Category: Economy

The future is now and it comes in the form of fast food kiosks taking your order instead of humans. Shake Shack is going to open their first store in New York’s Astor Place where they will install cashless kiosks in the front where you will order your meal. This is just one of many […]

Sometimes you have to wonder what kind of lunatic ultimate objective liberals have in mind. Other times, they tell you straight out. Presenting Dr. Jason Hickel of the London School of Economics: In an interview for BBC’s Newsnight show on Thursday, Hickel called for “degrowth.” Ignoring energy innovation in fracking, nuclear power, renewables, and battery-based […]

This is good news on the economic front and we can use all the good news we can get these days. Inflation rose by less than economists expected in July according to the Labor Department. Now, I’m going to rain on that parade a bit because I think the math used to determine inflation is […]

Are you tired of winning yet? Trump’s America is confidently bringing on new hires, even beating what economists have been projecting. Job creation in July kept up its sizzling June pace, with nonfarm payrolls growing by 209,000 while the unemployment rate slid down to 4.3%. Economists had been expecting payroll growth of 180,000 and a […]

I absolutely love World of Warcraft and I don’t care who knows it. It’s terribly addicting and there’s just so much to do that there’s not really a good stopping point. It’s fantastic! In the game, they have a currency that you can trade for different items like swords, armor, pets, etc. This fake money […]

Liberals have been pushing for businesses like McDonald’s and Walmart to pay a “living wage” to their employees — usually around $15/hour. But as they have no understanding of basic economics, they also don’t understand what the consequences would be. But if they didn’t before, they will now — McDonald’s has begun replacing their cashiers […]

Donald Trump promised that he would improve the economy and bring more jobs to the United States. Are major businesses liking what they see of his presidency so far? It would appear so, at least for an iPhone manufacturer, which will be opening a major American-based plant in the next five years. Foxconn is the […]

Have you heard something truly crazy yet today? Because I have something for you. For every penny produced, representing the value of one cent, the U.S. Mint spends 1.5 cents to produce it. In 2016, every penny cost the United States 1.5 cents to create. Is it worth it? Most people aren’t thinking so. Congress […]

Stir together liberal kookiness and authoritarianism and you get a thick, viscous mud called “moonbattery.” The economy has been going nowhere because it is like a truck stuck up to the bumpers in a rising sea of this muck. Bret Stephens gives a few examples of how insane the situation has become: Did you know […]