Many in the media are saying how unusual it is for our economy to be so sluggish for so long, after we have officially emerged from a recession. In a sense, they are right. But, in another sense, they are profoundly wrong. The American economy usually rebounds a lot faster than it is doing today.
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That queasy feeling Americans had in September 2008, when the bottom fell out of the financial markets, has returned. Is the American economy slipping back into recession?    Last week, the Dow Jones industrial average lost 699 points, or 5.75 percent. After the stock market closed Friday, Standard Poor’s, one of the Big Three credit-rating
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That queasy feeling Americans had in September 2008 when the bottom fell out of the financial markets has returned. Is the American economy slipping back into recession?Last week, the Dow Jones industrial average lost 699 points, or 5.75 percent. After the stock market closed Friday, Standard Poor’s, one of the Big Three credit-rating agencies, announced
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When I am asked to speak at events for liberty and economic freedom, I break the ice (for myself mostly) with a phrase: “Some of you know me and some of you know of me.” As my Mother holds her breathe while she reads The Texan and my Facebook page, she is the one voice
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