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A Recession for Kamala?
Plus: Violence in the U.K., dead bears in Central Park, parenting influencer absolutely roasted, and more...
Liz Wolfe | 8.6.2024 9:31 AM
Recession Is Not Inevitable, Despite Stock Market Slump
A few reasons to remain calm about the economy
Ryan Young | 8.5.2024 9:45 AM
What's the Sahm Rule? Alarming Jobs Report Raises Recession Risk.
A key indicator has predicted every recession since 1970, and the alarm just sounded.
Eric Boehm | 8.2.2024 1:40 PM
Yes, Heavy Regulation Hurts the Economy. Just Look at France.
We're often told European countries are better off thanks to big-government policies. So why is the U.S. beating France in many important ways?
Veronique de Rugy | 11.30.2023 12:01 AM
The Next President Needs To Cut Spending
At a minimum, the national debt should be smaller than the size of the economy. A committed president just might be able to deliver.
Veronique de Rugy | 6.29.2023 1:35 PM
Taxing the Rich Will Have No Meaningful Effect on Our Sky-High National Debt
The U.S. tax system is extremely progressive, even compared to European countries—whose governments rely on taxing the middle class.
Veronique de Rugy | 5.25.2023 12:01 AM
America Needs a Better Kind of Capitalism
Big corporations and entire industries constantly use their connections in Congress to get favors, no matter which party is in power.
Veronique de Rugy | 3.9.2023 3:30 PM
Congress and the Federal Reserve Could Be Setting Us Up for Economic Disaster
If lawmakers keep spending like they are, and if the Fed backs down from taming inflation, then the government may create a perfect storm.
Veronique de Rugy | 12.29.2022 12:20 PM
A GOP-Led Congress May Focus on Owning the Libs. Instead, It Should Focus on Owning Inflation.
If the midterms favor Republicans, their top priority needs to be the fight against inflation—whether or not they feel like they created the problem.
Veronique de Rugy | 11.3.2022 12:01 AM
Don't Bet on Inflation Going Away Soon
"The history of developed countries since 1970 is very discouraging about the prospects of bringing down 8 percent inflation," says Larry Summers.
Eric Boehm | 10.31.2022 12:10 PM
Latest GDP Numbers Aren't Calming Recession Fears
The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis reports that GDP grew 0.6 percent in the third quarter of 2022.
Christian Britschgi | 10.27.2022 11:45 AM
The 'Experts' Were Never Going To Fix Inflation
The idea that the Fed has the knowledge necessary to control the economy with perfectly calibrated policies was always an illusion.
Veronique de Rugy | 10.27.2022 12:01 AM
The U.K.'s New 'Free Market' Prime Minister Is Fighting Inflation With Price Controls
This fiscal irresponsibility throws gasoline on the country's already raging inflation fire.
Veronique de Rugy | 9.15.2022 12:01 AM
Facebook, Instagram Posts Flagged as False for Rejecting Biden's Recession Wordplay
"The fact-checking industry has become a partisan arbiter of political disputes," notes Phil Magness.
Robby Soave | 7.29.2022 5:24 PM
After 2 Consecutive Quarters of Negative Economic Growth, Is America in a Recession?
Most Americans believe so.
Eric Boehm | 7.28.2022 12:30 PM
Fixing Our Economic Woes Is as Easy as Looking to the Past
The economy is spinning, but we’ve proven there are viable ways to slow it down to more bearable levels.
Bruce Yandle | 6.17.2022 12:30 PM
Recession 'Virtual Certainty' as Interest Rates Spike
Plus: Libertarian Party drama, how rent control hurts renters, and more...
Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 6.16.2022 9:45 AM
The Fed Sees Lingering Economic Pain From the Pandemic and the Lockdowns
The danger of the virus can’t be considered to the exclusion of the need for jobs and prosperity.
J.D. Tuccille | 8.24.2020 2:30 PM
Cash Remains Healthy as the Pandemic Rages
People like the convenience of digital transactions, but they rely on the anonymity and reliability of physical money.
J.D. Tuccille | 7.15.2020 11:30 AM
In the Middle of a Severe Recession, California Prepares To Raise Its Gas Tax to 50 Cents a Gallon
The Golden State has the highest gas tax in the nation, and one of its worst-performing highway systems.
Christian Britschgi | 6.15.2020 1:15 PM
Markets Are Finding Ways To Survive the COVID-19 Shutdowns
Even after government had imposed an almost unfathomable level of intervention on the economy, the markets are chugging along much better than expected.
Steven Greenhut | 6.5.2020 8:00 AM
In Future Crises, Let People Make Their Own Decisions
Top-down, one-size-fits-few mandates are recipes for conflict.
J.D. Tuccille | 5.29.2020 1:00 PM
Is the Stock Market's Response to COVID-19 Optimistic or Just Plain Nuts?
