The military-industrial complex rakes in profits as the rest of the world suffers, economist C. P. Chandrasekhar argues.

Two structural features underpin China’s decarbonization drive. Centralized mandate: China’s decarbonization efforts are driven by a hierarchical legal and regulatory framework. Announced by President ...

President Trump plans to raise his new global tariff to 15%. This will replace many of the duties ruled illegal by the Supreme Court. WSJ’s Ashby Jones explains the implications of the court’s ...

Aficionados of internet discourse may recall the vogue for deeming things “stochastic terrorism.” A stochastic process has a strong element of randomness, even when the overall result is predictable.

I can't stand opening the Microsoft Store. It's slow to load, confusing to browse, and full of ads for things I don't care about. Luckily, thanks to a new feature, I don't have to open the Microsoft ...

The final report card for the U.S. economy in 2025 is likely show pretty good marks — and set the stage for even stronger performance this year. Gross domestic product is likely to grow at a 2.5% ...

Diccon Hyatt is an experienced financial and economics reporter. He's written hundreds of articles breaking down complex financial topics in plain language, emphasizing the impact that economic ...

Demographics, rising profits and soaring asset values have together wrought a quiet transformation in the American economy. Much of it is now in the hands of the elderly. As of the third quarter of ...

The numbers: Rising business investment is the surprise star of the five-year-old U.S. economic expansion — and it doesn’t look ready to slow down. A key gauge of investment rose in December for the ...

California’s plan to hit its richest residents with a one-off wealth tax is a long shot, and its design has problems. But a look at who picks up the tab when billionaires scrimp on taxes, and how ...

There’s a widening gap between the haves and the have-nots in the United States, and economists are increasingly sounding the alarm. Income inequality has expanded in a short timeframe, and various ...

In April 2025, as U.S. stock markets were melting down in reaction to Donald Trump’s so-called Liberation Day edicts, the president’s top adviser on tariffs, Peter Navarro, proclaimed that not only ...