Over the past few years, the growth in health-care costs has quietly been slowing down. Naturally, we’d like to make... READ MORE

Has the ailing economy forced older workers to delay their retirement? The conventional wisdom certainly suggests so. A... READ MORE

At some point in every negotiation over fiscal policy, once the high-minded speeches and other pleasantries have been... READ MORE

It’s been a hard slog for the U.S. economy since the financial crisis of 2008. Yet the type of investment most closely... READ MORE

The political wrangling in the U.S. this week over the extension of the payroll-tax holiday illustrates once again the... READ MORE

Over the next decade, we are likely to see a shift in health insurance in the U.S.: So-called defined-contribution plans... READ MORE

The supercommittee’s failure to reach a substantial agreement this week is disappointing but unsurprising. The old model... READ MORE

Many parents in the U.S. are legitimately concerned about the prospects for their college-age children. After all,... READ MORE

In Economics 101, students learn that the share of national income received by labor stays roughly constant with the... READ MORE

After any financial collapse, housing plays a key role in the hard slog that typically follows: a weak housing market... READ MORE