It may be a statement about the decline of the dollar, but the best-case explanation of the resilient stock market is that it is sending us a positive message about a rapid recovery of both public health and corporate profits.
Ira Stoll | 5.18.2020 4:40 PM
The New Great Depression? Unemployment Hits Levels Not Seen Since 1930s
Plus: tax revolts, Mrs. America, sex-worker comedy, reopening poll, and more...
Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 5.8.2020 9:48 AM
Unemployment Claims Hit 6.6 Million. It's Officially Worse Than the Great Recession.
Plus: The feds are still targeting Juul, Call of Duty wins First Amendment lawsuit, and more...
Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 4.2.2020 9:30 AM
Pandemic-Related Unemployment and Shutdowns Are a Recipe for Social Unrest
That's a huge concern as forecasters expect the U.S. unemployment rate in the months to come to surpass that seen during the depths of the Great Depression.
J.D. Tuccille | 3.27.2020 11:10 AM
The 2020s Will Be the Decade of Deficit Doomsday
America will have to pay for its spending spree and its wars.
Eric Boehm | 1.10.2020 2:50 PM
How Would Trump's Payroll Tax Cut Work? Glad You Asked!
The details are reeeaaaaaally sketchy, but here's what we know now.
Eric Boehm | 8.22.2019 10:15 AM
Washington's Recent Fiscal Recklessness Will Look Even Worse if America Is Heading Into a Recession
Plus: Fashion versus the police state, a truce in the Kansas-Missouri border war, and more....
Eric Boehm | 8.15.2019 9:30 AM
Is Another Recession Coming? Or Does Elizabeth Warren Just Want to Scare Us?
Plus: Lucy Steigerwald explains libertarianism to New Republic readers, Donald Trump and Al Sharpton trade Twitter barbs, nutrition science is imploding, and more...
Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 7.29.2019 9:32 AM
Can Public Pensions Survive the Next Recession?
"Public pension systems may be more vulnerable to an economic downturn than they have ever been."
Eric Boehm | 1.26.2019 6:00 AM
Is the Economy Doing Too Well?
"The economy is not like an engine that's going too hard," so let's stop analyzing it like one.
Nikhil Sridhar | 6.15.2018 4:00 PM
Does Fractional Reserve Banking Endanger the Economy? A Debate
Texas Tech University's Robert Murphy vs. Cato's George Selgin at the Soho Forum
Todd Krainin | 4.27.2018 1:45 PM
Good News! U.S. Incomes Up; Poverty Levels Down
About that vanishing middle class...
Scott Shackford | 9.13.2016 2:30 PM
Making the Most of the Next Recession
Another downturn is inevitable. What matters is how we respond.
Veronique de Rugy | 9.7.2016 6:00 AM
Econopocalypse Looming Again?
Stock market and debt troubles could mean bad news for this presidential election year, giving Trump and Sanders both more traction for their respective bad ideas.
Brian Doherty | 1.20.2016 7:02 PM
On Eve of Bam's Final SOTU, 65% of Americans Think Country Is Headed in Wrong Direction
President Obama may try to spike the football only to realize he's in his own endzone.
Nick Gillespie | 1.12.2016 3:39 PM
The GOP's Omnibus Spending Binge Will Undermine the Next President
Expect even more red ink and massive deficits during our next recession.
Chris Edwards | 12.18.2015 3:00 PM
Peter Schiff on the Fed, Rand Paul, and the Next Financial Crisis
"What the voters want is snake oil. They want something that makes them feels good"
Matt Welch and Joshua Swain | 7.20.2015 4:00 PM
U.S. Economy Didn't Shrink By 1 Percent After All; It Shrank by 3 Percent.
J.D. Tuccille | 6.26.2014 9:52 AM
Iraq Civil War = Global Recession?
Ronald Bailey | 6.18.2014 10:33 AM
'Recovering' U.S. Economy Unexpectedly Shrinks by 1 Percent
The last economic contraction was during the first quarter of 2011.
J.D. Tuccille | 5.29.2014 4:10 PM
Poll: 74 Percent Believe US Still in Recession, Obama Job Ratings at Record Lows
They voted for this disaster, twice
Reason Staff | 1.23.2014 8:20 AM
French Government Deploys Devilishly Clever Plan To Piss Off Everybody in the Country
J.D. Tuccille | 11.20.2013 8:44 AM
Ireland No Longer in Recession
Economy grew by 0.4 percent in the second quarter
Reason Staff | 9.19.2013 8:50 AM
Delete the Fed
The fact is, we need the Federal Reserve like we need a hole in the head.
Sheldon Richman | 8.25.2013 8:00 AM
Eurozone Grows Out of Recession
Germany and France both experienced growth, but output in Spain, the Netherlands, and Italy dropped
Reason Staff | 8.14.2013 7:24 AM
Euro Zone To See Slow Growth Even After End of Recession, Say Economists
Not so encouraging
Reason Staff | 8.13.2013 4:40 PM