Occupational Licensing Revisited in Some States
Not all states are embracing reforms to their existing occupational licensing laws. Those that are, are helping their respective economies. March 6, 2019 By: Bobby Casey, Managing Director GWP By and large, our lives don’t involve the government that much. Most of our plans and activities have nothing to do with it. Day-to-day interactions are […]
How to Protect Your Assets from “Shadow-Banks”
“Shadow Banks” pose a serious risk to the market and your assets because they are non-banks that lend like banks, but with far less oversight or accountability. April 25, 2019 At the heart of the last U.S. financial crisis in 2008 was a $52 trillion “non-banking” industry that lent unqualified borrowers money for mortgages and […]
Is Legalization a Full Victory?
Cannabis legalization comes with terms and conditions, like cryptocurrency legitimization. That might not prove to be the full victory people were looking for. April 22, 2019 By: Bobby Casey, Managing Director GWP A big topic, especially this year, is cannabis legalization. As a staunch opponent of prohibitionist policy, I welcome that discussion and the lifting […]
Dangerous Protectionist Precedent to be Set with Dairy
Large and established dairy industry players are seeking congressional protection from their non-dairy competitors. April 8, 2019 By: Bobby Casey, Managing Director GWP Plant based dairy alternatives have been around for a good while. Nobody made much of a stink over them. They have been coming out with myriad alternatives ranging from rice, soy, coconut, […]
Response to Andrew Yang’s UBI Platform
Andrew Yang is pushing the idea of Universal Basic Income as his primary platform for his 2020 run for POTUS. Where does this idea fall short and why? April 1, 2019 By: Bobby Casey, Managing Director GWP I discussed Andrew Yang’s flagship policy: Universal Basic Income (UBI) in some earlier blogs; but I took the […]
Capital Controls and Market Manipulations Aren’t Helping Anyone
A pattern of capital controls and market manipulations prove to be disastrous economic policy, especially for those they were intended to help! March 11, 2019 By: Bobby Casey, Managing Director GWP If private property is the linchpin of capitalism, then capital controls is the linchpin of socialism. No one will call Venezuela failed capitalism, least […]
Petty Local Regulations and Taxes are Out of Hand
Petty local regulations and taxes make daily life harder, but they offer absolutely NO benefits in return to those affected by them. March 4, 2019 By: Bobby Casey, Managing Director GWP I recently shared a few things on social media about the petty things happening on the local level, but I think it really deserves […]
What Is The REAL National Emergency?
Gun and border control are distractions from the growing and impending emergency the US is facing: a national debt topping $22 trillion. February 25, 2019 By: Bobby Casey, Managing Director GWP The US is currently on a “shutdown hiatus”, with a few weeks left to sort out the particulars regarding Trumps demand for greater border […]
Mandatory Incomes Won’t Solve Economic Problems
Legislating incomes like minimum wages or a universal basic income doesn’t solve the real underlying economic problems. February 18, 2019 By: Bobby Casey, Managing Director GWP Whether people are calling for a higher minimum wage, or a universal basic income, these economic experiments have run their course and are proven failures. Across the US, states’ […]
Cautionary News Out of California
Some crazy ideas are coming out of California, and the rest of the country would do well to see them as cautionary, not instructive; and hope those ideas stay contained in that state. February 4, 2019 By: Bobby Casey, Managing Director GWP When the US was created, the states were meant to be independent and […]
