Money & The Economy

How IRS Incompetence Is Raising Americans’ Taxes this Year

The IRS is late on issuing refunds for millions of Americans this year. In April, the IRS moved 29 million…

5 years ago

‘Operation Warp Speed For Jobs’: Worker Shortage Is Getting Worse, US Chamber Says

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce characterized the worker shortage as a crisis that is hurting businesses of all sizes and…

5 years ago

I Was a Smuggler—and Make No Apologies For It

Are you in favor of smuggling or are you against it? Think carefully before you answer with a categorical “yes”…

5 years ago

Job Searches Increased In Republican States Canceling Federal Unemployment Boost: Report

Relative to the national trend, job searches temporarily increased in states that have announced they will no longer offer the…

5 years ago

‘Big Believer’: Tom Brady Just Came Out as a Crypto Fan

We can now add NFL star Tom Brady to the long list of celebrities and athletes hopping on the cryptocurrency…

5 years ago

What Makes Biden and Yellen’s “Global Minimum Tax” Push So Hypocritical

Imagine if oil companies got together and agreed to charge consumers no less than $3.50 per gallon for gas. Let’s…

5 years ago

DeSantis’s Anti-Riot Law Undermines Two Important Constitutional Freedoms

When Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis spent the last year resisting draconian COVID-19 lockdown orders, I applauded his commitment to individual…

5 years ago

Inflation Spiked While Personal Income Dropped Last Month, Key Economic Report Shows

A key measurement of consumer spending and personal income showed the economy experienced higher-than-expected inflation in April, according to the…

5 years ago

We Just Got Even More Proof Inflation is On the Rise

The most widely-used metric for price inflation hit a 12-year high in mid-May, showing that prices had risen 4.2 percent…

5 years ago

Ghost Guns and the Deeply American Tradition of Gun Privacy

Earlier this month, Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn) and Rep. David Cicilline (D-R.I.) introduced the Untraceable Firearms Act, a bill that…

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