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Fareed Zakaria is far from a conservative, but he’s increasingly a straight shooter in diagnosing economic problems in America. His... Read More

Your 401(k) account can be a tempting pile of cash, but dipping into it could cost you big time. Read More

Since bursting onto the policy scene, debate over artificial intelligence — apart from competition with China — has largely... Read More

The national conversation about global climate change has gone through ups and downs over the last 75 years. Climate science entered politics... Read More

As of Friday, Musk’s rocket company SpaceX is among the richest companies on the planet. Read More

Continued inflation, hawkish regional bank presidents, and 11 of 12 monetary policy rules suggest the Fed should raise rates. The price of... Read More

Question everything. Learn something. Answer nothing. Euripides Investors live in a world of noise. Every day the financial media pumps out... Read More

Its extraordinary valuation is a vote of confidence in humanity’s capacity to innovate. Read More

Ever gotten so deep in credit card debt that you stopped opening the bills because it felt hopeless and looking at the numbers simply... Read More

In 2025, Congress passed a budget resolution authorizing $4.5 trillion in tax cuts through 2034, and most of it was for the super wealthy and... Read More

As is well known, SpaceX floated its shares last week. Elon Musk is the world's first, but surely not last, trillionaire. Let’s refer... Read More

Newly installed as Fed chair, Kevin Warsh wants the Federal Reserve out of the mortgage business. The central bank still holds almost two... Read More

Imagine that 10 acres of land in the middle of your city was unbound from the laws that limit housing construction. No zoning. No neighborly... Read More

You may run into a big financial problem if you decide to work in retirement: Losing some or even all of your Social Security benefits... Read More

If imitation really is the sincerest form of flattery, then last week’s reintroduction of the American Innovation and Online Choice Act... Read More

The Walton State Bank has served 200-person Walton, Kan., since 1907, when the state granted Guy Hawk a charter to start a local bank. Some... Read More

“The founder’s way [is] to make their jet seem like a utility, not a luxury,” said a Silicon Valley source. Read More

For years, Senator Bernie Sanders has touted Sweden as his favorite democratic socialist model, praising the country for its high tax rates... Read More

The Republican PR machine is failing. Read More

The president’s speech is disconcertingly incoherent. Read More

You don’t have to hate money to stop being controlled by it.  Read More

Elon Musk has many people to thank for becoming the world’s first trillionaire — his companies’ engineers who produced technological... Read More

Why bull markets make you feel smarter and bear markets make you feel dumber. Read More

Hard work and intelligence are just table stakes. Read More

The second Gilded Age is much uglier than the first Read More

How John Malone and other media moguls helped turn America into a society focuse on greed and market power. Read More

When money has an off switch, so does your freedom. Read More

Commodity prices are moving higher across the board, but for different reasons in each segment.  Read More

What accounts for this disconnect between perception and reality? Read More

Most financial experts will tell you to wait to claim your Social Security retirement benefits at least until your full retirement age (which... Read More

The Silicon Data Token Expenditure Index, which tracks total spending on large language model usage, has roughly doubled since late 2025 even... Read More

AI investment consists mostly of imported hardware that doesn't add to US GDP. Read More

Diversification is fading as AI and energy link markets, reshaping global portfolio strategy. Read More