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Blue states are heeding Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) call for a ban on data centers. Red states should seize this opportunity to build. Read More

We live in a new gilded age. Tech billionaires, believing they would have been heroic conquerors in a different era, are wresting control of... Read More

The former Obama national security adviser, UN ambassador, partisan Democrat and currently a Netflix board member made a splash last week,... Read More

Nobody in Hollywood wanted any of this to happen. No matter who triumphed in the monthslong, high-stakes takeover battle between Paramount... Read More

The figure below from Trump economists Kevin Hassett and Casey Mulligan shows what happened to the trend in worker pay and compensation over... Read More

Britain’s national debt is now rising by more than £500 million a day. Every single day. It’s the kind of figure that should prompt a... Read More

Congressional Democrats smack their lips at possibility of hitting billionaires with punitive taxes. Read More

In 2024, the GOP made its biggest gains with Black men in nearly 50 years. But with economic woes rising and Trump’s approval sliding, his... Read More

Americans feel crushed. Basic survival has replaced aspiration. That shift crept in quietly, bill by bill, renewal by renewal, until the... Read More

There is much talk today about affordability—and rightly so.  Crippling inflation during the Biden-Harris years sent prices... Read More

The potential oil-price implications.  Read More

Credit is produced by lender and borrower, and has nothing to do with the Fed funds rate or so-called "money supply."  Read More

The most important question in macro investing right now may not be about tariffs, deficits, or Federal Reserve policy. It may be this: Can a... Read More

A viral AI doomsday report is telling … but not for the reasons you think. Read More

Randy Smith saved diligently for retirement throughout his 36-year career, especially during his final five years as a general manager at a... Read More

Social Security could end up paying you a pretty decent amount of money in retirement. And if you don't have much savings, those monthly... Read More

No state makes more of its “enlightened” stance on racial justice than California. But few states do worse. Read More

Donald Trump faces Supreme Court setback on tariff authority in Learning Services ruling, but strategic use of remaining trade powers could... Read More

As President and CEO of MEMA, The Vehicle Suppliers Association, I am proud to represent America’s largest sector of manufacturing jobs... Read More

Despite negotiations, federal leaders have once again entered another federal government shutdown. They need more economic literacy. Read More

Like so many other people, I am no longer on social media. Read More

No, overproduction did not cause the Great Depression Read More

It’s time to rethink the familiar slab smartphone. Read More

A software engineer wired his vacuum to his video game controller, but he could soon see inside thousands of living rooms. Read More

Starting late is better than not starting at all. Read More

Is AI "taste" a quixotic task? Read More

An interactive visualization of the industrial processes effectively banned by California's permitting regime — from semiconductor fabs to... Read More

The K-shaped economy — wealthy Americans propping up consumer spending while poorer consumers increasingly pull back — has... Read More

The unregulated industry at the heart of the US economy. Read More

The outlook for the S&P 500's dividends generally improved since previous snapshot of their future. Read More

Economic research institutions have identified sectors and occupations that are likely to be vulnerable to AI. Read More

Top fund managers have been buying these 10 stocks. Should you? Read More