Whether making everyday choices in the grocery store, contemplating the cost of college or voting in an election, economic thinking can help us analyze the world around us to make more informed ...

What economics lessons can we take away from the pandemic? Did early shortages show a failure of globalization or of government? Were lockdown policies the right course? And how optimistic should our ...

With Halloween just a few days away, the trick-or-treating is about to begin. Americans are predicted to spend $3 billion on Halloween candy this year, and about the same on costumes and decorations.

When President Biden signs the nearly $2 trillion COVID-19 relief bill, he’ll be signing a pretty popular piece of legislation. A whopping 76 percent of Americans support the American Rescue Plan, ...

CEA V Anantha Nageswaran said India must learn from East Asian economies like China and South Korea by offering conditional ...

The world is full of surprises. When we published our Outlook 2020 in December 2019, we did not forecast a recession in the United States. Heading into 2020, the economy was growing modestly—we didn’t ...

Journal Editorial Report: The week's best and worst from Kim Strassel, Jason Riley and Dan Henninger. Images: AFP/Getty Images/ABC/MSNBC/Zuma Press/Shutterstock Composite: Mark Kelly The best ...

Editor’s note: Dr. Mike Walden is a William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor Emeritus at North Carolina State University. RALEIGH – Although I no longer teach students in the classroom – having ...

Looked at one way, the election gave Democrats little reason to panic. It was an inflation election, and the voters decided to punish the incumbent party. From January 2021 to November 2024, food ...

Editor’s note: Opinion content expressed by columnists is solely the opinion of that person and not the Daily Journal. Indiana’s 2025 legislative session offered a valuable pair of economic lessons.

Joe Biden’s rhetorical strategy is simple. Everything is about jobs, America, and more jobs. “Some of you at home wonder whether these jobs are for you. You feel left behind and forgotten in an ...