Economy

Rob Port February 21, 2013 11

"The college degree is becoming the new high school diploma," writes Catherine Rampell in the New York Times, "the new...

Rob Port February 18, 2013 11

George Mason Professor of Economics Donald Boudreaux asks President Obama to justify his proposal for increasing minimum wages with his...

Rob Port February 17, 2013 55

A few days back, House Minority Leader spoke out against possible congressional pay cuts tied to sequester with a rather...

Rob Port February 16, 2013 31

Obamacare is turning out to be a swift, hard kick in the pants for America's youth (a demographic that voted...

Rob Port February 14, 2013 5

"There are no good options for these businesses that are at or near that 50 employee threshold," the National Federation...

Rob Port February 13, 2013 11

Via Jim Pethokoukis, here's a frightening chart: Free markets depend on creative destruction. Old ways of doing things are constantly...

Rob Port February 13, 2013 18

Last night during his State of the Union address, President Obama called for raising the federal minimum wage to $9/hour:...

Rob Port February 12, 2013 14

Tonight during his State of the Union address, President Obama will be talking about jobs and the economy. If he's...

Rob Port February 12, 2013 9

Today the North Dakota House and Senate appropriations committees are holding a joint session to discuss the state's new budget...

Rob Port February 10, 2013 38

North Dakota's surplus is not new news, and what to do with it has been a topic of conversation not...