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The twentieth century saw the American South transformed from widespread poverty into market-driven economic dynamism. Read More

The US stock market remains near record highs despite strains in the US and French bond markets and unhealthy leverage across key parts of... Read More

London’s exodus of billionaire wealth offers a warning to major U.S. cities: economic advantage won’t offset high taxes forever. Read More

The risks to the global economy—including high inflation, soaring public debt, market concentration, and geopolitical... Read More

All stock portfolios suffer from volatility drag Read More

The dividend yield of the S&P 500 is just above 1%. Read More

U.S. stocks could face a serious test in 2027 as a tsunami of new equity issuance threatens to upend the artificial-intelligence-driven bull... Read More

Record highs can be cause for trepidation when they’re being propelled by good vibes and happy feelings. But the start of earnings... Read More

California must have the best tax code of any U.S. state. How else to explain that in the past year the Golden State attracted three times... Read More

Members of Congress have a spending problem. Everyone knows it, even though most of our elected representatives are reluctant to admit it.... Read More

All year, AI enthusiasm has had an evil twin: fear for industries AI will allegedly disrupt. This spring, those fears hit... Read More

Vice President JD Vance unfairly accused Microsoft last week of replacing American workers with “foreign indentured servants”... Read More

During this time of increased political polarization, it is good to know that there is one issue uniting Trump-loving MAGA Republicans,... Read More

A higher cost-of-living adjustment isn't necessarily a good thing for retirees and other Social Security recipients. Read More

The Social Security Administration just announced a 3.6 percent cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for benefits paid beginning in January 2027.... Read More

Many portfolio lenders like banks and credit unions can potentially avoid the credit losses on home short sales by linking short sale... Read More

Democrats seized on the news Wednesday that higher energy prices drove up inflation, placing blame on President Trump’s economic policy. Read More

Confidence among American companies surveyed in China has risen, and Washington should welcome the improvement. But commercial success under... Read More

If more learned from these consequences of turning away from morality, the state’s businesses and workers would be better for it. Read More

The most recent Census estimates show that more than 400,000 people born in California now live in Colorado. Read More

The beginning of wisdom is calling things by their right names. Read More

Sometimes, you come across a brief note that basically says all there is to say about a topic. Read More

His tariffs have raised the price of musical instruments.  Read More

Reflection AI co-founder and CTO Ioannis Antonoglou said this week on Semafor’s Future Proof that in the AI era, companies have to throw... Read More

We don’t say them because it’s assumed. And because we’re afraid.  Read More

An indicator of exuberance. Read More

What they are spending is more important than how much. Read More

The left and the right increasingly agree that the government should embrace stronger economic intervention and industrial policy. Both sides... Read More

A new survey of workers reveals bipartisan disappointment with the president’s populist agenda. Read More

The best REITs right now. Read More

A look at how the Federal Reserve goes about stabilizing prices, even though it lacks the ability to directly set them. Read More