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Many of us know that stock markets have always been a poor proxy for judging the health of an economy. But most people do it anyway. When stock markets do …

Italy is quickly developing a reputation as the new sick man of Europe. While the hubbub several years ago about Greece and the peripheral EU member states dragging down the …

In the minds of too many people in government, especially on the left, the solution to any problem is to spend more money on it. Health care not good enough? …

Social media has come in for a good deal of flak recently, from complaints about securing user data, allegations that firms were oblivious to Russian use of social media to …

In an act of amazing cowardice, the Federal Reserve System is allowing itself to be cowed by markets. Fearful of being blamed for the coming stock market crash and economic …

One of the major questions people ask about the government shutdown is how it will affect the economy. We hear the stories of companies such as Southwest, which had to …

A Wells Fargo/Gallup Small Business Index poll conducted between July 11 and July 18 found that small business optimism in the United States is at an all-time high, reaching 12 …

The day after President Trump announced in the Rose Garden alongside European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker that they want to “work together towards zero tariffs,” markets reacted favorably and Trump …

At the beginning of June, the Federal Reserve announced that the net worth of US households had risen to over $100 trillion for the first time ever, as investments skyrocketed …

America was founded upon the ideas of individualism, a free society, and small government. And while these ideas did result in never before seen levels of wealth creation and pulling …