Laura Williams

Inflation, driven by government spending, has gobbled up 85 percent of the Big Macs you could have bought. But we're unlikely to see supersized bills in circulation.

We feel watched, stalked by sinister forces, haunted by specters of economic anxiety. Fictional monsters help us cope.

"Once 'locked in,' a comparatively low mortgage rate functions as an emotional and economic anchor." ~Laura Williams

"We each owe more than $100,000 as a share of the national debt… Our earning years are subsidizing not our own economic coming-of-age, but retirement and medical benefits for people who navigated a less-challenging wealth-building landscape." ~Laura Williams

"The amount of red tape and regulation, fees and form-filling that government has wrapped around simple collaboration isn’t just irritating and expensive. On a deep level, it’s inhuman." ~Laura Williams

"The proliferation of lending tools for small purchases, and the expanded access to credit they represent, are likely a win for consumers. But, as ever, individual responsibility and responsible business implementation will matter a great deal." ~ Laura Williams

"When past centuries’ most-iconic luxuries become commonplace and affordable, we always have specialization and market innovations to thank." ~ Laura Williams

"Tax season’s sophisticated sleight-of-hand will have most Americans wondering what they’ll buy with their refund, instead of questioning whether they saw results for all the dollars they won’t get back." ~ Laura Williams

"School choice will continue to be a battle across the nation, because some special interests have been given control over millions of children and billions of dollars, and they won’t give that power up without a fight." ~ Laura Williams

"In Mercantilist Europe, and in the ever-murkier swamps of Washington, DC, cozy relations between industry and government result in such price-fixing contrivances and anti-public conspiracies being issued by regulation as well." ~ Laura Williams