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Measuring state-level prices with adequate precision requires a lot of data collection, and there’s always a long lag between the time period measured and...
Every time the government releases major revisions to employment data, a familiar chorus emerges: claims that something must be wrong, that statistics are being...
The Congressional Budget Office just released its newest budget outlook. It isn’t pretty. The 2026 deficit is projected to hit $1.9 trillion and grow...
Several incidents in the COVID pandemic’s first two years forced me to confront the uncomfortable reality that American society had cracked apart, fleeing the...
By every official measure, the economy seems to be doing well. Personal income, disposable income, and consumption expenditures all increased. GDP growth has been...
Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham announced in September that New Mexico will become the first state in the nation to guarantee free childcare for its...
Almost two years ago, the enthusiasm of the 56 percent of Argentine voters who called for “Freedom” when electing Javier Milei as President of...
Donald and Melania Trump are eating breakfast together at Mar-a-Lago on the morning of January 21, 2029. At noon on the previous day, Gretchen...
Why do people vote, protest, or boycott, when their individual actions almost never change political outcomes? Economists have long emphasized that the probability that...
No president in American history had greater skill in the political uses of radio than Franklin Delano Roosevelt. His warm voice was called “sincere...
Having read and written extensively (for example, here) about the suffering of the Chinese people under Mao, I was horrified and alarmed to listen...
In mythology, the badger is an unlikely symbol of wisdom. Resourceful and persistent, it digs deep for hidden answers, and surprises opponents with unexpected...
This paper investigates the effect of affordable housing obligations in New Jersey on cost of living, cost of housing, and actual housing production. New...