Outside the Beltway

A showdown over wages could upend the apprenticeship arrangement that has long characterized graduate education.

How much is enough?

Not everything is racially-motivated but most things have a disparate impact.

The company is begrudgingly complying with the EU’s requirement.

The International Energy Agency forecast is gloomy for Putin and company.

The most popular television product is running out of room to expand.

Planned staff layoffs concern those who fear a free-for-all.

The largest adjustment since the tax code was indexed in 1985.

The Fed is expected to stall the economy to fight inflation.

Publishers and consumers want very different business models.

Reading habits continue to evolve, not necessarily for the better.

A sweet story gets a wee bit more complicated.

Manipulating public opinion with dubious survey research.

An impasse over schedule flexibility could have widespread impact.

Is that right? If so, is it reasonable?

What’s being billed as the largest hike in years is anything but.

An unlikely source argues that it’s too big and poorly targeted.

After decades of exporting American jobs, corporations are bringing them home.

The most consumer-visible commodity is down for the 67th consecutive day.

There are too many products chasing too few consumers.

A bill that was never about the thing it’s called doesn’t do that thing.

The U.S. average is under $4 for the first time in months.

Things are better than expected.

The economic downturn is hitting groups in different ways.

Shocking but perhaps unsurprising news.

The economy, it turns out, is complicated.

Paywalls are not our problem.

The CPI has hit yet another four-decade high.

The longstanding celebration that become a national holiday last year is being exploited for profit!

Dare I say that it’s the economy?

Growth continues.

Four dollars and change at the pump.
The cost of livin’s high and goin’ up.

The bubble may have burst.

PETA has launched a weird protest against Starbucks.

There are many barriers to true freedom.

People are resisting going back to the office.

It’s happened. What does it mean?

The numbers don’t match the perception.

Political theater on the southern border.

Strapped for cash? Environmentally conscious?

A good jobs report.

Yet another case where good politics yields bad policy.

Vladimir Putin is banning commodity exports.

With masks off, political leaders are urging people to get out there and spend money.

It might feel good but it has zero impact on Putin.

A protest against vaccine mandates is growing with a little help from our adversaries.

Can the Misery Index be far behind?