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Chris Perry: The considerable costs of a 'cost of living crisis' are only met by a measure of fairness
2+ hour, 25+ min ago (272+ words) Chris J. Perry is a former Director of Social Services, a former Non-Executive Director of a Health Care Trust, and former Director of Age Concern Hampshire. Never a day goes by, or so it seems, without mention of the cost of…...
John Oxley: The war with Iran might, potentially, be over but for Labour the problems have just begun
2+ hour, 15+ min ago (226+ words) John Oxley is a consultant, writer, and broadcaster. His Sub Stack is Joxley Writes. The hostilities in Iran may, tentatively be over. The current ceasefire looks to have found an expensive way to keep the straits open and for both…...
Why America's Money Always Follows War
3+ hour, 41+ min ago (900+ words) When you strip away the propaganda, foreign aid is rarely about charity. It is about strategy, war, and buying influence. The latest long-run data show that from 1946 through 2024, more than $1 trillion in inflation-adjusted U. S. foreign aid went to just five recipients:…...
The Economic Destruction of Trump's War Goes Far Beyond High Gas Prices
22+ hour, 39+ min ago (166+ words) This war is not just making energy more expensive, it's knocking out the higher order goods the global structure of production depends on. This has already locked in dangerous shortages in critical industries like healthcare, food production, and much more....
The Blazing Saddles Solution To The Iran War - Lunch Alert!
20+ hour, 45+ min ago (48+ words) The Political Impact Of Rising Oil Prices: Surprisingly Limited " Lunch Alert! Schumer Endangered Of Losing His Seat " Lunch Alert! Iran Miscalculates On Missile Threats To The West " Lunch Alert! Trump Backs Masks For ICE Agents " Lunch Alert! Tens Of Billions…...
Stagflation Talk Returns Again " Swamponomics
18+ hour, 15+ min ago (158+ words) Economics Editor at Liberty Nation. com. Andrew has written extensively on economics, business, and political subjects for the last decade. He also writes about economics at The Epoch Times and financial markets at FX Daily Report. He is the author…...
California advocates insist on raising minimum wage to $30 despite research showing 'negative outcomes'
20+ hour, 56+ min ago (572+ words) Advocacy groups in California are pushing for a $30 minimum wage in Oakland despite research suggesting the policy showed "negative outcomes" across the Golden State. It was reported on March 30 that One Fair Wage is launching a ballot initiative in Alameda…...
Five Ways Trump's Proposed Budget Hurts the Working Class
21+ hour, 46+ min ago (293+ words) President Donald Trump's 2027 budget proposal, sent to Congress on Friday, doubles down on MAGA pet projects while taking a sledgehammer to a number of programs that help the working class. Among the casualties could be new moms trying to buy…...
Breitbart Business Digest: How Biden and Trump Broke the Labor Force Participation Rate
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (391+ words) The Labor Force Participation Rate Is Probably Wrong The labor force participation rate has been sliding for over year, falling from 62. 6 percent in January 2025 to 61. 9 percent in March 2026, according to the official figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That…...
California advocates insist on raising minimum wage to $30 despite research showing 'negative outcomes"
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (965+ words) Fox News Digital spoke to Manhattan Institute Cities policy analyst Santiago Vidal Calvo about the plan to raise the New York City minimum wage to $30/hour. Advocacy groups in California are pushing for a $30 minimum wage in Oakland despite research…...