The coronavirus death rate is unknown, but the corporate death rate is clear. About 90 percent of the companies that made up the Fortune 500 list in 1955 are...

Harvard political scientist Robert Putnam argued in "Bowling Alone" (2000) that Americans were spending less time together. Today Americans aren't merely alo...

Labor Day once conjured up old-fashioned images of dad throwing burgers and hot dogs onto a charcoal-fired grill. It was the original “stay-cation.” But some...

Here is the scariest secret in economics today: the U.S. has benefitted from the global slump. The U.S. economy hums along, even while UK protestors hurl mil...

This Spring’s big betting questions are, Which team will win the NBA crown? What Broadway musical will capture the Tony Award? And why is inflation still so ...

Today’s Wall Street Journal features my oped on a 21st Century Federal Reserve Board.  The Fed map is so antiquated, it could’ve been mapped out on rawhide b...

Does President Trump model his trade and foreign policy based on game theory?  What game?  Read this intriguing piece by Grace Buchholz in CapX suggesting th...

Before Neil Simon left us for some Broadway in the sky, he taught much about immigration and the American dream. Brighton Beach Memoirs opens with teenager E...

Sure, make fun of airplane travel. Every comedian from Bob Hope to Chris Rock has a riff. But deregulating airlines has been one of the smartest and bravest ...

The U.S. has a defense problem. I am not talking about missiles, grenades, and F-16s. I am talking about defensive medicine. Because physicians are so fearfu...

Here’s a wide-ranging interview from Power Engineering in which I discuss the “scissors economy,” Ben Stein’s lust for poultry, the utility sector, and my mo...

My book Rush urges people to avoid early retirement. To be blunt, impolitic, and impolite, early retirement can make people more stupid and more sick. A new ...

Was the Airbus A380 doomed from the start? This week Airbus axed the jumbo jet. In 2007 my book New Ideas from Dead Ceos argued that the A380 was badly desig...

I have presented a new idea for President Trump and China.  Mr. Trump should urge China to cancel some of its U.S. debt.  A former U.S. State Department offi...