Jun 16 Column: The only conquerors of inequality are the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse By Walter Scheidel Walter Scheidel argues that economic inequality is not only inevitable, but that whenever inequality has been reduced, the reasons forcing inequality down have been nothing short of horrific. Continue reading
Jun 15 Watch 9:02 Kushner family’s real estate dealings land foreign-investor visa back in the spotlight By PBS News Hour Thousands of investors apply and participate annually in the little-known EB-5 visa program, designed to stimulate the U.S. economy through job creation and capital investment by foreign investors. Economics correspondent Paul Solman reports that recently, one real estate business in… Continue watching
Jun 15 How Jared Kushner and others gerrymander to sell visas to foreigners — at a steep discount By Paul Solman Trump Bay Street is a model of luxury as well as a model of a loophole U.S. developers use in a controversial citizenship-for-cash program. Continue reading
Jun 14 Help! I lost my job and just turned 65. What do I do about health insurance? By Philip Moeller In the haze that can accompany such surprises, don't just simply take COBRA and assume you're done with health insurance concerns, Philip Moeller advises. Continue reading
Jun 14 Column: 5 ways higher interest rates could affect you By Teresa Ghilarducci The Federal Reserve moved to raise short-term interest rates on Wednesday. What does that mean for American households and American workers?… Continue reading
Jun 13 Watch 5:36 Has the president created lots of jobs? Putting Trump’s claims in context By PBS News Hour Just four months into his term, President Trump has made numerous claims about the jobs he's created and saved. What's the real record? William Brangham reports. Continue watching
Jun 13 In Wisconsin, Trump makes case for apprenticeships to fill jobs gap By Ken Thomas and Josh Boak, Associated Press The push is aimed at training workers with specific skills for particular jobs that employers say they can't fill at a time of historically low unemployment. Continue reading
Jun 12 Column: How ‘America First’ could become America last By Joel Mokyr “America First” is based on the assumption that if another nation gains from trading with us, they do so at our expense. Yet economic international relations — like all international relations — are never zero sum. Continue reading
Jun 09 Column: Why Amazon shouldn’t get into the prescription drug business By C. Michael White The biggest online retailer’s entry into this market may lead to efficiency gains, but the cost would be dear in terms of further severing the link between patients and actual pharmacists. Continue reading
Jun 08 House GOP passes bill to roll back Dodd-Frank regulations By Associated Press Republicans argue that rules designed to prevent another meltdown were making it harder for community banks to operate and hampering the economy. Continue reading