As you ride the Amtrak along the Pacific coast between Los Angeles and San Diego, you pass the San Onofre nuclear power plant, home to…
Government spending
If you’re confused about why American economic growth has been so disappointing, consider this: US government investment in capital, research and development, and education and…
The ferocious reaction to my assessment that Senator Bernie Sanders’ economic and health care proposals could create long-term economic growth shows how mainstream economists who view themselves as politically…
The richest Americans increasingly are taking over the levers of power and shaping the political debate, despite opposing views held by a majority of Americans,…
The poorest Americans have no realistic hope of achieving anything that approaches income equality. They still struggle for access to the basics he economic hoarding…
It goes without saying that humans are good at causing problems. Climate change, overfishing and widespread environmental contamination from chemical toxicants are all creations of…
Worse than any disease or even leprosy, anyone spouting Austrian economics or even “common sense” (almost extinct today) has been shoved into the outcast corner…
Persistent low wages cost US taxpayers approximately $153 billion every year in public support to working families, according to a new report that details, for…