"Whether one is a conservative or a radical, a protectionist or a free trader, a cosmopolitan or a nationalist, a churchman or a heathen, it is useful to know the causes and consequences of economic ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Erik Sherman reports on business, economics, finance, tech, and law. This article is more than 10 years old. Labor organizing ...

Napoleon “did not realize until it was too late that the only closed political economy is the world economy. Britain could not be starved into submission by blockade unless she were totally cut off ...

On Thursday the Service Employees International Union is organizing strikes at 100 restaurants throughout America. Last Monday, in his New York Times column, Princeton professor Paul Krugman ...

Former H.U.D. Secretary and American Cornerstone Institute founder Dr. Ben Carson discussed the Biden administration’s handling of record-high inflation, arguing "it’s very clear" that the president’s ...