I was secretary of labor 30 years ago when the U.S. economy was producing an average of 200,000 new jobs a month. I remember holding news conferences on “jobs days” each month. I felt confident about ...

One possible reason for these differences is that distinct disciplines are trained to notice different things. Like photographers, we tend to focus on what our field puts in the frame. Economists ...

Ninety percent of the world lives with either degraded land, unhealthy air or water stress. In low-income countries, 80 percent live without all three. • The degradation of natural wealth is not just ...

Ed Yardeni, Yardeni Research, joins 'The Exchange' to discuss how much U.S. investors need to care about fiscal issues in Japan, the government's efforts to stimulate the economy and much more. Got a ...

We Need a Private-Sector Overhaul of U.S. Space Exploration Chasing Platforms Instead of Ambulances: Social Media Liability Trial Kicks Off in California The Administration’s War on Drug Development ...

POSITIVE THINKING can help people who are feeling down. Politicians, too, grasp that gloomy expectations can be self-fulfilling. In the late 1970s, as America grappled with an energy crisis and ...

The Federal Reserve’s policy decisions in recent years have contributed to a worsening of economic inequality in America, and some of the central bank’s policymakers say it’s not a problem they can ...

Former Managing Director of Citizens International Bank and Assurance Bank of Nigeria, Mr Chikatara Mbonu, has proffered solution to Nigeria’s economic instability. He lamented that duplicated ...

President Trump opened a primetime address to the nation on Wednesday with a message intended to reassure Americans. "Eleven months ago, I inherited a mess, and I am fixing it," he said at the start ...

The best way to fix Americans’ cost-of-living problem is to give workers bigger raises, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said last week. The problem: That solution looks broken, too. The US job ...

Is the affordability issue making President Trump schizophrenic? “I don’t want to hear about the affordability!” Trump declared in a Fox News interview last month after falsely claiming the cost of a ...