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Analysts say a stumble in the stock market could spell trouble for consumer spending and economic growth. That makes for a fragile balance. Read More

States and leagues must face up to the damage from app-based gambling for the next generation of bettors, most of them young men. Read More

It sounds a bit kooky to promise a whole city from scratch. But it has been done before — and might just help solve the housing crisis. Read More

If “the border” informs your thoughts about immigration, then your mind is wandering. Seriously, how often have you crossed the... Read More

Measure ULA is worsening the housing shortage and raising less revenue than promised. Read More

A last chance to step back from the brink. Read More

Why prosperity breeds guilt, how status incentives reward critique, and what happens when function is replaced by moral performance. Read More

States and feds aren’t doing much to affect data center growth. Residents here in one Virginia county are trying to push back —... Read More

Finally given a chance to influence trade policy, the vast majority of House Republicans decided it was more important to keep President... Read More

Last month, the Carvana PPA Masters Championship averaged 791,000 viewers on CBS, making it the most-watched pickleball event of any kind on... Read More

New ideas will face barriers to implementation Read More

How Peru built scaffolding to become the leading exporter of blueberries Read More

US Treasuries are no longer seen as safe by foreign investors. Read More

Deportations don’t create jobs and will increase deaths of native-born Americans. Who knew? Read More

There is little the American side seems to have obtained in terms of durable market access that Europe did not, and a great deal that Europe... Read More

Will investors start to value real things more and ephemeral things less? Read More

Once there's fraud it's impossible to know how deep it goes. Read More

The government should protect consumers instead of annoying them. Read More

US AI-Related Investment Keeps Breaking Records, With Total Software, Computer, & Data Center Spending Now Exceeding $1T Per Year Read More

Energy, basic materials, and defensive consumer stocks are in. Tech and financials are out. That, at least, is Mr. Market’s view so far... Read More

Over the course of 2025, the average tariff rate on U.S. imports increased from 2.6 to 13 percent. In this blog post, we ask how much of the... Read More

The incoming data has surprised significantly to the upside in recent weeks, but long rates have not moved higher. Read More

Discover the best dividend stocks with solid yields, strong fundamentals, and room to grow—even in uncertain markets. Read More

Australia may be sweltering, but rate hikes won’t cause its stocks to wilt. Read More