Disappointing GDP growth and high inflation have many commentators talking about stagflation. Advanced estimates from the Bureau of Economic Analysis suggest real GDP fell for a second straight quarter in...

Reprinted from the Cato Institute For decades, Congress has done little more than complicate the tax code which, to this day, punishes success in a variety of ways. During this time,...

Sales of existing homes sank another 5.9 percent in July, to a 4.81 million seasonally adjusted annual rate. That is the sixth consecutive monthly decline leaving the selling pace at...

Initial claims for regular state unemployment insurance fell 2,000 for the week ending August 13th, coming in at 250,000. The previous week’s 252,000 was revised down from the initial tally...

The Federal Reserve should have a single mandate focused on price stability. Monetary policy affects total spending, what economists call aggregate demand. In the short run, the Fed can keep...

Reprinted from Inside Sources Advocates of holding a new constitutional convention have filed a lawsuit in Texas, asking a federal court to order a constitutional convention to be held in Kansas by...

Growing up in New Zealand, I had a great passion for animals. Viewing everything through a child’s eyes, I believed that all wildlife should be free to thrive anywhere they...

In our latest post, Felipe de Vargas Ribeiro presents his latest article “Shield wall: Kelps are the last stand against corals in tropicalized reefs.” He discusses his group’s results from...

By Howell Jackson, Timothy G. Massad, Dan Awrey While stablecoins could produce important consumer benefits and valuable competition in the payments space, current regulation of stablecoin issuers is woefully inadequate....

By Dan Silver, Anna Saavedra, Morgan PolikoffSince the pandemic-induced nationwide school closings in spring 2020, educators and researchers have been tracking children’s academic progress. Now, over two years later, several...