Economics

On “60 Minutes” in October, President Biden was asked if the United States was going to struggle to support two wars in Ukraine and the Middle East. Biden responded by saying: “No. We’re the United States of America for God’s sake, the most…

A quarter-century after welfare reform, there’s bipartisan interest in improving the system. But the Biden administration’s initial foray has needlessly picked a fight with conservatives over abortion. A gratuitous attempt at advancing…

“If people are so mad about high prices, why do they keep buying so many expensive things?” wonders Annie Lowrey in an Atlantic piece headlined, “Inflation Is Your Fault.” Well, I assume demand remains high because individuals work and save…

Somehow we’re at the point in American history when the government calling something “disinformation” is a leading indicator it’s true. This week government-boosted propaganda outlets are amplifying the Biden administration’s fatuous claim…

To this conservative, a recent New York Times column that encouraged the Federal Reserve to take actions focused on bringing down mortgage rates brought to mind the old Yogi Berra quip about “déjà vu all over again.” Have federal officials…

When data showing consumers spent 7.5 percent more this Black Friday than they did last year debuted days after Americans partook in pricey Thanksgiving feasts, the White House and its allies pounced on the buying frenzy as an opportunity…

Americans who plan to serve their family and friends a traditional Thanksgiving feast on Thursday will once again need to dig deep into their hurting pocketbooks to pay for it, new data from the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF)…

With the federal government approaching $34 trillion in debt, talk has (finally) turned to the question of how to stop the bleeding. A recent op-ed in The Wall Street Journal offered one possible solution: Had the federal government…

In the contrast between elites — in Washington and on Wall Street — and the working-class Americans across our country, two words banded about in recent months stand out: “soft landing.” In economic parlance, the term refers to whether a…

Many people today believe the world is overpopulated and that we are running out of natural resources. This belief is based on the false premise that humans are a burden on the planet and that resources are fixed and finite. The truth is…