political economy

Elon Musk is reportedly planning to spend less time tending to the budget-cutting DOGE project and more time on his businesses, according to Politico,...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — Earlier this month, sharp declines in the stock market wiped out $5 trillion in value. Which raises the question: If $5 trillion ca...

If the federal government wants to keep Medicare and Social Security intact for the next 75 years, it will need an extra $78.2 trillion in cash that i...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — Heading into Tax Day, if you listen to progressive policymakers for a few minutes, you’ll likely hear that few problems on Earth ca...

President Donald Trump's "Liberation Day" tariffs are the biggest shock to the global financial and economic order since the end of the Bretton Woods ...

Tariffs played a significant role in worsening the Great Depression, though they were not the sole cause. One of the most infamous tariff policies of ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Another wipeout walloped Wall Street Friday. Worries are building about a potentially toxic mix of worsening inflation and a U.S. econ...

DEAR RUSTY: Is there any way I can get out of paying the $185/month I am told will be taken out of my Social Security for Medicare Part B when I turn ...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — America’s small and mid-sized business owners are feeling good about the road ahead — not just for their own companies, but for nat...

Pennsylvania cyber charter schools are under attack for – of all things — not wastefully spending taxpayer money. The Pennsylvania Department of the A...

The Trump administration is doubling down on deregulation. Quite literally, in fact: Where the previous Trump administration removed five regulations ...

The Trump administration is doubling down on deregulation. Quite literally, in fact: Where the previous Trump administration removed five regulations ...

NEW YORK (TNS) — There is one surefire way to know when someone is trying to pull one over on you: If they’re promising something for nothing — whethe...

The federal deficit will be $21.1 trillion in the 10-year period from 2025 to 2034, according to projections in the Congressional Budget Office’s bian...

NEW YORK — U.S. stocks rose Monday as Wall Street took President Donald Trump's latest threat on tariffs in stride. The S&P 500 climbed 0.7%, coming o...

Unsustainable. Unaffordable. Alarming. Rash. Those were some of the descriptions of Gov. Josh Shapiro's proposed $51.47 billion state budget outlined ...

Has there been a real-world test of the Trump/Musk taxation plans? Yes, and it failed. Former Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback ran for office in 2010 on the ...

The new year is always a great opportunity to shed vices like smoking and binge eating. For state and local lawmakers, their guilty pleasure tends to ...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — According to the latest available numbers, 77% of Americans carry at least some debt, with the average American owing a little over...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — “Inflation is always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon,” Milton Friedman once said. In other words, don’t blame greed — blame th...