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De Blasio, MTA, & Big Taxi Beat Uber, Lyft

At the behest of the public transportation and taxi dirvers’ unions, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio signed a bill into law...

Bob Adelmann August 9, 2018

Unsustainable: The Government Pension Pickle that Several States are Facing

James Murphy July 29, 2018

State employee pensions, negotiated by greedy public employee unions and rubber-stamped by short-sighted politicians have left several states teetering on the edge of...

Zuckerberg, Facebook, Lose Billions In Stock Drop

R. Cort Kirkwood July 26, 2018

In less than an hour on Wednesday, Facebook tycoon Mark Zuckerberg lost $16.8 billion. But the real loser isn’t Zuckerberg: It’s the investors...

Texas to Pass Iraq and Iran to Become World’s Third-largest Oil Producer

Warren Mass July 20, 2018

Thanks to increasing production in the Permian Basin in West Texas, Texas is set to pass Iraq and Iran to become the world’s...

Trump Reviving Deep State ExIm Bank?

Christian Gomez June 23, 2018

President Trump's nomination for a new ExIm Bank president suggests he favors reviving the bank notorious for subsiding communist regime's acquisition of sensitive...

More Good News for the U.S. Economy: Job Openings Set New Record

Bob Adelmann June 5, 2018

Though jobs are plentiful, some economists are predicting a downturn, which recalls the truism that economic forecasting makes weather forecasting look good. ...

Federal Biofuel Mandates Are an Expensive Flop

Michael Tennant April 20, 2018

Federal biofuel mandates have failed to accomplish their stated objectives while forcing consumers to pay higher prices for food and fuel, a new...

Empire State Survey: Manufacturing Optimism “Tumbles”

Bob Adelmann April 18, 2018

Since the Empire State Manufacturing Survey — taken by the New York Federal Reserve — measures the economic outlook of just 200 manufacturers...

The State Where People Are Afraid to Pump Gas — and the Gov. Wouldn’t Allow it

Selwyn Duke January 11, 2018

Should you need a license to pump gas? Some people seem to think so, which is perhaps why Oregon had a 56-year-old law...

Another Accident That Could Have Been Avoided on Government-subsidized Amtrak

Raven Clabough December 21, 2017

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) reports that the Amtrak train that derailed on Monday on its way to Portland from Seattle was...

U.S. Economy Powers Through Hurricanes, Beats Forecasts With Three-percent Growth in Third Quarter

Bob Adelmann October 27, 2017

A strong economy is overriding economic turbulence, including the damage and unemployment from hurricanes, historical concerns about the 2018 midterms, and lower local...

Many Surprises in Latest Jobless Claims Report

Bob Adelmann October 19, 2017

There are several surprises in the Department of Labor's new jobless claims statistics, pointing to an improvement in the economy. ...

Robots Making Humans More Efficient, Opening Up New Jobs

Bob Adelmann August 3, 2017

Robots are increasing efficiency in manual-labor jobs such as construction and warehousing, working right alongside people. But as some jobs are replaced, new...