The Harvard economist Raj Chetty, justly famous for his studies of the factors that enable upward mobility in America, is back with a new analysis that has attracted wide attention. Thanks to access to the individual tax records of a million former public housing residents whom his Opportunity Insights team tracked, he determined that a […]

Polls consistently show Albania to be the most pro-American country in Europe. Under Cold War-era dictator Enver Hoxha, Albania was the continent’s most Stalinist regime, famously breaking with the Soviet Union in 1961 following Soviet chairman Nikita Khrushchev’s de-Stalinization. On Feb. 20, 1991, Albanians tore down Hoxha’s statue in central Tirana, marking the functional end […]

Oren Cass, founder of the MAGA-influential American Compass organization, argues that economic policy in the United States should pivot from its focus on free markets to policies that strengthen the economic power of workers, encourage domestic manufacturing, and promote long-term national resilience. Cass envisions an American economy and society similar to that of the 1950s […]

Congress is divided and dysfunctional. More importantly, it is failing to discharge its constitutional duties. As a result, our nation is “at risk,” and public trust and confidence in Congress is near a historic low. Congress only has one annual duty under the Constitution — to pass appropriations bills to fund federal operations. We have […]

Sometimes when my teenage son attempts to educate me about the internet, I find myself tempted to quote Aslan from The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, “Do not cite the deep magic to me, witch. I was there when it was written.” I remember the high-pitched screeches and squeals emitting from the cumbersome modems used for […]

The Bureau of Labor Statistics January jobs report blew out consensus expectations, reporting a net 130,000 jobs were created last month, more than double the 55,000 predicted by most “experts.” Unemployment also edged down to 4.3% and wages grew 3.7%, outpacing inflation. While the top-line monthly numbers were impressive, the even more pleasing real story […]