Close on the heels of Donald Trump’s idea to build up to ten “freedom cities” on federal land come reports that Elon Musk is planning a “Texas Utopia”—his “own town” says the Wall Street Journal. But although America has a long history of company towns, the plans for what some are calling “Muskville” so far […]

Xi Jinping has officially started his precedent-breaking third term in office as Chinese president, effectively cementing his status as the country’s most powerful leader since Mao Zedong. He received on Friday a unanimous endorsement from the country’s largely rubber-stamp parliament, the National People’s Congress, where its almost 3,000 members rose and applauded as the results […]

The Bureau of Labor Statistics has just released its jobs report for February 2023. It shows that payroll growth was 311,000, which remains very strong. Hourly earnings grew by 4.7 percent over the past year, but only about 3 percent in the past two months. On the household side, the unemployment rate ticked up slightly […]

Many people find it hard to be retired. The concept is relatively simple: Stop working and hope Social Security and savings cover all of your bills. But in real life, it doesn’t always work out that way. Mark Miller, who writes for The New York Times NYT and Reuters, has written a unique and useful […]