Gas prices are rising primarily due to the strengthening global economy. The United States is in the midst of a 10-year economic expansion, and the unemployment rate is the lowest since 1970.
If President Trump’s import tariffs are as bad as economists say, why is the Trump economy so strong?
Many think that, if our debt even approaches 200 percent of GDP, our currency will lose its reserve status or our super-low interest rate will rise.
Part of economists’ useful function is to offer alternative ways of structuring incentives to attain socially desired ends.
Thank heavens Social Security has reserves. We have 16 years to fix the system, right? Think again: The reserves are part of the problem.
The problem with the economic impact studies is, they report revenue but not costs.
Both hockey coaches and investors need to accept higher volatility in trying to turn probable losses into possible wins.
The City Council of Seattle recently passed a controversial tax, and what happened next could be good news for central Indiana’s quest to snag Amazon’s second national headquarters.
The collapse of the currency is staggering. The yearly inflation rate is now over 18,000 percent.
Universities and colleges, though they are not-for-profit enterprises, in many ways act like for-profit firms
We are shocked—shocked!—that punitive politics might have played a role in the tax bill. Then again, not really.
The Aviation Empowerment Act creates a class of pilots called “personal operators” who can use flight-sharing apps without being subject to common-carrier regulations.
How big of a role do we Americans want to play in the world?
The capitalist economy is facilitating a sharing revolution in transportation that would make Karl Marx blush.
The banking system might finally get some relief from the burdensome overregulation that has hamstrung the economy for almost a decade.
the district’s problems illustrate a larger issue: How should different levels of government work together to provide K-12 education?
Any choice you make implies you forgo some alternative. The value of that next-best alternative is the cost of the choice.
Apparently, Trump thinks he is declaring war on foreigners. But in reality, he is declaring war on Americans.
An underappreciated principle of economics is the fungibility of resources.
Why are unpopular regulations passed in the first place? And why are they so persistent? Three words: special interest politics.
