Economics

With rising layoffs and fewer openings, job changes now bring the smallest relative pay bump in a decade — and workers are sticking where they...

A federal judge ruled that Meta is not a monopoly in a lawsuit with the FTC.

Answers were ‘surprisingly stable’ across 4,380 survey participants.

One in six Americans becomes sick from food borne illness because of contaminated food every year.

His executive order removes reciprocal tariffs from dozens of grocery items in a bid to address affordability.

The path to prosperity means avoiding the policy disasters of the past

The debate about Daylight Saving Time (DST) has reignited in both Europe and the United States. Spain’s Socialist prime minister Pedro Sánchez is lobbying the

The math is clear: you might pay a little less per month, but you won’t make a serious dent in your debt for years....

Ha-Joon Chang recently wrote an article in the Financial Times criticising the state of economic education, which drew considerable attention. What went

After a long and hostile oral argument, President Trump’s tariffs, predicated on the 1977 International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), are sinking

A routine Commerce Department probe into alleged “dumping” resulted in crushing 100% tariffs on Italian pasta that leave exporters shouting “Basta!”

The Trump administration is set to impose duties of 107% on Italian pasta imports, among most punitive of the tariffs it has levied.

Xavier Vega and his partner, Soluna Vega, cheered in relief as the “Welcome to Connecticut” sign came into view. It marked the end of an unplanned 17-hour highway odyssey home after their flight became one of more than 1,000 cancellations tied to the ongoing government shutdown.

Americans are increasingly booking buses and trains to their Thanksgiving destinations this year while some have outright canceled their plans following the worst disruptions to air travel since the start of the government shutdown.

Better now, worse later?

While New York City is on the cusp of electing a mayor who adores the thoroughly discredited policy of rent control, another American city is poised to blaze

Larry Reed revisits “I, Pencil” with reflections on the global market.

Survival depends on more than luck, from where it starts, to what it does, to when it’s born....

The industry has denied long-running allegations of collusion. Trump’s popularity has declined amid growing signs of a weakening economy.

Huang said that too many state-level AI regulations could stifle US innovation.

The European Green Deal, launched in 2019, is an ecological pact that has been, unequivocally, an enemy of European taxpayers and innovation. Its declared

That’s the oldest point on record and 10 years higher than it was as recently as 2010....

A ton of retailers are doing well as prediction markets boost odds that IEEPA tariffs will be struck down by the Supreme Court....

Where do people spend the most (and least) on groceries in the U.S. as a percent of income? We map the top 10 for each list on this map.

Kimberly-Clark is buying Tylenol maker Kenvue in an approximately $48.7 billion cash-and-stock deal, creating a massive consumer health goods company.

An 18-inning World Series game offers a real-world lesson in marginal analysis, opportunity cost, and the sunk cost fallacy.

DEATH & TAXES is a feature documentary about wealth, inequality, and the American Dream, viewed through the lens of the estate tax and the personal story of director Justin Schein and his father.

When Harry Styles shocked the running world with a sub-three-hour marathon, he wore Tracksmith shorts. He isn’t sponsored by the company, but they’re big fans.

New Mexico became on Saturday the first U.S. state to offer free child care to all residents in a bid to boost its economy and lift education and child welfare levels ranked the worst in the country.