Economy
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Labor Force Participation Rate Falls To Lowest Since Pandemic As Over 250K Leave Workforce
By Derek Vanbuskirk The U.S. labor force participation rate fell to 61.4 percent in July, its lowest level since the…
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Billionaires’ wealth mostly self-made, rather than the product of inheritance, political favors, or government spending
“An analysis by The Economist finds that, for the first time in its 25-year dataset, over half of global billionaire…
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Preemptive Request: Zero Government Bailouts For AI Fails, Please
By Seton Motley The U.S.’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) self-feeding frenzy is still … frenzy-ing. Except everything about it seems fake.…
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Mexico becomes a cornerstone of the artificial intelligence boom
“Mexico has quietly become a cornerstone of the AI boom, providing 40 per cent of US imports this year of…
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China no longer relies mostly on coal for electricity
“For the first time, China generated less than half of its electricity from coal during the first six months of…
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Longtime New Yorkers told to pay massive tax bills by Zohran Mamdani’s administration, over false claim that they are absentee property owners
“New Yorkers were seething Tuesday after Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration alerted them they’d be on the hook for the state’s…
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British green energy push may lead to blackouts
The London Times reports that Britain’s crusade to replace natural gas with “green” energy threatens the country’s ability to keep…
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State constitution saves woman from financial devastation
Earlier this year, the federal appeals court in New Orleans “upheld a lower court decision that ruled the city of McKinney, Texas, must pay…
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Study finds tariffs historically harmed the U.S. economy, did not help its manufacturing sector
Manufacturers make their products out of raw materials and components, some of which are imported. So if America imposes tariffs…
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More people have electricity, fewer old women are accused of witchcraft in African villages
“The latest Energy Progress Report, jointly produced by five international agencies, contains some impressive figures: 92 percent of the world’s…
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World Cup shows Americans in flyover country live better than Europe’s top quarter
“World Cup tourists have repeatedly expressed “astonishment with everyday American abundance,” which “has become a viral sensation—and in a very…
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Farm bankruptcies rise, partly due to Trump’s tariffs and Iran war
Farm bankruptcies rose sharply from 2024 to 2025. That was partly due to tariffs imposed by Donald Trump, which triggered…
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New York City is suffering now due to left-wing anti-energy policies
New York City “had a nuclear power plant 36 miles away called Indian Point. It supplied carbon-free safe power that…
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Trump Admin Puts Signature Trade Pact On Ice
By Rebekah Zeljko President Donald Trump’s administration opted against renewing the United States, Mexico, Canada Agreement (USMCA) on Wednesday, leaving…
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Oklahoma voters reject minimum wage hike
“Voters in Oklahoma rejected a minimum wage increase earlier this month. That’s actually the third time in a row voters…
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India likely to avoid big increase in hunger despite Iran war and bad growing season
The Iran war increased oil and diesel prices and cut the flow of fertilizer through the Persian Gulf to the…
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Exxon, Chevron Warn Another Oil Price Spike Coming Soon
By David Blackmon Leading executives at ExxonMobil and Chevron sounded an alarm during a recent Bernstein conference: Global oil inventories…
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International power grid begins to take shape in West Africa
“West Africa is making progress toward a regional power grid. A World Bank-financed program has built more than 4,000 kilometers…
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Europe bans most cash transactions over $11,500
“Under the guise of fighting money laundering, the EU is making anonymous economic activity progressively harder,” notes the Foundation for…
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Gas price rise was less than expected
If exports of oil from the Persian Gulf region had been cut off 20 years ago, gas prices in the…
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President’s waiver of Jones Act reduces prices, expands access to American products, yields valuable information
“President Trump’s decision to waive the Jones Act, a century-old law that restricts domestic shipping to US-built, US-flagged, and US-crewed…
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Major Financial Indicator Flashing Red As It Approaches Level Not Seen Since Great Recession
By Ryan Meilstrup Yields on 30-year Treasury bonds spiked Friday to levels last seen during the 2007-2009 financial crisis as…
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Caspian Sea helps Iran evade U.S. blockade of Persian Gulf
“The Caspian Sea, a huge body of water hundreds of miles north. Routinely overlooked, the Caspian has taken on new…
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California Copied Europe’s Insane Energy Playbook, And Now Residents Are Really Paying The Price
By David Blackmon Even as U.S. gasoline prices rise again amid ongoing Strait of Hormuz tensions, American drivers are still…
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Essential commodities get cheaper and more abundant
The average person in the world has access to more commodities at a lower price than in 1980. The Simon…
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Texas grid operator says peak electricity use could quadruple, the equivalent of 300 new nuclear reactors
“The Texas grid operator published a dramatic projection for power demand through 2032, based on proposed data-center construction in the…
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New York City plans to spend a massive $30 million to open a single, government-run grocery store
The excessive cost of New York “Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s plan to build a $30 million, city-owned grocery store in Harlem…
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Healthcare spending rises at a lower rate than forecast
“U.S. health care spending in 2024 was $977 billion lower than the government projected it would be back in 2010.…
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Appalachian States Angle For Energy Dominance As Affordability Wars Rage
By Sean Hustedde Two Appalachian states are pushing legislation to introduce nuclear energy to their coal-dominant energy grids. Kentucky’s State…
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Free market policies lift Paraguay into prosperity
“Paraguay’s economy has grown by an average of 4 percent annually for two decades—a record of stability that helped earn…
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Jones Act harms our economy, drives up gas prices
“Gasoline prices have surged since conflict broke out in the Middle East between Iran and the U.S., with the former…
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Economic Shocks Will Permeate Long After Iran Strikes Stop, Analysts Predict
By Harold Hutchison Some analysts say the economic effects of Operation Epic Fury in Iran could persist for years, even…
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Iran war will cause lasting oil price spike even if it ends soon, and could reduce farm output
The Iran war will cut oil production in the Persian Gulf a lot this year, even if it ends soon.…
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Chris Wright Makes Case For AI Data Centers In America
By Reagan Reese Energy Secretary Chris Wright explained to the Daily Caller why the Trump administration is in favor of…
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Trump Slaps World With New Tariff After Supreme Court Loss
By Harold Hutchison President Donald Trump announced Friday he was using different legal authorities to continue tariffs after the Supreme…
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Real wages increase, outpacing inflation, despite dumb government policies
“The resilience of the American worker is one of the most underreported stories of the 2020s. From red tape to…
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