Money & The Economy

The US Senate Is Trying to Give Jeff Bezos $10 Billion of Your Tax Dollars

Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos are two of the richest men in the world, and while both are clearly brilliant…

5 years ago

The Labor Market Shortage is Exposing Two Big Ways the Government Hurts Teenagers

My 14-year-old daughter walked over to a nearby floral shop earlier this week to see if she could work there…

5 years ago

Jobless Claims Drop Below 400,000, Hit Another Pandemic Low

The number of Americans filing new unemployment claims dropped to 385,000 last week as the economy continues to recover from…

5 years ago

Biden’s ‘Stimulus’ Bill Favored Blue States in One Huge Way, New Study Finds

President Biden’s multi-trillion-dollar “American Rescue Plan” was supposed to be a COVID-19 relief bill. But in reality, 90 percent of…

5 years ago

‘Shrinkflation’: The Latest Consequence of Reckless Federal Spending, Explained

We already know that top inflation metrics have recently surged, and executives at companies like Costco are warning that price…

5 years ago

What Bernie Sanders Doesn’t Understand about CEO Salaries

The Chief Executive Officers of the nation would be justified in singing along with the Coasters’ 1950s rock and roll…

5 years ago

Why Lifeguards in California Are Making More Than the Governor

In the summer of 1984, I desperately wanted to swim in the deep end of the water with my friends…

5 years ago

The Hole in ‘Kamalanomics’: A Glaring Flaw Plagues the Veep’s Plan to Restore the Economy

The Biden administration doesn’t just want the US to recover from the COVID-19 crisis: it wants to “build back better,”…

5 years ago

Higher Inflation Has Arrived, But Economy Unlikely To Reach 1970s Levels, Report Says

While rapidly increasing consumer prices have triggered fears that the U.S. economy may enter into a period of stagflation, it…

5 years ago

Costco Exec Reveals Company Is Facing Rising Inflation—And How It Could Hurt Customers

When Americans read about inflation in the newspaper or hear rising prices pop up in a policy debate, it often…

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