Opinion

Bug off and let people enjoy their food

Editor’s note: This opinion piece by Jon Sanders first appeared at American Institute for Economic Research. As the Decade of Forgetting lurches on, our self-appointed elites now no longer seem to know about food. For example, a July 20, 2022 headline from the BBC asked “Could grasshoppers really replace beef?”  The correct answer — “No” — was of...

Jon Sanders
Opinion

Are You Saved?*

There is some, but not much controversy about whether Americans are saving enough. What's clear is that for some time Americans have embraced more debt and household consumption, and reduced saving as a percentage of disposable income—the saving rate—than have previous generations. Evidence suggests that if we want both retirement wealth and heritable wealth for our kids, we almost certainly need to adjust our personal spending and saving habits.

Dr. Karen Y. Palasek

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