American Consequences

Learn what's really happening in America

No thanks, I believe the mainstream media.

Todd G. Buchholz

July 2020

After the COVID War, the Debt Bomb

By Todd G. Buchholz The word “war” must be worn-out by now. After two harrowing World Wars, Korea, and Vietnam, presidents have also called on Americans to fight metaphoric wars on poverty, crime, drugs, and terrorism… not to mention actual...

April 2020

The Great Cessation

How Does Capitalism End? By Todd G. Buchholz Socialism is looking less ugly these days. It used to conjure up images of bushy Karl Marx with spittle in his beard, or a hairless Nikita Khrushchev locking a monkey in a satellite, promising “we will...

June 2019

The U.S. Economy’s Dirty Secret

By Todd G. Buchholz There is a dirty little secret in economics today: The United States has benefited – and continues to benefit – from the global slump. The U.S. economy is humming along, even while protesters in the United Kingdom hurl milkshakes...