In my essay yesterday, “Why populist economics is bad: trade protectionism edition,” I dug into a new study that documents why recent US protectionist policies have failed to deliver on their promises ...

AI could indeed wreak havoc in the white-collar workforce. But rather than make such jobs less lucrative—let alone ...

Learn about market failure in economics, where supply and demand imbalances lead to inefficient distribution, its types, and causes.

Why doesn't a rising tide raise all or most boats? That is: how does wealth manage to get "sequestered" with the wealthiest? [In theory], they don't put it in big money rooms like Scrooge McDuck: they ...

This first appeared in the Planet Money newsletter. You can sign up here. Last week, news spread that a Chinese AI company, DeepSeek, had built a cutting-edge chatbot at a fraction of the cost of its ...

Most of us have heard that saffron is expensive. Some might even know it's a spice that comes from a flower. Still, few truly grasp why this crimson thread commands prices that rival precious metals.

Sean Ross is a strategic adviser at 1031x.com, Investopedia contributor, and the founder and manager of Free Lances Ltd. Michael Boyle is an experienced financial professional with more than 10 years ...

MoneyWeek has, in its quarter-century of existence, built up a pretty good record for calling the major economic trends in the economy and society, and explaining what they mean for savers and ...

This article is one of the winning submissions from the New York Post Scholars Contest, presented by Command Education. NYC high schools are failing their students—not academically, but practically.

Openness and connection are central to pro-growth Up Wing economics (as outlined in this newsletter and my book The Conservative Futurist). This means using public policy to help (or at least not ...

Regarding “Notable & Quotable: Thomas Sowell on Tariffs” (April 4): Thanks to the Journal for reprinting the thoughts of a national treasure. Here is another gem from his book “Basic Economics” (2000) ...