Forecasters believe U.S. employment numbers expanded modestly in December, extending a streak of labor market weakness that has prompted the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates several times.

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A new political theory suggests that what motivates this president is something far older than great power rivalry.

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The year of the Fire Horse is accompanied by radical change. Could this be the year of upheaval of Central Banking as we have ...

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George Borjas has provided the intellectual underpinnings of the White House’s sweeping immigration policy changes, including restrictions on H-1B visas.

The economy in 2025 was filled with contradictions, as growth was healthy while hiring slowed, inflation stayed elevated and unemployment rose.

A fter the inauguration of Andrew Jackson, in 1829, thousands of his supporters poured into the White House to celebrate. The ...

Researchers who are using generative AI to write scientific papers are publishing a significantly higher number of studies, a new analysis finds (Science 2025, DOI: 10.1126/science.adw3000). The ...

American economics departments don't teach Karl Marx or Arthur Laffer for the same reason: their economic theories were wrong. Yet Laffer's discredited ideas are now driving Indiana's tax policy. Marx ...

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