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We’ve been writing a lot lately about trade and immigration policy, and getting a wide array of thought-provoking comments. It strikes me that a key source of the disconnect in […]
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Since the Great Recession, large federal budget deficits and a record level of government debt have dominated the headlines. But municipal and state finances have also come under stress in […]
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On Monday, May 1, I was a featured speaker at a Berkshire Business and Professional Women meeting in Pittsfield, Mass. It was wonderful to connect with the organization, whose mission […]
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One of the most controversial aspects of U.S. immigration policy is the H-1B visa program. The program currently allocates 85,000 visas to high-skill workers, especially in tech industries. Silicon Valley […]
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Many people find cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin appealing because they aren’t attached to any government and are thus immune to inflation associated with fiat money.
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The monthly jobs report may be the single most important data release for judging the health of the labor market. Last month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported the U.S. economy added just 98,000 jobs in March, well below the recent trend of about 200,000 new jobs per month.
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The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 suspended the debt ceiling through March of this year. In mid-March the debt ceiling was raised to the current level. The Treasury has undertaken […]
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In years past, almost all retail trade was conducted at brick-and-mortar stores. Merchants depended on their reputations to drive customer traffic. But reputation mostly spread by word of mouth. Merchants […]
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In my last blog, I described how teachers improve their knowledge of economic concepts by attending our Teach-the-Teachers program. Today I would like to turn my attention to students. Students […]
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How much does student debt affect Americans’ chances of owning a home? Recent research gives a wide range of answers to that question. The debt definitely lowers ownership rates, but […]
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New orders for durable goods, items intended to last three years or longer, rose 0.7 percent in March, the third monthly increase in a row. Durable-goods orders tend to be […]
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In a recent piece for Forbes entitled “Libertarianism Needs to Be More Realistic,” Adam Ozimek writes that “many -though not all- libertarians imagine a vision of society that the vast […]