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Many stories have emerged recently indicating that increasingly we are a nation of freelancers participating in the sharing economy. The stories indicate…

Economists and others are accustomed to receiving economic data from government agencies, non-governmental organizations and business associations – now…

With apartment rents rising, more households are finding that their monthly rent check is eating up more than a majority of their paycheck. According to a…

America’s inability to invest sufficiently and regularly in its infrastructure costs us in many ways, including in the form of diminished student…

Conventional wisdom suggests that income growth remains very slow in America. This helps explain why the Federal Reserve maintains such aggressive…

The U.S. economic recovery, now in its seventy fourth month, is set to continue. There have been longer periods of consistent growth in America’s economic…

As indicated by writer Josh Mitchell, jet fuel prices have declined by nearly thirty five percent over past year, roughly tracking the decline in oil…

A four-year drought has gripped California. The drought has altered life in the Golden State by forcing severe cutbacks in water for farms, homeowners and…

Canada is in recession. The Canadian economy shrank for a second consecutive time during the second quarter according to Statistics Canada, putting…

Uber is an app. One can press a button on his or her smartphone and within a few moments someone will happen by to take them where they want. That’s…

Americans are collectively getting wealthier. Rising home values produced a modest increase in total American household wealth during the second quarter…

A recent piece written by former U.S. Labor Secretary Robert Reich suggests that big technology companies have become far too influential and powerful in…

According to data from the U.S. Census Bureau and as pointed out by the Hutchins Center for Fiscal and Monetary Policy, the typical American male earned…

While economists and others have become a bit more nervous regarding near-term U.S. economic prospects, at least matters here are nowhere near as bad as…

For many years, Detroit was often used as the example of a struggling American community. That’s not so much the case anymore. In August, the Detroit…

One of the strongest parts of the U.S. economy today is the housing market. According to Standard and Poor’s/Case Shiller data, home prices continued to…

Local lawmakers in Washington, D.C. are considering a proposal to provide up to sixteen weeks of paid leave a year for significant family or medical…

During the most recently completed federal fiscal year, the federal deficit declined to its lowest level since President Obama took office. For the twenty…

Home builders are increasingly facing delays and rising costs as they struggle to locate enough construction workers. That represents a far cry from the…

Let’s say that you are single and want to make yourself appealing to others. There are many things that one could do. Sit-ups, learning Italian, or…