Tag: Finance

Using what he learned from Ludwig von Mises, Kim Kataguiri made a YouTube video about welfare in Brazil. (AP Photo)Â

Beltway Confidential

Brazil’s economic freedom fighters are an example for Americans

Jason Russell · August 8, 2015 4:01 am

The White House is arguing that financial advisers hurt savers by steering them toward retirement products for which they receive kickbacks. (AP Photo)Â

Scrutiny over Obama’s effort to end kickbacks for investment advice

Joseph Lawler · August 7, 2015 4:01 am

OMBÂ Director Shaun DonovanÂ Donovan wrote that the IRS funding levels would undermine "the fairness and integrity of the tax system in ways that would increase burdens on taxpayers..."Â (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

‘Cynical abuse’: White House slams GOP banking reform bill

Joseph Lawler · August 5, 2015 10:19 pm

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission building, Friday, June 19, 2015, in Washington.

Pay for CEOs to be compared with workers

Joseph Lawler · August 5, 2015 5:00 pm

JPMorgan Chase has nearly $4 trillion in total exposures. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

JPMorgan named world’s most ‘systemically important’ bank

Joseph Lawler · August 4, 2015 7:27 pm

U.S. regulators and Wall Street critics want new rules on high-speed trading. (AP Photo)

Rules suggested for high-speed trading

Joseph Lawler · August 4, 2015 4:01 am

Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina speaks during a forum Monday, in Manchester, N.H. (Getty Images)

Fiorina blames Fannie and Freddie, porn-watching regulators for the financial crisis

Joseph Lawler · August 4, 2015 1:18 am

Jerome Powell, governor of the U.S. Federal Reserve, listens during an event in Washington, D.C. (Pete Marovich/Bloomberg)

Regulation may be harming markets, Fed governor says

Joseph Lawler · August 3, 2015 4:24 pm

Within a few years, U.S. home ownership had fallen from an all-time high ofÂ 69.4 percent to the 35-year low ofÂ 63.4Â percent.Â (Getty)

Two cheers for less homeownership

Washington Examiner · August 3, 2015 5:00 am

The Fannie Mae headquarters in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

House panel votes to cap CEO pay at Fannie, Freddie

Sean Higgins · July 29, 2015 8:42 pm

Republican presidential candidate and former Texas Gov. Rick Perry speaks during a luncheon hosted by the Committee to Unleash Prosperity, Wednesday. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Rick Perry pushes populist Wall Street reform

Joseph Lawler · July 29, 2015 7:33 pm

A Gallup poll foundÂ Americans who drink alcohol prefer beer over other all other alcoholic beverages.Â (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)

Study shows U.S. beer industry brewed a quarter of a trillion dollars in 2014

Daniel Chaitin · July 29, 2015 4:42 pm