His policies may have actually slowed the economic growth he inherited.
Economy
How America’s Business Leaders Lost Their Way
They once cared about promoting social welfare. Now they only care about making bigger profits.
How the Boeing Crashes Explain U.S. Politics
They’re another reminder that effective regulation is often good for business. So why won’t anyone say so?
To Fix Regional Inequality, Target the One Percent
Migration isn’t what made some metros quite wealthy and others quite poor.
How the Federal Government Rigs the Game Against Small Businesses
An FTC-approved merger will help Staples and Amazon crush the independent office-supply industry.
Amazon’s HQ2 Will Get a Tax Break Designed to Help the Poor
A provision in Trump’s tax cut means we’re all helping to pay Jeff Bezos’s tab.
The Mirage of ‘Full Employment’
Low unemployment rates mask soft spots in the job market, especially among rural Americans and minorities.
Why the AT&T-Time Warner Merger Is Bad for Small Channels
AT&T’s decision to quietly pull Televisión Dominicana is a harbinger of what could happen if regulators approve this merger.
Made in America
Trade deals like NAFTA have left behind the working class. But, disaffected workers don’t have to be an inevitable outcome of globalization.
Why the Jones Act Is Robin Hood in Reverse
The previously obscure law not only slowed delivery of relief supplies to Puerto Rico—it represents a whole category of ‘rent-seeking’ policies that redistribute income upwards.
