The lowly New York City bus is getting new attention thanks to Zohran Mamdani’s vow to make the service free for all. But can ...

West Virginia must be rich, right? All that federal money that flows there year after year. Hopefully readers see the obvious ...

President Donald Trump announced a trade deal with Vietnam on Wednesday that would allow U.S. goods to enter the country duty ...

Despite its name, there is a chimerical air to the One Big Beautiful Bill Act ( BBB ), the Republican tax-and-spending plan ...

If the picture appears bleak for America’s graduates, it is bleaker still for Uncle Sam. Student lending was once profitable for the federal government. Now it loses 25 cents on every dollar lent. All ...

President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act, now working its way through Congress, permanently extends tax cuts ...

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Still, as your question suggests, economists across the ideological spectrum say the overall bill would hurt, in part because ...

The neoliberal like the neoconservative are creations of the post war boomer population rejecting centuries of tradition ...

From rising costs to shrinking investments, tariffs may hit American consumers and businesses where it hurts, today and long ...

Charging even a small amount for goods or services cultivates a sense of value and responsibility in consumers. While there is a temptation to offer “free” to encourage adoption, this can lead to ...

It is a worrying new front in the trade war. President Donald Trump’s tariffs have been highly disruptive, but at least America’s economy does not depend heavily on trade, which as a share of ...