THE BRIEF, CONTENTIOUS engagement of Amazon and New York City ended abruptly this week, with Amazon deciding that its choice of New... Read More

On Jan. 1, I wrote these unfortunately prescient words in The Post regarding the forces out to scuttle Amazon's move to Long Island City:... Read More

On the face of it, self-declared socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Donald Trump have little in common when it comes to economic policy.... Read More

The "Green New Deal" is upon us, and the question is what to make of it. The Democratic proposal mandates that, within a decade, virtually... Read More

When the government hugs big business, big business hugs back, and its embrace leaves the rest of us in the cold. Read More

Word that President Trump might offer former presidential candidate Herman Cain a seat on the Federal Reserve's Board of... Read More

The number of jobs fell 4 percent and nearly 8 percent of the businesses disappeared. Average annual pay at private firms stalled. The median... Read More

Corporate acquisitions often fail for one simple reason: the buyer pays too much. An old Wall Street adage comes to mind: Price is what you... Read More

Everyone in Silicon Valley knows the story of Xerox inventing the modern personal computer in the 1970s and then failing to commercialize it... Read More

The economic data has gotten confusing again. For two months running, we have had very strong jobs reports, showing accelerated job growth... Read More

By many measures, the U.S. economy is doing extremely well — but when it comes to the nation's housing market, something doesn't quite... Read More

The confetti from Super Bowl LIII was still drifting in the air, and the Lombardi Trophy had yet to be awarded to the New England Patriots,... Read More

I'm really sorry I didn't say hi, make eye contact or acknowledge your presence in any way when you waved to me in the hallway the other day.... Read More

The conventional wisdom, which I have thus far embraced, is that California Gov. Gavin Newsom would push the state's politics much further to... Read More

High-speed rail in California was a disaster. But there's a better way. Read More

ST. LOUIS – “Puritanism,” said H.L. Mencken, is “the haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.”In... Read More

The tech giant cancelled its deal with New York City as a warning to communities across the country. Read More

Amazon's announcement Thursday that it is abandoning plans to construct a second corporate headquarters New York City is bad news for the... Read More

Why does Trump keep hiring hard-money hacks? Read More

Amid all the hoopla about Democrats wanting to raise taxes on the rich, they are quietly working on a bill that would increase taxes on every... Read More

On a fundamental level, our society is economically just. Read More

Silicon Valley is awash with Saudi money. The Public Investment Fund, Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund, has pumped billions of dollars... Read More

At the highest income levels, there's just one female for every 21 men. Read More

More U.S. workers went on strike in 2018 than in any year since 1986—but they are not going to affect profit margins, corporate cash... Read More

Longtime Warren Buffett partner Charlie Munger is set to address shareholders of the Daily Journal in his annual address as chairman. Read More

CGTN's Elaine Reyes spoke with John Tamny, the editor of Real Clear Markets and a contributor to Forbes Magazine, about what we should expect... Read More

There are few pieces of retirement planning advice more universally accepted than save as much as possible as early as possible. But... Read More

The prevailing mood has shifted from extreme pessimism to extreme optimism, says Mark Hulbert. Read More

Stocks have only been this expensive preceding a crash. Read More

Forecasts for many of the world's major economies is distinctly gloomy. But investors shouldn't be too downhearted – the outlook for... Read More

As Americans lose faith in institutions, they've placed their trust in ... an online retailer? Read More

The deal was supposed to be foolproof. But by trying so hard to bypass opposition and extract many incentives as possible, Amazon generated... Read More

His Make It Right Foundation built 109 homes in New Orleans, but critics say many of them are badly flawed. Read More

In 95 years, Munger's never met an investor he admired as much as his Berkshire Hathaway partner—except one. Read More

Junk bonds, which tend to be a predictor for stocks, are at 52-week highs. Read More