Effective corporate rates by industry in the U.S.

Economic statistics undercount the impact of data-driven industries on the economy. Government restrictions on the movement and uses of data could restrain the growth of this economy.

Although there is  a tendency for public discussions of Medicare’s financing problems to focus on general health care cost inflation, a far more important factor in the near term is the sheer number of beneficiaries coming onto the Medicare rolls as the baby boomers head into retirement.

We now spend $20 billion on farm subsidies, which often flow to the wealthiest and biggest farms.

After two decades of deflation and stagnation — and now depopulation – perhaps the Japanese economy has crossed some tipping point and is beyond salvation.

Even though entrepreneurship is a powerful force that engenders local and economic growth, it is not obvious that government policy can create entrepreneurship.

Coming in with the highest per capita collection rate is New Jersey at $2,819, and Alabama comes in at the other end of the spectrum with a per capita collection rate of $539.

The states where workers are most enthusiastic about their jobs, and least enthusiastic, according to a new poll.

Changes to the deductions for mortgage interest and property tax payments, under discussion in Washington as a possible part of tax reform, might not reduce prices much at all, and some reforms might even boost prices.

America's jobs market has improved, and markets are now reckoning the Fed will start to taper its bond purchases in coming months. This has put pressure on bond prices and investors have fled riskier assets; bond fund outflows reached a record in the week ending June 5th. Here are assets most sensitive to the Fed’s balance sheet.