While not quite Keynesian pyramids or payments to farmers to plow up their surplus crops, this is still, sadly, yet another New Deal in the making.

It is no surprise that in our current crisis we see economic fallacies calling for “temporary” government interventions in the economy popping up like mushrooms after a rain.

The U.S. government’s recent show of force ostensibly to “close the barn door now that the horse has escaped” is not only misguided, it is dangerous for many reasons.

Recent scrutiny over mutual fund disclosure practices comes amidst a flurry of rules, investigations, and regulatory pressure being applied to the broader securities industry.

Whatever direction the stock market may take in the future, its opening day was a time for honest assessment of how the recent terrorist attacks and their aftermath may affect our economic future.

No institution has a greater incentive to increase airline security than the airlines themselves, who have both property and paying customers to protect.

The recent World Trade Center disaster may provide some economic opportunities for small, select groups, but the vast majority of people—including most New Yorkers—will be left worse off than before.