News with the tag "Government spending"

The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) says the federal government made massive payment errors during the 2024 fiscal year. In a new report, the congressional watchdog says the total dollar value of the government’s “improper payments” hit $162 billion. According to the GAO, payment errors ...

The newly created Department of Government Efficiency will work to cut “waste and fraud” from $6.5 trillion in US government spending.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has reiterated his concerns regarding U.S. government spending, warning that America is on a fast track to bankruptcy. Highlighting growing national debt, he reacted to a staggering $204 billion increase in just one day. Musk stressed that interest payments on federal debt now su...

Thomas Joseph Webster, Professor Emeritus of Economics at Pace University, challenges the long-held belief in the Federal Reserve’s political independence in his comprehensive report, “The Myth of Fed Political Independence.” Webster’s research scrutinizes the relationship between fiscal and monetar...

Economist Art Laffer, known for his work on supply-side economics, has expressed concerns over the future of the U.S. dollar in a recent interview. Laffer argues that current U.S. economic policies are leading to the dollar’s decline, making it less attractive as a global reserve currency. Laffer Wa...

Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman and gold advocate Peter Schiff are in disagreement over inflation. Krugman believes that “the inflation bump is over.” However, Schiff argues that Krugman didn’t even foresee the inflation bump, emphasizing that the Nobel laureate’s view on inflation should...

Billionaire venture capitalist Chamath Palihapitiya believes that the US economy is already in the midst of a downturn. In a new episode of the All-In Podcast, Palihapitiya explores why more than half of Americans believe the economy is in a recession even though the GDP rose by 1.6% last quarter. A...

In the past 21 months following Ethereum’s London hard fork, the network has witnessed the destruction of over 3.33 million ether, valued at $6.1 billion. At present, roughly 3.51 ether is burned every single minute. Standing out as a prominent participant in the burn process since August 5, 2021, j...