Latest Trade War Casualties: More Than 10,000 Layoffs in August
The trade war should be thought of as a massive tax and regulatory scheme.
The trade war should be thought of as a massive tax and regulatory scheme.
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When it comes to the health of the labor market, we don’t know the full story.
Navarro's Wall Street Journal op-ed looks more like a deliberately deceptive attempt to argue that limiting imports will boost economic growth. It won't.
Still, it's better than the administration's previous proposals to cut legal immigration in half.
"For the first time ever there are now more people in the world older than 65 than younger than 5."
Mark the 49th anniversary of Earth Day by celebrating human ingenuity.
The George Mason University economist and Marginal Revolution founder explains why a richer world is a better world.
A conservative technocrat tries to engineer a better world.
An anti-market ideologue tortures the data at The Guardian.
Is the solution a "fertility dividend" that makes a portion of a person's Social Security benefit dependent on each of their offspring's earnings?
New Simon Abundance Index elegantly refutes primitive zero-sum intuitions with respect to population and resource availability trends.
The U.S. rose four places in the International Tax Competitiveness Index, and this just the latest bit of good news.
By 2020, interest on the debt will cost more than Medicaid. By 2025, it will cost more than defense spending. And that's just the start.
The prolific George Mason University economist outlines his unabashedly libertarian argument for a government that does less and individuals who do more.
New report declares world must be off fossil fuels entirely by 2050.
Paul Romer overturns limits-to-growth nonsense, and William Nordhaus projects climate change damages.
Economic freedom is good-whether in itself or because of the longevity, prosperity, and associated liberty it brings.
At nearly every opportunity, the GOP has made the nation's fiscal outlook worse.
AI could boost economic growth by 1.2 percent annually between now and 2030.
Trump worries that the Fed chief's predictable interest rate policy could impair the economic growth needed to make his tax policies viable.
Ingenuity, not capital accumulation or exploitation, made cotton a little king.
If you read Reason you already know these three pieces of good news about global trends.
Carbon-neutral transportation fuels might be possible.
More undocumented immigration meant less violent crime.
A new article in BioScience vindicates The End of Doom.
"How bad will climate change be? Not very."
Welcome to the latest gussied up version of Malthusian eco-pessimism!
"These women can give their baked goods away for free."
The U.S. used to come in second or third in rankings, but according to the latest Human Freedom Index it's at 17.
Some of Trump's economic policies could be good for everyone, including African Americans. But those numbers aren't his doing.
Companies are paying bonuses, raising wages, and committing to major new investments. Is this a sign of the tax law's success-or just clever corporate PR?
Anyone who studies economics instead of partisan talking points, for one.
Economy advances while administrative state recedes; lefty commentators hardest hit.
Economic growth, capitalism, improves standards of living, health, life expectancy.
What's wrong with the other 55 percent?
The former fast food restaurant CEO says a $15 wage floor steals opportunities from entry-level workers.
Global per capita income now is $10,000. How much should we spend to prevent climate change losses in 2100?
The Democratic gubernatorial candidate in Virginia unveiled a plan for economic growth in the rural parts of the state.
More than 11 percent of prime working-age men in the U.S. are outside the job market.
The long-ruling African National Congress is on its way to losing power, but could go with the "Zimbabwe option."
Neo-Malthusianism in the Sunday New York Times
'Red tape is not the price of good government; it is the enemy of good government.'
Private enterprise helps global economic development in ways besides simple charity.
And they've made the U.S. economy 9 percent smaller than it would it otherwise be.
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