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July 16, 2019
White House Director of the National Economic Council Larry Kudlow called himself a “happy camper” about the state of the U.S. economy and criticized those making it sound like the country is in recession.
“I do want to say…
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July 11, 2019
The left love to complain that recent economic growth has only benefited people at the very top and left the middle class and the poor behind. The Wall Street Journal just found more evidence to the contrary.
"The fortunes of low-skilled…
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June 28, 2019
CBS News online provided Democrats ammunition disguised as free advice and “facts” just ahead of their first debate.
Supposedly wondering how the economy is “really doing,” CBS journalists Aimee Picchi, Alain Sherter, and…
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June 20, 2019
One of the left’s favorite economic talking points is an obsession with income and “wealth inequality.”
In keeping with that trend, CNBC editor-at-large John Harwood offered five approaches to “fight” wealth inequality…
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June 7, 2019
Shark Tank star Kevin O’Leary and CEO Gerald Storch brought a free market reality check to Democratic socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders’ (I-VT) arguments for a $15 minimum wage on CNBC’s Squawk Box June 6.
Sanders went to Arkansas to…
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May 31, 2019
Even liberal newsrooms have to grapple with economic realities, as Vox Media may be learning.
The left-wing outlet pursued unionization, even as digital media outlets were financially struggling. NiemanLab reported that Vox Media employees staged a…
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May 29, 2019
The New York Times continued the left’s efforts to pit the haves against the have-nots with a business section cover story complaining about CEO pay.
Times reporter Peter Eavis credited the “solid economy” for improving corporate…
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February 8, 2019
If progressives get their way, it won’t matter how “f---ing bad” Bruno Mars and Travie McCoy want to be billionaires.They won’t be, and neither will anyone else.
Now that democratic socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D…
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January 29, 2019
Left? Lefter? Leftist? In the quest to see which candidate can be the most liberal, Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren called for an “ultra-millionaire tax” to force the wealthy to fork over more to the government.…
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January 4, 2019
The December jobs report crushed expectations on Jan. 4, with 312,000 jobs added, a strong participation rate, wage gains and two months of upward revisions. That was 136,000 jobs more than expected.
“It’s good for the economy, it…