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To the casual observer, the rally in the stock market may seem baffling. The effective tariff rate on U.S. imports is the highest it has been... Read More

You could practically hear the cheering on Thursday as critics of President Trump finally got what they’ve waited months for... Read More

Conservative groups who lobbied against the sale of the medication are pledging to target retailers that already dispense the drug, which... Read More

The drug is linked to mental illness and other pathologies. Read More

Donald Trump appears to be moving closer to making a decision in the coming weeks to make weed something less criminal in the eyes of the... Read More

FEE has published several articles over the years on the dangers of occupational licensing regulations. In short, occupational licensure... Read More

Bureaucracies are usually too self-serving to get partisan. The consequences of bad data are high, and error rates are pretty low — no... Read More

Stock markets regularly go to irrational extremes, and their volatility has caused economic hardship and financial pain. Now, jubilant... Read More

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

Trump got Nvidia and AMD to fork over a portion of their sales of chips to China. Here's why that's unconstitutional and scary. Read More

“I want you to know what the risks are, because I still want to come home for Thanksgiving if this doesn’t work.”... Read More

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell will take the stage next Friday at the Fed’s annual Jackson Hole Economic Symposium to deliver what... Read More

Growing up, I don’t remember anything I learned in school that I hadn’t already learned—or could have easily... Read More

General Motors, a cornerstone of American industry, is suffering the consequences of President Trump’s unconstitutional 25 percent... Read More

U.S. manufacturing is experiencing a resurgence, with significant job growth and investment. Read More

At this late date, it is almost trite for a free marketeer to remark that the government’s efforts to muck around in markets routinely... Read More

Con Edison is seeking an 11.4% hike to electric bills and 13.3% gas hike — largely thanks to green-energy mandates that Gov. Kathy Hochul... Read More

Britain once built the infrastructure of empire. Today, it is dismantling the infrastructure of sovereignty. Not by accident, but by policy... Read More

Digital payment terminals now suggest 30% tips for basic services, shifting wage responsibility from employers to customers through... Read More

President Trump's "big, beautiful bill" offers retirees a new tax deduction, but it's also likely to hasten the depletion of Social... Read More

Donald Trump made four specific claims about the system and his record. All four points were demonstrably wrong. Read More

There’s a way to respond to Trump’s brutal and reckless funding cutbacks—and it doesn’t need Washington’s permission. Read More

Trump keeps right on wheeling and dealing with tech companies... Read More

We need a few more of them. How can we get them? Read More

With the stock market today, I find that both the figurative and literal usages of the “bottom line” help me organize discussions... Read More

The growing importance of the stock market on the economy. Read More

“It’s had a profound impact on our culture, especially on people who’ve felt different and marginalized.”… Read More

Bullish sentiment shed five points week over week, down to 29.9%, a level not seen since early May. Read More

FedEx’s stock price is a leading indicator of global trade. Read More

A deep dive from Contrary Research. Read More

Gold is a diversifier that can compound wealth Read More

Some principles of taxation Read More