Michael J. Hicks
@HicksCBER
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Father of 3 marvels. Lucky husband. Parent lottery winner. Ret’d infantryman. George & Frances Ball Dist. Prof. of Econ, VMI '84, UT ‘98, personal account.
Muncie, IN
Joined September 2010
The ideals of the Enlightenment returned to an enslaved French beach by the wretched refuse of her teeming shores. June 6, 1944.
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Infallibly superb analysis.
An initial assessment of the PLA parade that has just finished in Beijing. Overall, no major surprises although there were was some new equipment. The structure and content of the parade was pretty standard. Five key themes stood out for me however. 1/9 🧵
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RT @JamesSurowiecki: Trump jacked up tariffs on lumber and steel, raising the cost of home construction. Now he's thinking about declaring….
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RT @PeterSchiff: The yield on the 30-year U.S. Treasury is back up to 4.98% and will soon rise above 5%. This isn't happening despite the F….
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RT @FAHayekSays: “In 1922, when I was 23, Mises’s book on socialism came out—and that cured me [of socialism] forever.”. — Friedrich Hayek….
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I wonder how many folks think this is good news. Treasury yields jump on prospect of U.S. having to refund tariff money; 30-year yield tops 4.98%
cnbc.com
U.S. Treasury yields were higher on Tuesday as investors looked ahead to a key jobs report on Friday and monitored the latest tariff developments.
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RT @EHPlimsoll1: Bessent: Tariffs don't raise prices but one way we could lower prices is to remove the tariffs.
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RT @Steve_Garbacz: If this were true (and even in the most lunatic alternative facts universe it's not) $8T in tariff revenue would be a pe….
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RT @DavidAFrench: "Constant outrage is energizing, at least for a while, for partisans and activists. It’s exhausting for everyone else. Th….
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RT @PhilWMagness: It's 2029. Newsom is president, or perhaps AOC. A climate emergency is declared under IEEPA, imposing prohibitive tariff….
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RT @FindRealTruth: @HicksCBER you nailed this column. In addition to lies & the spreading of false narratives leading to bad policies, they….
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RT @DastDn: Average US life expectancy in 1925: 60 years. Average US life expectancy in 2025: 80 years. Don't listen to morons and grifter….
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RT @scottlincicome: If you're just gonna lie, why not say something really cool like eleventy quadrillion?.
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Spectacular piece.
it doesn't end with that paragraph. That's the 4th paragraph. You should read all of it. It ends with this paragraph-. "I loved my grandfather who served in Mussolini’s army, and I am proud of my alma mater. But I am also proud to have held a commission in the Army that defeated.
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RT @scottlincicome: "Intel’s CHIPS Act Requirements Waived After U.S. Government Takes Stake" 🤔 .
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RT @AdamKinzinger: So Trump put the national guard on 29 day orders?!. Why does this matter: They don’t pay full housing allowance and no….
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RT @JamesSurowiecki: Lutnick has been bragging for months about how much foreign investment is going to be coming into the US because of h….
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