Democrats defend every entitlement and dream up new benefits. Republicans demand more defense spending and still more tax ...

In 1980, America’s publicly held debt reached more than $712 billion (about $2.8 trillion in 2025 dollars), or roughly 25% of annual U.S. GDP. Today, that figure is a little over $30 trillion, or ...

Promising tax cuts without offsetting spending cuts is politically painless so long as constituents believe they “pay for ...

Private equity firms have quietly taken control of thousands of American companies by using high levels of borrowed money to ...

There is no collapse. No Lehman Brothers moment. Instead it’s a slow burn, a financial treadmill that many are never able to ...