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The vacation home is making a comeback. Thanks in large measure to a surging stock market, Americans with discretionary spending power are increasingly…

There is a feeling among many that technological progress threatens the well-being of the workforce. After all, back in the 19th century, steam power and…

Even as the nation’s unemployment rate has edged lower, wage growth in America has remained sluggish after nearly 5 full years of economic recovery. Over…

In recent years, growing numbers of U.S. colleges and universities have looked to students from abroad to support enrollment numbers and tuition-based…

Educational achievement continues to represent the most obvious way to attain prosperity in America. A new study by MIT profession David Autor indicates…

A growing number of women who are ostensibly in their peak earning years are deciding not to participate in the U.S. labor force. The declining labor…

When looking to explain the continued lackluster performance of the U.S. economy or the sputtering housing market, the topic of student debt is almost…

The growth in federal spending on healthcare will continue to decline as a proportion of the overall economy according to a recent report supplied by the…

The most recent jobs reports indicate that there is growing labor market momentum in a number of middle-wage occupational categories. According to…

Even five years of economic recovery have failed to lift many families out of bleak financial circumstances. A recent Federal Reserve Board report…

One of the biggest threats to the U.S. economy and to the federal budget is the expansion of Medicare expenditures. Given America’s aging population and…

One of the conventional wisdoms regarding the U.S. labor market is that, on average, younger workers don’t stick around in any one job for very long.…

After years of deleveraging, many American households seem to have regained their appetite for debt. This has many implications for the U.S. economy,…

Retailers are hoping for a banner holiday shopping season this year and they just might get it. Retail recovery has been inconsistent in recent months due…

The National Football League’s season ended last Sunday, but the economics of football never ends. Folks from Baltimore and a number of other cities know…

Many Americans are not even close to saving enough for retirement. A report from the Employee Benefit Research Institute recently featured by Bloomberg…

As recently reported by Bloomberg, in forty-eight U.S. states, government spending on each college student remains below where it was before the recession…

The decision to get married represents one of the most difficult ones we’ll ever make. The consequences will quite possibly last a lifetime. What’s more,…

The weekend is over. One of the things that you may have done with you moments of leisure is to take in a movie. You would not have been alone – movies…