Money & The Economy

Jobless Claims Worse Than Expected At 861,000

The number of Americans filing new unemployment claims increased to 861,000 last week as the economy continued to suffer the…

6 years ago

Millennials and Gen Z Have Serious Concerns about Social Security. Should They?

Not all millennials and Gen Zers trust the government blindly. Many, a Northwestern Mutual study shows, are actually unsure whether…

6 years ago

Bloomberg: Venezuela Turns to Privatization After Being Bankrupted by Socialism

Early in 2007, after winning a second six-year term as president, Hugo Chávez announced his plan to nationalize Venezuela’s largest…

6 years ago

The 4 Basic Principles That Will Lead America Back to Prosperity

In his first three weeks in office, President Biden has shown Americans what his economic policy intentions are. In each…

6 years ago

Why Competition Is the Antidote to Big Tech’s Bad Behavior, Not Politicians

by Kimberlee Josephson Since the start of 2021, debates about hosting sites, web services, and social media bans have drawn…

6 years ago

Economists Slam Biden Stimulus as ‘Economically Unjustified’ Plan That ‘Incentivizes Unemployment’

President Biden has abandoned bipartisan compromise and pushed full-steam-ahead to pass his entire sweeping $1.9 trillion COVID-19 spending package. The…

6 years ago

Paul Krugman’s Hilarious 2015 Bitcoin Prediction and the Value of Intellectual Humility

In 1998, Paul Krugman predicted that by 2005 it would be clear that “the Internet’s impact on the economy has…

6 years ago

Biden’s Misery Index

In the late 1970s, the US experienced an economic condition known as stagflation. This meant the economy was not growing,…

6 years ago

Will small businesses recover from Covid?

Eryn Brown, Knowable Magazine They play an outsize role in the economy, and in strengthening communities. Their prospects for surviving…

6 years ago

How Julia Salazar’s ‘Wall Street Tax’ Could Push the NYSE to Relocate

State lawmakers in Albany, New York are considering imposing a tax on financial transactions. If they go through with it,…

6 years ago