A Phil Hall Op-Ed: There is a new biography coming out tomorrow called “Elon Musk,” and many publishing industry experts are predicting this will be among the year’s top-selling books. The book’s author is Walter Isaacson, who spent two years following Musk around as...
A Phil Hall Op-Ed: On Nov. 12, 2009, the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) sponsored a seminar Washington, D.C., entitled “Is it Possible to Reprivatize the U.S. Financial System?” At the time, the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac...
A Phil Hall Op-Ed: For some reason, I wasn’t invited to be a moderator at Wednesday’s Republican presidential primary debate – obviously, I need to talk to Rupert Murdoch about that oversight. However, if I was in the position to ask questions of the individuals...
Over the weekend, most Americans have been talking to each other about the devastation created by the wildfires on the Hawaiian island of Maui. Joe Biden was not one of them. I would like to share this tweet that posted yesterday on X (the site formerly known as...
A Phil Hall Op-Ed: Perhaps the most dramatic economic story of the past week involved the decision by Fitch Ratings to downgrade of the U.S. credit rating from “AAA” to “AA+.” Fitch defined its decision as the result of “a steady deterioration in standards of...
A Phil Hall Op-Ed: One of the major stumbling blocks in today’s housing market is the abnormally low inventory of existing homes listed for sale. The absence of these properties is hardly mysterious – why would anyone voluntarily move out of a secure residence and go...
