EconomyAnalysis
China Entrepreneurs Seek Economic Freedom in U.S.
Alibaba, the Chinese e-commerce giant whose sales top eBay and Amazon combined, chose the U.S. as the location for its initial public offering (IPO) last… Read More
EconomyAnalysis
Alibaba, the Chinese e-commerce giant whose sales top eBay and Amazon combined, chose the U.S. as the location for its initial public offering (IPO) last… Read More
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Sunday’s announcement that AT&T had signed a $49 billion deal to acquire satellite video company DirecTV received a predictable reaction from many quarters in Washington…. Read More
EconomyCommentary
Mel Watt, President Obama’s new Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) director, has broken his silence and has left no doubt that he will break with… Read More
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Economists spend a great deal of time studying market failure. In fact, as George Mason University economics professor Tyler Cowen notes, “most economic arguments for… Read More
EconomyCommentary
We can all agree that it’s good for Americans to save for retirement. But should the government expand from providing old-age entitlement benefits to controlling… Read More
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The Congressional Budget Office reported that the budget deficit is falling rapidly from its trillion-dollar-plus Rocky Mountain highs during President Obama’s first term. I estimate… Read More
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Janet Yellen’s latest testimony before the Senate Budget Committee confirmed my long-held belief about the Federal Reserve: People give the institution way too much credit…. Read More
EconomyNews
When Remington Arms announced in February it was opening a gun manufacturing factory in Alabama, workers at the company’s oldest and largest plant in Ilion,… Read More
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Few workers would turn down a raise. Union members, however, can have raises turned down on their behalf. Employees of a Pennsylvania grocery store learned… Read More
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No one knows the exact reason The New York Times fired its executive editor, Jill Abramson, this week – but many jumped on the “she… Read More