The Economy Keeps Growing, but Americans Are Using Less Steel, Paper, Fertilizer, and Energy
Good news! We’re getting more while using less.
Economic Growth
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.
Is Another Recession Coming? Or Does Elizabeth Warren Just Want to Scare Us?
Plus: Lucy Steigerwald explains libertarianism to New Republic readers, Donald Trump and Al Sharpton trade Twitter barbs, nutrition science is imploding, and more...
Unemployment, Underemployment, and the Comprehensive Jobless Rate
When it comes to the health of the labor market, we don’t know the full story.
Trump Trade Advisor Peter Navarro Says Trade Deficits Hurt Jobs and Growth. Here's Why He's Wrong.
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.
Trump's Immigration Plan Could Use Some Work
Still, it's better than the administration's previous proposals to cut legal immigration in half.
This One Chart About Global Aging Changes Everything
"For the first time ever there are now more people in the world older than 65 than younger than 5."
Simon Abundance Index Launch on Monday at the Cato Institute
Mark the 49th anniversary of Earth Day by celebrating human ingenuity.
Tyler Cowen's Gospel of Prosperity
The George Mason University economist and Marginal Revolution founder explains why a richer world is a better world.
The Government Can't—and Won't—Give Meaning to Your Life
A conservative technocrat tries to engineer a better world.
U.S. Baby Bust Fears Inspire a Radical Policy Proposal
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?
Resources Are Almost 5 Times as Abundant as They Were in 1980
New Simon Abundance Index elegantly refutes primitive zero-sum intuitions with respect to population and resource availability trends.
America's Economic Health Has Improved
The U.S. rose four places in the International Tax Competitiveness Index, and this just the latest bit of good news.
The National Debt Is Coming Due, Just Like We Told You
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.
Tyler Cowen's Stubborn Attachments To Freedom and Prosperity: Podcast
The prolific George Mason University economist outlines his unabashedly libertarian argument for a government that does less and individuals who do more.
How Big of a Deal Is an Extra Half Degree of Global Warming?
New report declares world must be off fossil fuels entirely by 2050.
Unlimited Growth and Climate Change Economists Win Nobel Prize
Paul Romer overturns limits-to-growth nonsense, and William Nordhaus projects climate change damages.
The U.S. Economy Is More Free Than It's Been in Years
Economic freedom is good-whether in itself or because of the longevity, prosperity, and associated liberty it brings.
Trillion-Dollar Deficits Are Nearly Here. Thanks, Republicans!
At nearly every opportunity, the GOP has made the nation's fiscal outlook worse.
Artificial Intelligence Will Be More Economically Consequential than Steam Power Was
AI could boost economic growth by 1.2 percent annually between now and 2030.
Trump Wants More Low Interest Rates From Federal Reserve but Isn't Getting Them
Trump worries that the Fed chief's predictable interest rate policy could impair the economic growth needed to make his tax policies viable.
Slavery Did Not Make America Rich
Ingenuity, not capital accumulation or exploitation, made cotton a little king.
3 Statistics That Will Make You Smarter and Happier
If you read Reason you already know these three pieces of good news about global trends.
Sucking Carbon Dioxide from the Air to Produce Gasoline?
Carbon-neutral transportation fuels might be possible.
Undocumented Immigrants Are Less Crime Prone Than Native-Borns
More undocumented immigration meant less violent crime.
The Coming Century of Environmental Renewal
A new article in BioScience vindicates The End of Doom.
Climate Change Problems Will Be Solved Through Economic Growth
"How bad will climate change be? Not very."
Is Degrowth the Only Way to Save the World?
Welcome to the latest gussied up version of Malthusian eco-pessimism!
Institute for Justice Sues New Jersey Over Ban on Home Bakers Selling Their Cakes
"These women can give their baked goods away for free."
Sadly, America's Not the Freest Country in the World
The U.S. used to come in second or third in rankings, but according to the latest Human Freedom Index it's at 17.
Nope, Trump Doesn't Get Credit for Low Black Unemployment
Some of Trump's economic policies could be good for everyone, including African Americans. But those numbers aren't his doing.
Is Tax Reform Already Working?
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?
Who Knew Letting People Keep More of Their Money Leads to Good Things?
Anyone who studies economics instead of partisan talking points, for one.
Regulations at 'Lowest Count Since Records Began Being Kept in the Mid-1970s'
Economy advances while administrative state recedes; lefty commentators hardest hit.
Free Markets Make the World a Better Place
Economic growth, capitalism, improves standards of living, health, life expectancy.
45 Percent of Americans Say There Is Too Much Government Regulation of Business
What's wrong with the other 55 percent?
Puzder on Minimum Wage, Automation, and Withdrawing as Trump's Labor Secretary Nominee
The former fast food restaurant CEO says a $15 wage floor steals opportunities from entry-level workers.
Climate Change Will Reduce Incomes in 2100 from $97,000 to $95,000
Global per capita income now is $10,000. How much should we spend to prevent climate change losses in 2100?
Can a Governor Save Rural Regions? Should He?
The Democratic gubernatorial candidate in Virginia unveiled a plan for economic growth in the rural parts of the state.
There's More to a Job Than Making Money
More than 11 percent of prime working-age men in the U.S. are outside the job market.
Does Classical Liberalism Have a Chance in South Africa?
The long-ruling African National Congress is on its way to losing power, but could go with the "Zimbabwe option."
Overpopulation Scaremongering Never Gets Old
Neo-Malthusianism in the Sunday New York Times
Trump Is Right: Regulation Is Massively Slowing Down and Boosting the Costs of Modernizing Infrastructure
'Red tape is not the price of good government; it is the enemy of good government.'
George Clooney Leaves Free Market Solutions Out of Proposals to Fight World Poverty
Private enterprise helps global economic development in ways besides simple charity.
