by Nir Kaissar With Donald Trump’s selection of JD Vance as his running mate, the Republican Party has cemented its turn toward American workers. Speaking at the Republican National Convention, […]
Tag: economics
This economy is hard to read
by Conor Sen Slower inflation was supposed to be a sign that the economy was cooling, all part of the Federal Reserve’s plan for higher interest rates to restore balance […]
Coming rate cuts portend a 1980s-style economic resurgence
by Conor Sen The key economic question for 2024 is how to think about the interest rate cuts we’re likely to get from the Federal Reserve. Are they good news […]
Want to be wealthy? Try therapy
by Tyler Cowen Economists are used to the idea that intervening in concrete ways — spending on development projects, for example, or on social services — can improve outcomes. But […]
Why don’t women make as much as men?
Economist Claudia Goldin has Nobel Prize-winning answers by Robin Abcarian An American woman has won the Nobel Prize in economics for her work studying the economic lives of American women. […]
President Biden’s foreign policy drives China and Russia together
by Ivan Eland Joe Biden had much experience in foreign policy before being elected president, but he is certainly no Richard Nixon. Although Nixon had to resign because of […]
Social Studies Fair draws more than 100 projects
KINGWOOD — More than 100 Social Studies Fair projects lined the gym at the Preston County Civic Center recently. Projects ranged from the History of Company Stores and Coal Camps […]
Nobel winners found economic theory in practice
by Scott Duke Kominers How can the impact of economic policies be measured? One solution is to look for what’s called a “natural experiment,” or a place where a policy’s […]
Economic policy should focus on economic issues
by Samuel Gregg With any new presidential administration comes new policies. That’s part of the electoral calculus made by the American people every four years. Different presidents have different priorities. […]
