Members of the Federal Reserve openly admit it is not a federal agency.
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About Megan Russell
Megan Russell+ is the Systems Analyst for Marotta Wealth Management. A Cognitive Science graduate from the University of Virginia, Megan loves neuroscience, formal logic, creative writing, kittens, and her childhood. Her favorite blog series: Wealth Inequality in America.
What Exactly Is Quantitative Easing?
Quantitative easing is a sneaky way to make everyone dealing in U.S. dollars pay off the U.S. debt.
Read More...How Does The Fed Control Interest Rates In A Free Market?
Even as recently as 2007, banks were paying 4% interest. Now you have to go to the hundredth decimal before you find your interest rate.
Read More...Tax By Inflation
In its simplest form, the government prints money and uses the newly printed currency to fund government spending.
Read More...Five Unbelievable Financial Advisor Regulations
To comply, most firms must archive and report massive amounts of information. Here are five of the more interesting regulations.
Read More...Every Business Should Start a 401(k)
The president’s hope to restrict the plans should actually make owners more interested in creating one.
Read More...Republicans: Defining the Three Factions
Which part of the conservative party appeals best to you: promoting the welfare of big business, legislating morality or advocating personal freedom and responsibility?
Read More...Is Social Security Stealing Your Chance Of Being A Millionaire?
Social Security withdrawals have enslaved workers to depend on government largess when they could have been independently wealthy.
Read More...Obama Expands the Permanently Unemployed
The economics of the job market are complicated, and an executive order can’t grant America a higher wage.
Read More...Obama’s myRA Plan Violates Multiple ERISA Laws
Willful violations of ERISA legislation carry criminal penalties of up to a year in prison for the plan sponsor and a fine of up to $100,000 for the corporation.
Read More...Can You Fact-Check Without Reading the Article?
Both authors claimed there were errors in our article all the while agreeing with our assessment of the unemployment numbers.
Read More...We Were Wrong: Jobless Available Workers As High As 41.4%
We actually underreported the portion of jobless Americans. It did not include the people who are represented in the unemployment rate.
Read More...Economic Freedom Matters 2014
Economic freedom enriches society, lifts the poor out of poverty and respects the agency and dignity of human choice.
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How Long Should I Keep Financial and Tax Records?
Whenever the IRS challenges you, the burden of producing evidence that your claims are true rests entirely with you.
Read More...Sensational Headlines Capture Nation’s Attention
In addition to learning how a viral story can get many of the facts wrong, another more important lesson can be learned from this experience.
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World Health Organization 2000 Statistical Report
After I have studied their technical reports and data for over a month and a half, I have finally been able to track their formulas and findings across the dozen sub-studies and their corresponding literature. The methods and statistical formulas used are at times surprising, alarming, or comical.
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List of Income-Tested Benefits Programs
A total of 85 different income-tested benefit programs and their expenditure as of 2002.
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Wealth Inequality in America, Part 3
Even the negative or inconsequential effects of welfare often fail to convinced some people that a new system of assistance is necessary.
Read More...Wealth Inequality in America, Part 2
Blaming the 85% with 100% of the wealth for the poverty of the remaining 15% is unreasonable. The two are unrelated.
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Wealth Inequality In America
The video “Wealth Inequality in America” is not only misleading, but the research methods of its underlying study are laughable.
Read More...Stupid Decisions Made During Government Shutdown
The government continued to pay for their website hosting and the domain name licensing but hid all of the data from Internet users.
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Why People Like Tony Stark But Hate Real-Life CEOs
Obnoxious, playboy Tony Stark, more commonly known as Iron Man, is admired by his fictional and real fans alike. Why not real life CEOs?
Read More...Safety Second
Fun first. Freedom first. Innovation first. Financial goals first. But not safety. No one says, “That looks safe; I wonder if it is fun.”
Read More...Beneficiary Designations: Per Capita or Per Stirpes?
Before a grandmother passes away, both her sons predecease her. Left with only her daughter and grandchildren, depending on her titling one of three things may happen.
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Do Investors Deserve to Make Money?
When I work my 9 to 5 job and earn a paycheck, I receive a paper certificate I can trade in for the real reward of my labor. But why do investors get a reward?
Read More...Natural Rights: Is the Only Moral Code Legal Entitlement?
A recent letter from a reader expressed the claim that there is no such thing as natural rights. Could he be right?
Read More...Is There A Biological Basis For Human Rights?
An unprovoked attack is always wrong everywhere, but can a law professor and attorney-at-law prove the biological basis for their field?
Read More...What’s The Big Deal About Privacy?
NPR writer Alva Noë says privacy is unimportant, but from the very start of his argument Noë is confused about what privacy is.
Read More...Is Obamacare Responsible for a Jobless Recovery?
Three part time employees equals two full time employees while avoiding $4,000 in annual fines.
Read More...Do We Have a Right to Health Care?
The Affordable Care Act encourages everyone to get health care insurance by punishing those who don’t. Proponents of Obamacare justify this saying that health care is a human right. But is it?
Read More...Detroit’s Bankruptcy Doesn’t “Just Happen”
Corporations go bankrupt for a wide variety of reasons, but there’s only one reason for municipalities.
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The Complete Guide to Your Washing Machine
The complete guide to saving money while washing your clothes. How much does my washing machine cost me? What temperature should the water be? What cycle should I use? What detergent should I use? What’s best for my clothes?
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Your Data Betrays You
Thanks to the public record, pieces of otherwise random information can be used to precisely identify an individual. Find out what some of the most common data leaks are in your life.
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Edward Snowden’s Motivations, In His Own Words
“If they were in my position, and, you know, you live a privileged life—you’re living in Hawaii, in Paradise, and making a ton of money—what would it take to make you leave everything behind?”
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