When asked in The Sun Also Rises, “How did you go bankrupt,” Hemingway’s character replies, “Two ways. Gradually, then suddenly.” Judging by our gaping budget deficit and by movements in a number of ...

What happens in Silicon Valley doesn’t stay there. Shopify’s policy was not merely a productivity push for a single firm; it was a signal of how AI is reshaping the talent market across the knowledge ...

In wishing for a weak dollar, Trump should be careful about that for what he wishes. The economic policy and geopolitical course on which he is embarked is all too likely to produce an excessively ...

Key takeaways: The median purchase rate was 6.124% in week 52, 2025. According to Mortgage News Daily, the avg. 30-year rate was 6.19% on December 29th. Purchase rate lock volume remains muted, down ...

Two things are true at once — First, humans influence the climate system, presenting risks that merit policy attention. Second, climate research, broadly construed, is a deeply politicized endeavor, ...

Recent age data from the National Association of Realtors (NAR) appears to confirm that young FTBs are facing desperate times. Based on the NAR’s 2025 report Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers, it ...

For years, I thought that China’s strategy for taking Taiwan was failing. I’m not so sure anymore. China has long used coercion short of war in a bid to make Taiwan fold without a fight, while also ...

The Workforce Futures Initiative is a research collaboration among the American Enterprise Institute, the Brookings Institution, and the Project on Workforce at Harvard Kennedy School’s Malcolm Wiener ...

The combination of increased use and collateral health effects of recreational marijuana raises the questions of how government should educate the public and whether it should discourage or limit ...

Hundreds of “No Kings” rallies were held across the United States in October. They could just have easily been called “No Trump” rallies. President Donald Trump wants to be a king, the marchers assure ...

The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted certiorari in two cases raising the question of the legality of President Trump’s tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA). One of the ...

Outstanding federal student loan debt stands at $1.7 trillion 1 —with another $1 trillion expected over the coming decade. 2 Much of that debt is unlikely to be repaid, burdening students and ...