by design | Aug 11, 2025 | Black, Columnist
How can California mandate the sale of only cage-free eggs? By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com It took an act of Congress to repeal the California mandate banning the sale of gas-powered vehicles. I presume that it was another...
by design | Aug 4, 2025 | Black, Columnist
Donald Trump: Liberator? By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com Although Donald Trump proclaimed April 2 as “Liberation Day,” perhaps he should change the date to June 12. That was when he signed the law striking down California’s emissions...
by design | Jul 28, 2025 | Black, Columnist
Suppose I were nominated to be chairman of the Fed? By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com Not only would I not be nominated (I am too old and too independent), but the pay is lousy ($250,000), and though I once loved living in Washington,...
by design | Jul 21, 2025 | Black, Columnist
The monthly jobs report or how to lie with statistics By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com There are few things in life as certain as death, taxes and an inflated jobs report. The report for June says that 147,000 jobs were added to the...
by design | Jul 14, 2025 | Black, Columnist
Trump vs Powell – and Bessent? By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com What do you think about Federal Reserve independence? Have you noticed that, for all Trump’s gnashing of teeth, name-calling, threatening and cajoling, Congress has been...
by design | Jul 7, 2025 | Black, Columnist
Budget time is wasted time By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com Budget time, where the congressional baseball game is just as productive as any appropriations debate. But that devalues the baseball game. I would say that Congress is wasting...
