PODCAST: Why This Recession is Different

European Inflation Jumps Most Since 2022 On Soaring Energy Prices Even As Core CPI Unexpectedly Shrinks In an early preview of the coming inflation spike, the euro area saw its steepest jump in inflation since 2022 as the Iran war pushed energy costs sharply higher, backing expectations that the ECB will have to raise interest rates. In March, European consumer prices rose 2.5% from a year ago in March - and up a whopping 1.9% from the previous month - to the highest since January 2025. The silver lining: the median estimate...

Middle-Schoolers' "Let's Go Brandon" Sweatshirt Case Goes To Supreme Court Authored by Dave Huber via The College Fix, Lower courts have ruled school can ban wearing such apparel as ‘can reasonably be interpreted as profane’ The case of two Michigan middle-school brothers who were told to remove their hoodies emblazoned with the phrase “Let’s Go Brandon” is headed to the U.S. Supreme Court. The siblings are represented by the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression which says the boys’ school violated their First Amendment rights. The phrase was popularized during a 2021 NASCAR event when a...

Whatever positive economic changes the Milei government might have made in Argentina, the country is still not attractive for new capital investment.