San Diego apparently did not learn from California’s experience after the state increased the minimum wage for fast-food workers to $20 an hour in 2023. As a result, wage growth in the sector went ...

New Jersey’s next governor will oversee a state business climate fraught with high taxes, rising unemployment and a lagging ...

Many Americans are convinced that only government can provide useful science since government is supposed to be “neutral,” ...

The Federal Reserve will go into a policy meeting next week with its view of the economy obscured by a U.S. government shutdown that has suspended the release of key data, a less-than-ideal situation ...

As I have mentioned in previous columns, I’ve made over 3,000 presentations in my career as an economist. Most of them occurred during my 43-year career at NC State, but ...

The Bank of Korea released a concerning economic report revealing that extreme weather has been directly impacting the ...

The markets have climbed higher despite continuing concerns around the shutdown, tariffs and inflation. The S&P 500 and ...

Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt share the Nobel economics prize for work that underlines the importance of ...

Collectively, the trio’s work has examined what drives sustainable economic growth over time, including scientific innovation ...

Joel Mokyr was lauded by the Nobel committee Monday for demonstrating how innovations become a “self-generating process.” ...

Three researchers who probed the process of business innovation have won the Nobel memorial prize in economics for explaining ...

Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt explain how knowledge and freedom combine to produce prosperity.