Every time the government releases major revisions to employment data, a familiar chorus emerges: claims that something must be wrong, that statistics are being manipulated, or that hidden agendas are…
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The finale of Stranger Things leaves viewers with an emotional cocktail: relief, nostalgia, bittersweet satisfaction — and perhaps confusion. What became of the military personnel and the compound? More puzzling,…
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The Congressional Budget Office just released its newest budget outlook. It isn’t pretty. The 2026 deficit is projected to hit $1.9 trillion and grow to $3.1 trillion in 2036. America’s…
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Introduction Central planning — the idea that an economy can be rationally directed from the top down — has long appealed to reformers who seek to eliminate waste, inequality, and…
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is pushing a new home-entry rule, one Americans might have thought they left behind in the old world. A whistleblower recently exposed an internal memo…
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President John F. Kennedy once said, “We must find ways of returning far more of our dependent people to independence.” President Lyndon B. Johnson sought to meet that challenge by…
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US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has suggested shifting the Federal Reserve from a fixed two-percent inflation target to a broader range. The change may seem minor, but it risks redefining…
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At the end of January, President Trump penned a triumphant op-ed declaring “Mission Accomplished” for the signature economic policy of his second term: tariffs. Unfortunately, his entire victory lap revolved…
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One year after fires tore through the Los Angeles region, devastation remains etched into the landscape, not only in the thousands of empty lots, but also in the near absence…
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Americans aren’t happy with their economy. In October, Pew Research reported that “26 percent now say economic conditions are excellent or good, while 74 percent say they are only fair…