The opportunity exists for the Trump administration to do something now about Nigeria that would lead to real progress in the fight against religious persecution and repeated violations of the…
For us tail-end baby boomers, it’s probably true our view of what life might be like now was influenced by the “Back to the Future” series. Watching ‘Doc’ Brown and…
Europe’s highest court isn’t exactly telling everybody to boycott Israeli food and wine. But they’re doing their darnedest to ensure Europeans don’t buy them. For anyone who missed the news, the Court…
“The fact is there is no more money. Period,” says Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot. She’s talking about the teachers’ strike that has paralyzed her city’s public schools—enrollment 360,000—for the past week. The…
The Seattle Minimum Wage Study, a study supported and funded in part by the Seattle city government, is out with a new NBER paperevaluating Seattle’s minimum wage increase to $13 an…
By Madeline Osburn • The Federalist On Saturday, U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley addressed the class of 2019 at The King’s College in New York, where he called on the graduates…
By Liz Peek • Fox News Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez promises that going green – removing all fossil fuels from our energy mix – will “establish economic, social and racial justice in…
By Samuel Hammond • National Review The ability of businesses to grow rapidly is a one of the most defining and precious features of the American economy. Amazon went from…
Everyone’s still talking about the dramatic tumble in the price of Facebook stock which, if the estimates are reliable, had left its founder – Mark Zuckerberg – more than $10…
by Steven Horwitz • Foundation for Economic Education Critics of liberalism and the market economy have made a long-standing habit of inventing terms we would never use to describe ourselves.…
by Bill McMorris • Washington Free Beacon Restaurants in the nation’s capital experienced their worst hiring period in 15 years, fueling speculation that wage hikes are reducing employment opportunities. Employment…
Thirty percent of businesses said they would eliminate jobs if the minimum wage were increased to $15 an hour, according to a survey from Express Employment Professionals. The survey asked…
America dodged the Asian financial crisis of 1997-98, but much has changed. Today’s world economic slide is starting to hurt us. by Ruchir Sharma • Wall…
by Michael Pento • CNBC The S&P 500 has begun 2016 with its worst performance ever. This has prompted Wall Street apologists to come out in…
We used to make sure all Americans could lead a pretty good life by Jon Margolis • Pittsburgh Post Gazette One day last winter, Tom Ashbrook and…