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Is the US skating on ever thinner fiscal ice after adding $2.5 trillion—and counting—to its debt pile over the last year?[i] Many... Read More
Some readers may recall the misery of rampant stagflation in the 1970s. The fusion of inflation and stagnant economic growth destroyed... Read More
Washington is debating nearly every aspect of economic policy, from taxes and tariffs to interest rates and the future of the Federal... Read More
Xavier Becerra –– the Dems’ milquetoast gubernatorial candidate –– is pitching a couple hours of “free” electricity if you do... Read More
The power “team picture” routinely changes in Washington. This historical truth doesn’t seem to be landing with Republicans... Read More
Governor Kathy Hochul’s latest budget is both unbalanced and unsustainable. Read More
Fancy cars don’t impress me. Neither do fancy lawyer offices, oriental rugs everywhere, and oil paintings of the founding partners (Mr.... Read More
The latest claim is that oil and gas companies will refund Americans, somehow. Read More
Rather than inevitable, as Marx claimed, what defines socialism are its inescapable aspects. The hallmarks of socialism are its... Read More
Why do automakers keep throwing good money after bad? Read More
Teaching young people to despair over the planet's impending doom is not only cruel. It's wildly inaccurate. Read More
California’s leftwing Attorney General Rob Bonta last month blocked the blockbuster $100 billion Paramount merger with Warner Brothers.... Read More
Some things AI just can't recreate. Read More
Three approaches to regulating the artificial intelligence industry have been gaining traction in recent weeks: Sam Altman’s call for... Read More
In March 2024, the American Enterprise Institute published an article titled “Canada’s Jew-Hatred Problem,” advocating that... Read More
If you're the president I guess blatant insider trading is quasi-legal now? Read More
One of the biggest mistakes we make when talking about inflation is pretending that everyone experiences the same thing. They don’t.... Read More
A nominal spending target would spare The Fed guessing about the causes of inflation. The Chairman's new task force could apply a rule... Read More
Consumer inflation eased in July, providing the Federal Reserve with a fresh round of data to stay patient on the decision of whether to... Read More
Under a new national security memo will allow the state to deputize private tech firms to carry out "offensive hacking operations". Read More
Chuck Palahniuk on the impact of his book and the movie it spawned. Read More
As a group, these stocks wiped out an estimated $217.2 billion in shareholder wealth over the past 10 years. Read More
We've gotten two better than expected inflation reports but they don't look like part of a trend. Read More
Using Asian Development Bank multiregional input-output tables for 2007–24, this Policy Brief traces Chinese value added throughout the US... Read More
Foreign equities continue to outperform U.S. stocks this year, but there are signs that international leadership is faltering, based on a set... Read More
The relation between stocks and bonds indicates whether supply or demand shocks dominate the risks to economic activity. After two decades of... Read More
Leverage and complexity are gaining ground in today’s late-cycle markets, signaling caution – not crisis – and underscoring the value... Read More
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U.S. retirees plan to work until they die. Which is a very happy story about the evolution of retirement. The previous truths are seemingly lost on policy writer John Mac Ghlionn. Writing recently at The Hill, Mac Ghlionn asserted with evident misery that “There are already a record 11.6 million Americans aged 65 and older still punching the clock.” He should be cheering what has him s... Read More
The power “team picture” routinely changes in Washington. This historical truth doesn’t seem to be landing with Republicans in Congress, or their media allies. Think the Wall Street Journal editorial board. Puzzlingly writing in glowing fashion about the Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act after having puzzlingly done so previously, the editorialists acknowledged last week a ra... Read More
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