Commentary / World Jan 21, 2022
Biden's most important job was to restore some semblance of national unity and persuade Democrats and Republicans to work together. If he tried, it wasn’t hard enough.
Commentary / World Jan 19, 2022
Why are U.S. grocery shelves going bare again?
by Andrea Felsted
It’s not just supply issues leading to bare shelves. Consumers are also returning to stay-at-home habits including home cooking and loading up on pantry items.
Commentary / World Jan 14, 2022
Are millennials the wealthiest generation? You better believe it.
by Allison Schrager
Comparing generations is hard. That is in large part because as the world changes, so do the markers of success.
Commentary / World Jan 12, 2022
America’s hunger pandemic is getting worse
by Adam Minter
When COVID-19 and its economic disruptions hit, already vulnerable demographics found themselves in particular need.
Commentary / World | The Year Ahead: Reckonings Jan 6, 2022
Jerome Powell is no Paul Volcker
by Robert J. Barro
The U.S. Federal Reserve chief has tried to argue that the central bank’s expansionary monetary policy is not to blame for inflationary pressure.
Commentary / World Dec 30, 2021
Young talent isn’t following the money to Wall Street
by Marcus Ashworth
The talent pool is being drawn elsewhere. Traditional investment banks can’t win them back just by upping starting salaries.
Commentary / World Dec 29, 2021
America would be much happier with more people
by Tyler Cowen
Even measured in absolute terms, the increase in U.S. population growth was smaller than during the confluence of World War I and the Spanish flu pandemic.
Commentary / World Dec 28, 2021
by Michael J. Boskin
All political leaders feel pressure to try to circumvent the laws of economics or even the laws of arithmetic — as Biden has done by claiming that his Build Back Better bill costs nothing.
Commentary / World Dec 24, 2021
East Asia’s 'Squid Game' economies
by Keun Lee
Nowadays, South Korean capitalism seems more noxious — perhaps because it has been converging with the liberal Anglo-Saxon model, with its weak investment, slow growth and high inequality.
Commentary / World Dec 15, 2021
Build Back Better would make Biden's terrible year even worse
by George F. Will
If in 2022 the Democrats' congressional majorities enact Build Back Better, they might earn, and certainly will merit, the restfulness of the political graveyard in 2023.
Commentary / World Nov 26, 2021
The true costs of government spending
by Michael J. Boskin
It has long been clear that Biden's spending bill would leave a $1.5 trillion to $3 trillion hole to be filled with debt even after tax hikes.
Commentary / World Nov 24, 2021
The Fed has risen too far above political control
by John Authers
The problem with the Fed is that the need for stability — and for avoiding market shocks — cuts across the desire to exert more democratic control over the central bank.