A new poll of economists finds an overwhelming majority agree that the U.S. government’s official data on the economy is a big problem.

On America’s northern border, Trump’s trade war is already causing devastation in communities like Point Roberts—and the economic and cultural damage may be permanent.

Less than two weeks after narrowly averting self-inflicted disaster, the president is once again on the verge of doing something both stupid and catastrophic.

For better and often for worse, the U.S.-led IMF and World Bank have dominated the post–World War II international economy. Project 2025 and the Trump administration could change that.

How endless options became our only option

There’s no other explanation for the market fluctuations caused by Trump’s tariffs, which should have come as no surprise to anyone in the financial industry.

His inner circle is telling him that working-class voters are with him. In the real world, all the tariff chaos gives Democrats an opening to try to crack his vaunted coalition.

His reading of American history is shockingly stupid, even for him.

With each passing day, this White House seems to have more in common with its crypto-scammer allies.

Trump’s commerce secretary is preparing to mess with the country’s economic statistics.

Economics, culture, and media. Economics, culture, and media. Economics, culture, and media. Got it?

Donald Trump acknowledged that his tariffs will likely make things worse, not better.

A new study suggests global warming’s effect on GDP has been vastly underestimated. Will it finally break through the religion of infinite growth?

Claudia Sheinbaum’s response to Trump’s threat of tariffs revealed truths that the president-elect doesn’t want Americans to know.

As Nobel season intersects with hurricane season, we’re getting a potent reminder of the problems with cost-benefit analysis and letting markets direct our lives.

You’ve surely read that tariffs would just tax regular Americans. You may not have read how they’d work to make the rich richer.

Tim Jackson found unlikely fame by arguing that slower growth will actually make us happier—and more prosperous.

Trump has been ripping off hardworking people for decades. Now he’s chosen a running mate who’s made millions pretending to be a hillbilly. They’re the perfect people to lead the party of grift.

Trump a populist? Populism came about to lower tariffs!

Yes, they want to cut taxes on rich people again. It’s an obsession that goes back to the ’80s—the 1880s.