Economics

November 1st, 2021
Supply chain woes remind us how much our digital economy relies on blue-collar workers. Government policies have made it hard to find workers for unloading ships, trucking, warehousing, and more.
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August 11th, 2021
Democrats pushed their expansive $3.5 trillion framework for bolstering family services, health, and environment programs toward Senate passage Tuesday, as Republicans unleashed an avalanche of amendments aimed at making their rivals pay a price in next year’s elections.
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August 9th, 2021
The $1 trillion infrastructure bill could change how cryptocurrency is taxed. Source: $1 trillion infrastructure bill: How two cryptocurrency amendments began a conversation on digital rights – Vox
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June 29th, 2021
Over a year ago, seeing the immediate effect that quarantines, shutdowns, and lockdown policies were having on Western democracies, I put out my futile prayer: “Let’s Never Get Used to This.”
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June 18th, 2021
In our crowded media ecosystem, the biggest story of the week is one the White House is hoping you won’t notice. Inflation grew by 5 percent last month, the sharpest increase in 13 years.
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May 17th, 2021
America’s fiscal house is not in order. The government spends trillions more than it takes in every year. For decades, our politicians have been more concerned with making speeches and raiding the treasury than sound economics and fiscal responsibility.
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March 19th, 2021
In an effort to get Congress functioning once again—not to mention a desperate attempt to ensure their reelection—Democrats are proposing to revive congressional earmarks.
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February 18th, 2021
Things are surreal here in Texas right now. From Dallas to San Antonio, century-old low temperature records were shattered almost every day this week. The state is blanketed in snow and ice, and the power grid has failed.
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February 18th, 2021
We knew that with the speed Congress rushed to write and pass the $2.2 trillion Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) last March, very little attention was given to the potential for fraud and abuse.
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January 27th, 2021
President Joe Biden is launching his sweeping assault on climate change with a much larger army of allies than Barack Obama had 12 years ago — a coalition that ranges from labor unions, anti-fracking activists and racial justice advocates to leaders of Wall Street, the auto industry and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
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