This week, we get back to earnings and, sadly, the pickings are slim. Given these turbulent times, we have two Consumer Staples stocks to examine — Lamb Weston (LW) and Conagra (CAG). They may not be the most exciting charts, ...

Western elites repeatedly call for “reparations” payments to former Western colonies ostensibly to lift them from poverty. By turning these countries into large welfare recipients, these elites perpetuate the very poverty they claim to decry. ...

Scott Lincicome and Tad DeHaven President Donald Trump’s decision this week to implement a “permanent” 25 percent tariff on imported automobiles and automotive parts represents one of his most brazen—and foolish—moves yet. For the moment, we’ll leave aside that the ...

Friday’s overheated inflation data appears to have initiated a new downward leg for the major equity averages. This could mean a confirmed bear flag pattern for the S&P 500, and potentially much further lows before this corrective period is complete. A ...

Peter Van Doren The New York Times recently described a forthcoming election for the Wisconsin Supreme Court and the role of Elon Musk as the leading contributor to one of the candidates. His interest stems from the role of the court ...

Jeffrey Miron and Jacob Winter Debates about immigration often emphasize the alleged harms. President Trump, for example, has claimed that illegal immigrants take jobs from native-born Americans, a belief that is fueling his crackdown.  Research finds, however, that immigration has ...

This week, David Gordon draws insights from The Struggle for Liberty: A Libertarian History of Political Thought—a new Mises book that adapts Raico‘s lecture series into a footnoted, annotated volume. ...

Colleen Hroncich For centuries, churches and homes were at the forefront of education in Europe. The early settlers brought those traditions with them when they established colonies in the New World. From colonial days through the mid- to late-1800s, children ...

President Donald Trump’s sweeping new tariffs on car imports could reshape global trade routes — and push the UK into pole position as the most important export market for Germany’s automotive industry. That’s the opinion of leading audit, tax and ...

James Bacchus In one more sign of its reckless retreat from responsibility in international trade, the United States is reportedly refusing to pay its agreed share of the budget of the embattled World Trade Organization (WTO). In Geneva, US delegates ...