Cato adjunct scholar John Cochrane has written a great piece on “national debt denial,” which I recommend reading in full.

With Senator Chuck Schumer calling on President‐elect Joe Biden to enact massive federal student debt cancellation by executive fiat, perhaps we need another reminder why such a policy would be terrible.

The health crisis and office shutdowns in New York, San Francisco, and other cities have prompted companies to liberalize their policies on remote working.

The problem with democracy is that after the election, half the country is going to feel as unhappy as this tortured fellow.

The Bureau of Economic Analysis released estimates of third quarter gross domestic product (GDP).

Joe Biden is planning large tax increases if elected president.

I’ve noticed many economists from Wall Street and elsewhere on cable news shows and other media claiming that more federal infrastructure spending would lift the economy.

On September 17th, Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Bernie Sanders (D-VT) went on Facebook Live to announce their introduction of the Postal Banking Act, a bill that would have the US Postal Service provide a “public option” in some retail banking services.

The infrastructure plan recently released by the Biden campaign is a collection of tired ideas that have consistently failed in the past.

Since 1986, low‐income housing tax credits (LIHTCs) are the main way in which the federal government tries to increase the amount of affordable housing for low‐income families.