EconomyNews
About 5 million California residents left the Golden State during the past decade, marking an “unprecedented” number according to a report released this week. The… Read More
EconomyCommentary
It’s too early to know if the stock market drop is just one of the periodic corrections by which the market reallocates capital to more… Read More
EconomyCommentary
To give perspective, China is the world’s second largest economy, as well as the second largest importer. It is the largest trading nation for 75… Read More
EconomyNews
In an attempt to enforce transparency and accountability, a Republican senator is attempting to restructure a federal agency that oversees a wide range of consumer financial… Read More
EconomyAnalysis
It’s good to be No. 1. But as any former champ will tell you, you have to avoid becoming complacent if you want to stay… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Almost every activity that improves our quality of life requires energy. We don’t question how the lights stay on, or how groceries get to the… Read More
EconomyCommentary
GABORONE, Botswana—Western governments, well-intentioned NGOs and good-old-fashioned profit-seeking capitalists have been trying for decades to help bring development and prosperity to Africa, often unsuccessfully. Botswana embraced… Read More
EconomyNews
The results are in. When it comes to economic freedom, Hong Kong takes the gold, with Singapore following closely behind and New Zealand rounding out… Read More
EconomyCommentary
The age old question in economics is this: how does a nation or state create economic growth and rising living standards for its citizens? Once… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Suppose someone told you there were over two decades of economic data showing the secret of success for every nation in the world and that… Read More
EconomyCommentary
If you were to rank all the countries of the world based on their level of economic freedom, you’d think the United States would be… Read More
EconomyCommentary
In his State of the Union address, President Obama argued we need government policies to build “the most competitive economy anywhere.” He’s wrong. We need… Read More
EconomyCommentary
In addition the stars, awards, and speeches, the Golden Globe awards displayed the power of free markets, the real star of the night. Whether it… Read More
EconomyNews
Rep. Paul Ryan has a simple recipe for how the U.S. can achieve greater economic freedom. Ryan, R-Wis., said Tuesday that stronger trade policies and… Read More
EconomyCommentary
There is no single formula for overcoming challenges to economic development and maintaining economic dynamism, but one thing is clear: Around the globe, governments that… Read More
EconomyCommentary
“The hope for India lies not in the exceptional Tatas or similar giants, but precisely in the hole-in-the-wall firms, in the small- and medium-size enterprises,… Read More
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The failed launch and fiery explosion at the Wallops Island spaceport could blow up Virginia’s projected financial windfall at the commercial site. The state invested… Read More
InternationalCommentary
After a dirty and divisive campaign, President Dilma Rousseff of Brazil’s leftist Workers Party (PT) was narrowly re-elected last week to a second term over… Read More
EconomyCommentary
We learned last week that new Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen is not so much our nation’s central banker as class warrior in chief. In… Read More
EconomyCommentary
“What is history but a fable agreed upon?” as Napoleon once put it, and never has that been more true than the story of the… Read More
EconomyNews
WASHINGTON — Concerns about higher consumer prices if cable and satellite customers could unsubscribe from local channels stalled a move on Capitol Hill to create… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Politics is often filled with paradoxes, and here is one that nearly defies explanation. The demographic groups that voted most heavily for Barack Obama in… Read More
EconomyNews
Pay your protection money. Do the secret handshake. And kiss the ring. Otherwise, forget having green activists attach their environmental seal of approval to the… Read More
LawNews
Federal regulators have backed away from pressuring banks to stop doing business with legal enterprises that the Obama administration labeled “high risk” — including selling… Read More
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Californians are one step closer to casting votes in November to decide whether the state will remain as is or be broken into six separate… Read More
EconomyNews
The U.S. soccer team has dribbled, tackled, and shot their way into the knockout round of the World Cup. A true Cinderella story, the U.S…. Read More
EconomyCommentary
The World Cup is underway, and other than the Olympics, it will surely be the most closely followed sporting event with estimates of more than… Read More
Economy News
Rep. Jeb Hensarling today convenes the House Financial Services Committee for a much-anticipated hearing on the fate of the U.S. Export-Import Bank, a federal agency that… Read More
EconomyNews
Despite losing a friend in House leadership and now his successor’s avowed lack of interest, the Export-Import Bank — which has been criticized for promoting… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Only a decade ago, India seemed destined to rival China. Annual growth had averaged almost 9 percent over a seven-year stretch; domestic investment was booming;… Read More
