Some bad ideas have drifted into the Trump administration as it seeks “affordability” in housing. Better solutions are ...

It’s for these reasons that I declined to publish my critique in the Federalist. It’s a platform used for hate and outrage on ...

I wandered around Collis, pondering where exactly the pastries come from. Do they come from relationships and interactions ...

Economist Clara Mattei explains how her profession has provided elites with a justification for austerity and exploitation.

So, yeah, you should probably take economic forecasts with a grain — heck, a giant heap — of salt. All that said … It's still interesting to get a sense of what professional forecasters are predicting ...

This little article is a personal testimony and does not pretend to describe the attitude of a whole generation towards Marx in the late 1960s. Nevertheless I will try to point to some general ...

Shoppers opened their wallets with gusto, but they favored low-cost options. Holiday shopping season sets forth an annual gut check for the U.S. economy, prompting buyers to splurge in a show of ...

“I THINK 2026 can be a very good year.” What could be a slurred festive toast is in fact the cheerful forecast of Scott Bessent, America’s treasury secretary, who expects the calendar’s turn to herald ...

The authors do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and have disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

Adam Smith, widely considered the first major theorist of capitalism, abhorred the institution of slavery. "Whatever work [a slave] does…can be squeezed out of him by violence only, and not by any ...

The American economy at the end of 2025 looks very different from a year ago. Tariffs are higher, AI occupies a greater share of overall spending, and the federal government under President Donald ...