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For decades, economists and journalists have discussed the “Pink Tax”: the idea that products marketed to women price higher than identical ones for men. In...
Federal Reserve officials are concerned they may soon find themselves in a tight spot. They have been tasked with delivering price stability and maximum...
Last week, Fed Chairman Jerome Powell delivered his semiannual monetary policy report to Congress. Fed watchers will find lots to chew on, but the...
Skulls of young men murdered by the Pol Pot regime in the Killing Fields of Cambodia; on display in a shrine to the dead...
Although I’ve taught Principles of Microeconomics (“ECON 101”) nearly every year now for the past 42 years, I never tire of this course. I...
Experts were tracking a mental health crisis among Gen Z college students, even before they were quarantined, masked, and socially distanced. In 2018, 1,200...
Electricity is among the most-regulated sectors of the U.S. economy. A century of public-utility regulation of entry and rates has given way to new...
A mural anticipates Taylor Swift’s show at Wembley Stadium in London. 2024. Last week, former President Donald Trump stirred the pot by posting a...
A young mother prepares a meal for her child. Nearly ten years ago, I wrote what I thought was a provocative essay about polygamy...
“The Blessings of Protection,” lithograph criticizing steel industry tariffs. Louis Dalrymple. Puck, 1901. Original caption: “The poor foreigner couldn’t get his rails for Twenty-four...
Eleanor Roosevelt holds a poster of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Lake Success, NY. 1949. Courtesy FDR Presidential Library & Museum. ESG investing...
A home inspector with hard hat surveys a house roof. Lopolo. Anyone who engages in business experiences transaction costs. Many of these costs are...
A historic home along the Battle Road, a preserved route that follows revolutionary events in Lexington and Concord. 2020. A recent Wall Street Journal...