This year marks the 250th anniversary of the publication of The Wealth of Nations—the book that built the intellectual foundation of free-market capitalism. Smith’s argument was elegant: when ...

President Donald Trump’s Iranian war is sending gas prices through the roof, despite our state being one of largest oil-producing regions in the world. And the royalty income to our general fund that ...

In 2025, one of the biggest business buzzwords has been the idea of a "K-shaped" economy, in which there is a growing disparity between the rich and the poor. Let's take a cue from "Sesame Street" now ...

We have to assume that the Strait of Hormuz is likely to remain closed throughout the summer. But the markets don't care.

My new favorite pastime is filling up my gas tank whenever it’s half full. That and monitoring prices per gallon like I never have before. Related, on March 24 Goldman Sachs increased its probability ...

In 2021, historian Gabriel Winant authored a remarkable book, The Next Shift: The Fall of Industry and the Rise of Health Care in Rust Belt America, that told the story of both 20th-century Pittsburgh ...

You don’t have to be a genius to realize that the world economy has been in a super weird place these past few years. In this ...

As AI accelerates changes in the labor market, the question isn't just how we prepare for the future of work. It's whether we can afford to leave millions of people out of it.

Recently a column entitled “Trump’s erratic behavior undermines America’s economy” appeared in this publication. The state of the economy always tops the lists of concerns Americans face and drives a ...

Trump’s Iranian war is sending gas prices through the roof, despite our state being one of largest oil-producing regions in the world. And the royalty income to our general fund that might increase ...