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The recent elevation of Indian-born Sundar Pichai to CEO of Google represents another instance of someone from a minority group rising to the top in…

The housing market is now in its fourth year of recovery. Construction of single family homes and multifamily rentals has been rebounding. But for a…

The nation is in its seventh year of economic recovery. The U.S. now supports more jobs than it did prior to the recession. Millennial workers,…

Some of you are being driven to school right now. You will soon encounter a teacher who you will look at you as a teacher. But the person in front of you…

There was a time when Brazil was the toast of the global economy. As indicated in a recent article authored by Simon Romero, Brazil was hailed as a model,…

While most indicators suggest continued progress for the U.S. labor market, data indicate that labor markets in Europe remain stagnant. In March, the…

A recent article by writer Floyd Norris points out that for more than 6 decades, unemployment in the U.S. was primarily a short-term problem. Businesses…

America remains a wealthy nation. The latest Credit Suisse Global Wealth Report indicates that America’s average wealth exceeds $300,000 per adult, enough…

We’re at dinner. I ask you if you would like me to pass the butter. You probably say yes, and that’s because we live in the America of 2014. Americans…

Global air passenger traffic is doubling every 15 years, bringing more people to already congested airports and airplanes. Over the past two decades, the…

One of the great economic puzzles of the day is America’s productivity puzzle. Why is American productivity not expanding more rapidly? Labor…

Years ago, there was a subprime mortgage boom. Banks and other financiers were increasingly offering loans to people with checkered or undeveloped credit…

Improving economic conditions are now apparent in virtually all parts of the nation. According to Moody’s Analytics, the general pattern of growth stills…

While the U.S. economic output expanded at a 4 percent annualized rate during the second quarter of 2014, European growth evaporated, in part due to…

There are many who have expressed doubt about the validity of the nation’s official unemployment rate. Some, like former General Electric CEO Jack Welch,…

When you consider Ohio, you might think about a rust belt state that is characterized by high unemployment and a lack of investment, at least in many…

It’s been several years since the U.S. housing market collapsed, and yet that collapse continues to shape many aspects of economic life. Take for instance…

Economics would be much easier if it didn’t involve the study of people. While economic theory often revolves around the critical assumption that people…

Since 2008, the year during which investment bank Lehman Brothers faltered and home prices collapsed, there has been a steady increase in the number of…

Buses have an image problem. Transit agencies around the country are spending hundreds of millions of dollars on new rail infrastructure that is often no…