
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One area in which modern conservatives differ significantly from the Founding Fathers is civil liberties. With the abuses inflicted by King George’s troops still fresh in their minds, the Founders made sure that the Bill of Rights contained enough provisions to protect the innocent from the encroachment of government tyrants. But over the centuries those […]
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One of the hallmarks of the Federal Reserve System in the modern era is the near unanimity with which it normally makes decisions. With the direction of policy being guided by the Fed’s chairman, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) has rarely had members dissent from its decisions. When dissent does occur, especially when a […]
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Now that Republicans have lost the House in the aftermath of the midterm elections, the Trump administration is set on cleaning up house, shaking up even the Cabinet in a bid to get more effective leadership. Attorney General Jeff Sessions has already been sent packing, but he likely isn’t the only one who will get […]
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Now that Republicans have lost the House in the aftermath of the midterm elections, the Trump administration is set on cleaning up house, shaking up even the Cabinet in a bid to get more effective leadership. Attorney General Jeff Sessions has already been sent packing, but he likely isn’t the only one who will get […]
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While every American dreams of retirement, the big question most people face is how much money they will need to save up in order to retire comfortably. Many financial planners advise at least a million dollars worth of assets which, thanks to the recent stock market boom, is not outside the reach of many Americans […]
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The unconventional monetary policy undertaken by central banks to respond to the financial crisis took the form of quantitative easing (QE), a massive injection of money into the financial system to prop up various corporations. QE in the United States mostly took the form of bond purchases, through the purchase of large amounts of Treasury […]
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The unconventional monetary policy undertaken by central banks to respond to the financial crisis took the form of quantitative easing (QE), a massive injection of money into the financial system to prop up various corporations. QE in the United States mostly took the form of bond purchases, through the purchase of large amounts of Treasury […]
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