While the U.S. Treasury says the National Debt is officially $23.3 trillion, economists say it’s much larger — at least $122 trillion, owing to all of the unfunded liabilities such as...
Occupational licensure does little to enhance consumer safety but much to prevent those at the lowest rung of the economic ladder from improving their lot, according to a recent report from...
According to the U.S. Department of Commerce American companies have repatriated more than a trillion dollars of their overseas profits since Trump’s “tax holiday” was announced in 2017. ...
After the New York Times criticized FedEx for allegedly not paying any taxes in 2018, FedEx founder Fred Smith challenged the Times’ management to a public debate. ...
Several recent news reports have noted that Latino-owned small businesses have been thriving under the economic policies implemented by the Trump administration. ...
As Millennials spend less on inexpensive items and spend their savings on things such as cars and houses over the next decade, this will have a major impact on the economy....
Two years ago, CNN was delighted that Target was going to increase employee wages. On Monday, CNN revealed that the wage increase was paid for by the employees themselves, many of...
Employment levels in blue-collar jobs have been growing at their fastest rate in more than 30 years, with most of the growth taking place since Donald Trump took office. ...
New York City’s restaurants are cutting staff and hours or even closing outright as a result of the increase in the city’s minimum wage to $15 an hour. ...
NPR expected to show that Trump’s tariffs were costing consumers hundreds if not thousands of dollars. Imagine their surprise when they learned they aren’t. ...
The Business Roundtable’s new “statement on the purpose of a corporation” puts stockholder interests last, behind the interests of customers, employees, suppliers, and local communities. ...
The Treasury Department announced on July 29 that the federal government is scheduled to borrow nearly $1 trillion this fiscal year, the greatest amount in six years. ...
Just a week before the Democrat-controlled House of Representatives is due to vote on its Raise the Wage Act, the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) calculated its possible impact on the...
San Francisco is at it again with its nanny-state policies, this time having the honor of being the first city to officially ban the sale of e-cigarettes and vape pens within...
The Federal Reserve expects inflation to remain low, bringing out exuberance from President Trump, but what is good is the Fed's irrelevance, at least for the moment. ...