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Billionaire Jeff Bezos proposes eliminating federal income tax for the bottom half of earners, sparking a fierce debate about fairness and... Read More

There is a perennial worry among economists that the much celebrated capacity of the U.S. to produce innovation is about to have run its... Read More

There’s ample reason to believe the American mainstream does not see the status quo as either extraordinary or paradisical. Read More

We are sometimes accused of being “too Republican” on these pages, so let us take a swipe at a fast-rising Republican, Ken... Read More

His research led him to a new theory of what he called “indigenous innovation.” Read More

The great Warren Brookes (1928-1991) joked in The Economy In Mind about the return of an economist from overseas, and a quip from a U.S.... Read More

When President Trump was first sworn in, he made a promise: The forgotten men and women of America would be forgotten no longer. Since then,... Read More

Maybe then people would bother reading these reports, and see what we’re in for. Read More

Paradoxically Speaking offers commentary on government power and the strange ways its exercise hurts Americans. Click to read Paradoxically... Read More

Another way of looking at prices.  Read More

The legal principle dominating Supreme Court jurisprudence in recent decades known as the anti-commandeering doctrine, holds that the... Read More

Robbing the future to pay for the present nearly sank the city 50 years ago, and the math hasn’t changed. Read More

No more clattering keyboards; ‘everyone is chatting with AI’ Read More

Britain is already a case study on what happens when governments interfere with markets.  Now, their Labor government is thinking about... Read More

Switzerland imposes no tariffs on American goods, supports nearly 400,000 U.S. jobs and didn't retaliate when the U.S. hit it with tariffs of... Read More

I went down a rabbit hole about 19th-century railroad finance. I came back out thinking differently about everything happening in 2026. Read More

About three months before the Pentagon announced plans to lend money to Vulcan Elements, Trump Jr.’s venture capital firm took an... Read More

Changes after 2008 made it easier for the Fed to finance fiscal policy. That needs to change. Read More

Unplugged by AI? Read More

Answering a question about big gains in energy stocks. Read More

A criminal could be masquerading as a celebrity, web store or family member asking for your money. Detecting scams requires a new approach. Read More

Learn the difference between needs and wants.  Read More

The chart book available here looks at the impact of AI on the economy and financial markets. Read More

Structural reforms, rising earnings, and attractive valuations suggest Japanese equities still offer meaningful upside despite strong recent... Read More

It depends... Read More

Earnings season is just about over and it was a good one. Read More

Chips go into virtually everything manufactured, including cars, appliances, industrial equipment and phones. Subscribe for daily updates. Read More