U.S. Economy

In response to new mandated wage hikes, restaurant owners are likely to raise prices, cut waiter jobs, and move toward less reliance on labor.

Our economy is making it harder to start businesses, keep businesses, and hire people. That's a recipe for disaster.

Many people continue to think that "economics is hard" and can't be understood by ordinary people. It doesn't have to be this way.

Statistics issued by the federal government about the economy — from CPI to GDP — are fake, and our guest John Williams of Shadowstats.com explains how and why.

The Fed still suffers from a trust deficit.

Auburn, Alabama, is featured on the front cover of today's Wall Street Journal. I was interviewed extensively for the story, but was not mentioned. The story is about the relationship between the state university and increased manufacturing jobs.

Donald Trump's Twitter account is steering the market, the consequence of America substituting markets for central planners.

Michael Pence seems to be under the mistaken impression that the United States has an unregulated free market economy.

Companies relocate in order to serve their customers better with less-expensive products. In the media, these unseen customers are usually ignored.