Money & The Economy

Most Companies Will Use More ‘Gig Workers’ Over Next Five Years

60% of companies surveyed expect to increase use of contract labor A semi-permanent workforce is becoming the norm Company decision…

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Ocasio-Cortez’s Dream Of ‘Greening’ Every American Home Has A Massive Price Tag

The Green New Deal could cost American families $244 billion just to replace four appliances. Roughly half of U.S. homes…

8 years ago

Green Raw Deal? Cities And States Scale Back ‘Green’ Ambitions As Costs To Taxpayers Rise

Cities and states are having a hard time trying to implement climate policies laid out in the Green New Deal.…

8 years ago

Rural America Is Going Bust As Farm Bankruptcies Soar

U.S. farmers are filing for Chapter 12 bankruptcy at the highest rate in at least a decade as agriculturists feel…

8 years ago

Trump Says US Is ‘A Lot Closer Than We Ever Were’ to China Trade Deal

President Donald Trump on Friday extolled the progress U.S. and Chinese negotiators have made as they work to reach a…

8 years ago

Powerhouse Financial Company To Launch Its Own Version Of Bitcoin After Its CEO Called The Cryptocurrency ‘Fraud’

Financial powerhouse JPMorgan is launching its own version of bitcoin, CNBC first reported Thursday — even though JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon…

8 years ago

New York Wants Its Money Back From Amazon As States Turn On Corporate Tax Breaks

Amazon may forfeit part or all of its $3 billion incentive package to build a new headquarters in New York…

8 years ago

One Nation Under Debt

By Jeff Szymanski, AMAC Yoga classes for bureaucrats. Brown snake eradication program. Congressional pensions. Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund. Those are actual lines in…

8 years ago

The inheritance enigma

By Marina Krakovsky, Knowable Magazine Americans are notoriously bad at saving money for the future, especially compared with their elders,…

8 years ago

More Democratic Governors Join Pledge To Uphold Paris Climate Agreement

Tony Evers of Wisconsin has become the latest of four newly-elected Democratic governors who have pledged to adhere to the…

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