There is so much more to a president's approval rating than just the rate at which the economy created jobs during his term. His looks, ...

Republicans continue to fantasize about a last-minute candidate emerging from the Republican convention who the country will love. As if the...

I rode home beside a lovely man from Sweden the other day. He now lives in San Diego, helping to manage a start-up. He told me that even t...

My book The Fourth Economy includes the stories of Henry VIII and Henry Ford, Pope Boniface and Andrew Carnegie, Galileo and Wilhelm Humbol...

Whether it offends you or delights you, consider for a moment the political debate about the top 1%. They should be taxed more, the argument...

Mother's Day is in about a week. The "mmm" sound babies make so naturally lends itself to "ma," or "mom," ...

Everyone knows that bad foreign policy kills. Failure to intervene can essentially sanction genocide and willingness to intervene can mean p...

Invention begets new invention. Patents are steadily going up and even the rate of patents seems to be steadily going up. Here's a gra...

In spite of all the criticism it has received, it is possible that the Republican Party is getting better aligned with the American people. ...

Yesterday Trump had an interview with Bob Woodward of Watergate fame. I used to wonder whether Trump was an idiot or just hoped that 51% of...

Even the Economist has joined the chorus claiming that corporate " Profits are too high ." It's time to challenge a popular de...

Vox has a fascinating tool to assess what the four major candidates' tax plans will mean for your household. You can find it here . The ...

Terrorism in Europe represents progress. Before you accuse me of insanity or a lack of empathy, give me a few sentences to make my argumen...

It's hard to imagine what more Obama could have done to win over social conservatives than to have chosen a Supreme Court nominee from...

I rode home from San Francisco last week beside a guy who had been at a web developer conference. He told me that one thing that has changed...

What should we do about working class resentment of government programs? Be fair. We should invest as much in the careers of the working cla...

Economists argue a lot but rarely about the benefits of free trade. Here's a poll result that is typical of economists' opinions ab...

Through the 12th of February, NASDAQ had fallen roughly 13%. It was a miserable start to the year. On the 15th of February, after the mark...

This week at the client site, I met a guy who works remotely from the UK. We chatted a little. Later, I was waiting for him to move so I c...

Donald claimed that he did great in Super Tuesday. "Record turnouts," he claimed. "It's a movement," he assured us. ...