Let's go easy on the young. There is nothing wrong with being spoiled. We all are. What's inexcusable is the ignorance that drives us to take... Read More

How Michael Jordan and the owners of the Lakers, Celtics and Bucks teamed up to launch a $1,600 tequila. Read More

The declining cost of air-conditioning is a common trend across nearly all household appliances. As we wait for the cooler weather to return,... Read More

The University of Chicago has long been associated with the idea that antitrust decisions should be based on prices for consumers, not market... Read More

California's new regulation on Uber and Lyft risks harming a huge segment of the economy—and misses a chance to define a new category... Read More

When companies can game the system of state economic development programs, only those corporations benefit while everyone else pays. Read More

Last week, Elizabeth Warren made it clear she wants to reign in the banks and Wall Street, and break up Big Tech. What dumb ideas. Perhaps... Read More

You pay a premium price for a device that underperforms Android rivals, says Jurica Dujmovic. Read More

California's new rent control law will please homeowners while setting back housing construction and affordability. Read More

Companies like Uber are hitting the turbulence of government regulation, worker resistance and labor market reality. Read More

Is the Fed bonkers? Does it really believe cutting interest rates more boosts borrowing? Are you really hot to lend your savings long-term at... Read More

It's hard to borrow yourself rich—especially when you can't deduct the interest. Read More

Congratulations! Your retirement planning has paid off. You've saved $1 million. Now you're wondering how long $1 million will last in... Read More

Today's economy looks a lot like the one that Donald Trump disparaged in 2016, except this time the president set out to make the economy... Read More

OPINION: The nation is moving toward a purely self-inflicted recession. Read More

It's during recessions that we shed bad habits, including those of thought. Economists would profit from a recession. Read More

Elizabeth Warren has a soak-the-rich plan for every problem in America. To make the math of any of these fiscal concoctions work, she's going... Read More

President Trump and Elizabeth Warren share the same backward looking trade policy for a simple reason - they both share a U.S-centric view of... Read More

Not only does the aging pol peddle failed socialist ideas that are better at producing tyranny than prosperity, now he's recycling the long... Read More

His hands are tied by Parliament, but perhaps not completely. Read More

Three years ago, I could barely think about ten dollars a day, let alone ten thousand. But then suddenly everything changed. Read More

The United States is on recession watch as market signals flash red. Manufacturing is straining under President Trump's trade war, business... Read More

The American economy has some serious, structural problems — and the economists are partly to blame.  Read More

The global volume of debt carrying negative yields now stands at $17 trillion. Under the circumstances, it hardly qualifies as a bold... Read More

A few years ago, a strange phenomenon began to appear in polls that asked Americans for their opinions about higher education: People's... Read More

In the last few weeks, Democratic presidential candidates have focused on fears of a recession, accusing President Trump of recklessness in... Read More

Things are not going well, and President Trump has turned defensive. Ironically, that unnatural position could get him to resurrect his... Read More

Why does Elizabeth Warren want to hit America's 75,000 richest families with a $3 trillion wealth tax? Ostensibly to pay for stuff.... Read More

This week, the California legislature passed Assembly Bill 5, which defines so-called gig economy workers as employees... Read More

It's a fact: low-wage workers don't save much for retirement. States are aiming to fix that. But here's a question: is it really a problem... Read More

There's no doubt that earlier this year, many retirees I met with were in panic after the government shutdown. Even worse, economists have... Read More

On Wednesday, the Trump administration announced its intention to ban all non-tobacco flavored e-cigarette vapes from the market. The impetus... Read More

David Sinclair, codirector of the Center for the Biology of Aging at Harvard Medical School, is optimistic. If we increase the... Read More