PODCAST: Why This Recession is Different

Business Financial Distress Nears COVID Levels As Sole Trader Numbers Rise Authored by Rex Widerstrom via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The volume of businesses struggling to pay their debts in Australia is on track to exceed the heights set during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to two reports on the nation’s economic health. Australian dollar coins and banknotes in Melbourne, Australia on April 4, 2024. AAP Image/Joel Carrett Up to 13 percent of working-age Australians and 47 percent of secondary school students want to work for themselves or start a business, but that’s...

'No Kings' Rallies Erupt Nationwide Latest developments: Crowds are described as “massive” in St. Paul, with live video showing thousands filling the capitol grounds and surrounding streets in cold weather. Confirmed speakers at the St. Paul flagship event include Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, Rep. Ilhan Omar, Jane Fonda, Joan Baez, and singer Maggie Rogers. Bruce Springsteen is scheduled to perform his January 2026 protest anthem “Streets of Minneapolis,” written after the fatal shootings of Minnesotans Renee Good and Alex Pretti during federal immigration enforcement operations earlier this year. Parallel marches...

You Can Buy Love... (But It's Never Been More Expensive) U.S. adults will spend a record $29.1 billion on Valentine’s Day this year, according to estimates published by the National Retail Federation. You will find more infographics at Statista">As Statista's (ironically named) Valentine Fourreau reports, this is up from last year’s $27.5 billion, with U.S. shoppers planning to spend $200 on average per person, up from $189 in 2025. You will find more infographics at Statista According to the NRF, Valentine’s Day was one of the annual events that shoppers tended to splash out the most on last year....