Economy

A mural anticipates Taylor Swift’s show at Wembley Stadium in London. 2024. Last week, former President Donald Trump stirred the pot by posting…

A young mother prepares a meal for her child. Nearly ten years ago, I wrote what I thought was a provocative essay about…

Eleanor Roosevelt holds a poster of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Lake Success, NY. 1949. Courtesy FDR Presidential Library & Museum. ESG…

“The Blessings of Protection,” lithograph criticizing steel industry tariffs. Louis Dalrymple. Puck, 1901. Original caption: “The poor foreigner couldn’t get his rails for…

A home inspector with hard hat surveys a house roof. Lopolo. Anyone who engages in business experiences transaction costs. Many of these costs…

A historic home along the Battle Road, a preserved route that follows revolutionary events in Lexington and Concord. 2020. A recent Wall Street…

A woman buys produce at Pike Place Market in Seattle, Washington. 2023. The American Institute for Economic Research’s Everyday Price Index (EPI) declined…

Price growth was moderate in August, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 0.2 percent last month and…

The Twin Towers of the World Trade Center and the Statue of Liberty are silhouetted against a New York City in this undated…

Colleagues arrange disparate gears into a cohesive machine. As Jonah Goldberg recently noted in the Los Angeles Times, “All presidential candidates vow to…