Outside the Beltway

The airlines hate hidden city ticketing and are cracking down.

Xi’s government is taking a drastically different approach to the slowdown.

The average new vehicle is now $48,000. And huge.

The current business model is collapsing. It’s about time.

The oldest state institutions of higher education are spending money to make money.

They average more than any other occupation and considerably more than their European counterparts.

A new book looks at the confluence of geography and disadvantage.

Good news for the economy.

After other controls are applied, household income is still a huge advantage.

The Eurozone is falling further behind the United States.

Our long national nightmare is over.

Should businesses have to include taxes and other fees in their advertised price?

The evidence is pretty thin.

What the numbers tell us about remote work and productivity.

The President is trying to change perceptions ahead of the election.

It’s just as possible to live on one income as it was in 1970. But not really.

All states but one receive more in federal money than they pay out in taxes.

It’s becoming just another day off work!

Getting rid of Confederate tributes is long overdue. It ain’t cheap.

If something cannot go on forever, it will stop.

Hollywood and the news media are roiled in labor disputes.

Who knew?

Damned if they do and damned if they don’t. Sometimes both.

Get me higher than the grocery bill.

Debt-trap diplomacy has finally come home to roost.

Disney is making some unwelcome moves.

A regional chain registered it in 1989. Has it become generic?

Will consumers put up with monthly fees on top of hefty sticker prices?

They’re not nearly as customer-friendly as they used to be.

Some predict a fundamental restructuring of the economy.

They’re fighting for fair treatment. They’ll likely lose.

A wildly ambitious goal.

Cities are lowering or doing away with longstanding requirements to provide spaces.

Americans are losing confidence in the bargain.

The company will debut an all-electric “Explorer” in Europe.

The Biden administration had little choice but to act.

Here we go again.

When the product changes after you bought it.

A growing trend has healthcare professionals and communities concerned.

Some of these things are not like the other.

An illegal practice that won’t go away.

Understandable efforts to protect their market share are alienating customers who think they’re doing nothing wrong.

Stuttgart is catching up with Detroit.

Affluence comes with a cost.

Cheap, big, fast: pick two.

A lot of huge investments have failed for a variety of reasons.

A silly workaround to an infuriating problem that won’t go away.

The silliness of “generations.”

It turns out that the candy flavored booze at the grocery store isn’t even bourbon.