Economy

Rob Port February 7, 2013 27

The North Dakota House of Representatives defeated a bill on Wednesday, sponsored by Rep. Rick Becker of Bismarck, that would...

Rob Port January 26, 2013 25

There are two mistaken ideas about economics that, throughout history, significant numbers of people make again and again. One is...

Rob Port January 21, 2013 23

Just a quick run-down of accomplishments from President Obama's first term in office. First, national debt has increased more than...

Rob Port January 21, 2013 11

What's ironic is that I'm guessing most of the people now getting their hours slashed were big proponents of the...

Rob Port January 17, 2013 14

In the Wall Street Journal, Richard Vedder writes about America's declining work force: In recent decades there was a steady...

Rob Port January 9, 2013 5

Remember when George W. Bush was President and the media considered an unemployment rate over 5% to be sign of...

Rob Port January 5, 2013 9

Obamacare, or the Affordable Care Act as it is officially known, has been held up by its supporters as a...

Rob Port January 4, 2013 7

According to Obama administration Labor Secretary Hilda Solis, America's job picture would be worse off if it weren't for expanded...

Rob Port January 4, 2013 10

These charts, by way of Zero Hedge, are a sad commentary on the state of the national economy: What's causing...

Rob Port January 4, 2013 10

We got an abysmal jobs report today, but in the context of promises made by the Obama administration, it's all...