Economy Inflation Is Cooling: Jan 2026 Increase Below Seasonal Norms by February 13, 2026 by February 13, 2026 Inflation cooled more than expected in January, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported on… 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Economy AIER’s Everyday Price Index Edges Up 0.33 Percent as Inflation Shifts to Services by February 13, 2026 by February 13, 2026 In January 2026 the AIER Everyday Price Index (EPI) rose 0.33 percent to 298.0, starting… 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Economy Sweet Supply and Bitter Scarcity: Why Your Valentine’s Chocolates Cost More This Year by February 13, 2026 by February 13, 2026 “Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get.” The… 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Economy Sports Betting and the Zero-Sum Trap: How Gambling Drains Wallets by February 13, 2026 by February 13, 2026 Sports betting has become an epidemic, especially among young men. The Guardian recently aggregated some… 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Economy Proxy Advisors Pay the Price for Their ESG Crusade by February 12, 2026 by February 12, 2026 The new year brought new developments in the world of financial services: specifically, the role… 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Economy What Zimbabwe Can Learn From Chile: A Tale of Two Data Series by February 12, 2026 by February 12, 2026 In 1988, when Robert Lawson was a first-year economics graduate student at Florida State University,… 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Economy To Save Social Security, Stop Subsidizing Wealthy Retirees by February 11, 2026 by February 11, 2026 Social Security is drifting toward a cliff, and Congress keeps pretending the shortfall will fix… 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Economy What Makes a Good Federal Reserve Chair? It Depends on Independence by February 11, 2026 by February 11, 2026 The nomination of Kevin Warsh to replace Jerome Powell as Federal Reserve Chair has many… 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Economy Mississippi’s Literacy Miracle: How Holding Students Back Moved a Whole State Forward by February 10, 2026 by February 10, 2026 A year or so ago, I met my friend’s mother for the first time at… 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Economy How Rome’s Middle Class Lived — and What Happened When It Fell by February 10, 2026 by February 10, 2026 For most of us, especially those of us who think about it a lot, the… 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail