economy
Nonprofit Leaders Need Values Alignment in Finance Too
Tis the season: Quite soon, a slew of large public companies will be holding their annual shareholder meetings, which can feature voting on resolutions of all sorts of subjects and motivations—many of them advocating social…
Judge Blocks Subpoenas Against Fed Chair Powell
A federal judge on Friday blocked subpoenas issued by the Justice Department as part of its criminal investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s handling of renovations of the central bank’s Washington…
‘War on Poverty’ Has Trapped Poor Americans
America’s “War on Poverty,” launched by President Lyndon Johnson in 1964, has expanded into a vast array of federal social welfare programs that today exceed $1 trillion per year. Upon signing the Economic Opportunity Act,…
Mamdani’s Rent Freeze Would Make NYC’s Housing Market Worse
Zohran Mamdani met with the “Dealmaker in Chief” during an unexpected visit to the White House in late February to discuss a massive housing project. While plans to increase housing supply could lower rents if implemented,…
Tax the rich all you want. It won’t fix the deficit.
Wherever you look in American politics right now, you'll find legislators saying the government still doesn't tax enough—especially when it comes to the wealthy. California progressives are pursuing a wealth tax on…
Senate Passes Bipartisan Housing Act in 89–10 Vote
The Senate voted to pass a massive housing legislation package on Thursday, even as the White House has called for the SAVE America Act to be a top legislative priority. Passing with rare bipartisan support, the package of…
The Trump administration just declared all foreign exports unfair
During his first term in the White House, President Donald Trump reportedly scribbled the phrase TRADE IS BAD into the margins of a speech he was preparing to give to other world leaders. That remains the most concise…
Trump Says Oil Prices Will Make US a ‘Lot of Money’
President Donald Trump believes the increase in oil prices will actually benefit the United States, he said in a Thursday morning TruthSocial post. “The United States is the largest Oil Producer in the World, by far, so when…
‘Greed’ Fuels High Oil Prices, Burchett Claims
A House Republican appeared to take a page out of Democrats’ playbook, blaming the “greed” of oil companies for increased oil prices, even as an oil trade association attributed the spike to the conflict in Iran. “Just fueled…
Louisiana bill would tighten hair braiding license requirements
Louisiana, a state notorious for high occupational licensing barriers and below-average household median income, may soon create one of the strictest hair braiding licensing requirements in the country. Although the Pelican…
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