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There is a common criticism that therapy has become too mainstream and commercialized, feeding into snowflake culture. From influencers receiving sponsorships to promote mental health apps to the prominence of online therapy…

Many kids are not going to school. That’s the takeaway from the abundant headlines warning about the escalating epidemic of chronic absenteeism that has worsened since 2020.  The 74’s Linda Jacobson reported earlier this fall…

Repeat after me, class: Growth does NOT cause inflation. Write it on the blackboard 100 times. For decades, the economics profession has been trying to tell us all just the opposite. They keep shoveling out the dumbest…

"Once a bastion of sound reporting, the Wall Street Journal’s economy desk is slowly descending into incoherence...Simple economics demonstrates why the inflationary-profits hypothesis is bunk." ~Alexander W. Salter

Famed investor and philanthropist Charlie Munger died recently at a Santa Barbara hospital just 34 days shy of what would have been his 100th birthday. Best known as the right-hand man of legendary investor Warren Buffett,…

For the last 2 1/2 years, price inflation has been eating away the paychecks and savings of the public. Consumer prices are up roughly 20% since 2020, according to consumer price index data, and recent polls show the public…

President Joe Biden’s approval rating is tanking, and he’s now trailing former President Donald Trump in national polls, as well as in some key swing states . Vox blames the economy for Biden’s plunging popularity — or at…

As the end of the year approaches, the IRS has announced its new late repayment penalty rate. The rate has climbed from around 3% two years ago to 8% today. Most workers in the US are W-2 employees and have taxes deducted…