If there is one consistent theme in President Trump’s economic philosophy, it is that trade deficits are bad for the country and must be eliminated. This is the principal motivation for his recent ...

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There is a rather basic but key economic principle which states that free markets are crucial to efficiently running economies. Free markets facilitate the allocation of capital and resources through ...

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Spend enough time investing in (or reading about) the cryptocurrency world, and it’s easy to become a bit jaded about the wild, unpredictable price swings that seem to come with the territory. But it ...