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Introduction The minimum wage is one of the most frequently debated economic policies of the modern era. Advocates argue that it protects low-income workers...
Before Trump’s re-election in November 2024, progressive commentators often advocated higher US tariffs to achieve three overlapping goals: improve jobs and wages for workers;...
An initial step that has been bandied about of late has been engineering a dollar retrenchment. Even with a weaker dollar, profound challenges will...
A dollar bill tucked between pages of well-worn book. Stumbling upon the Freakonomics phenomenon in the late ‘00s probably made me study economics. The...
Signage for Chipotle Mexican Grill, a chain of fast casual restaurants, on popular street in Arlington, Virginia. 2023. Lately, complaints have arisen on social...
A prominent street sign with American flags and the New York Stock Exchange in the background. In January, Axios reported a developing trend in...
Donald Trump delivers his keynote address at the Bitcoin Conference in July. 2024. Several politicians have recently floated the idea of establishing a Strategic...
Locals waiting at a shop during a food shortage. Havana, Cuba. 2022. To say that Cuba is not a “food country” is quite an...
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell discusses wage growth at the FOMC press conference, July 31, 2024. Considering that it is an election year, it...
NYC Rally and March to raise the minimum wage, billed as “Fight for $15.” 2015. The federal minimum wage was last raised fifteen years...
President Joe Biden signs the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 in the State Dining Room of the White House in this official White House...
Donald Trump at a rally in Orlando on the day he launched his re-election bid. 2019. Republicans are marching towards a high-stakes November election....
Statue of Joseph Priestley in Leeds City Center, United Kingdom. 2023. An Englishman named Joseph Priestley made a discovery 250 years ago that marked...