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The C grade Fred Smith received from a Yale professor about his vision for an overnight delivery service is much less remarkable than is... Read More

In our humorless times, we could deal with a measure of P. J. O’Rourke’s satirical wisdom. Read More

There are no star maps on Palm Beach, and many of its biggest estates are hidden behind elaborate landscaping. To learn what belongs to whom,... Read More

Anyone who has worked in corporate America has been subjected to the censorious “Head Girl” rule-making emanating from HR departments —... Read More

As the Senate considers the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, blue state Republican House members are pledging to hold $4 trillion in tax... Read More

The precedents set by President Trump will create serious problems for future interactions between the business sector and the state. Read More

Blue-state Republicans overstate the “harms” of capping the state and local tax deduction and understate their own role in driving up... Read More

America has a bounty of 250th anniversaries to celebrate these days. On April 18, I went with my 9-year-old son to watch a re-enactment of... Read More

Money in circulation mirrors production. Reduced money in circulation didn’t cause the 1930s, rather it was an effect of awful policy. Read More

Its monetary policies have a ripple effect on the economy, which affects personal loan rates. Read More

He sure does.  Read More

The president's unwillingness to touch the third rail of entitlement programs does not change the reality that a reckoning is coming. Read More

The Social Security trustees say the program is still solvent, but Trump immigration and tax policies could deliver serious damage. Read More

RiskHedge—Disruption Research, Disruptive Technology Stocks—RiskHedge helps investors profit from disruption by providing research on the... Read More

Missing in debates about free trade and tariffs is discussion both about the movement of people between countries, and the challenge of not... Read More

We need to refocus on what prosperity produces and requires at the level of ordinary, individual people trying to make their way to that... Read More

Friends of mine, prominent players in the New York City business community, tell me they are horrified that a certified socialist, Zohran... Read More

This week, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed a lawsuit against Unicoin, a move that sent shockwaves through the... Read More

We should know better by now than to embrace George and Bertha Russell as heroes. Read More

They’re cheap, candy-flavored, and marketed as all-natural. They can also be up to 13 times more potent than morphine.   Read More

Imports from China are the most heavily affected Read More

You can be a realist or an idealist, but you cannot have it both ways.  Read More

Trump doesn't have the power to declare war on Iran but that doesn't mean he won't do it. Read More

Worse than the Jones Act? Read More

SeaD Consulting used rapid genetic testing to sniff out whether restaurants in coastal cities are telling the truth about where their shrimp... Read More

The Top 1% owns a lot of assets and has very little debt. Read More

What happens when the deadline for deals comes? Read More

To operate reliably, the US electrical grid needs to balance supply and demand: to make sure, at any given moment, that the amount of... Read More

These 12 undervalued consumer defensive stocks look attractive today. Read More

We believe Europe’s ambitious fiscal and defense spending plans present new opportunities for active investors in an already alpha-rich... Read More

The outlook for the S&P 500's dividends in upcoming quarters is little changed since our previous snapshot of the future for... Read More

Their usefulness as portfolio diversifiers may be questionable, but their valuations are compelling today. Read More