It was a crucial factor in the country’s economic takeoff well beyond what’s commonly assumed.

In each era of globalisation since the mid-17th century, a single country has sought to be the clear world leader – shaping ...

From June 2024 through February 2025, U.S. beekeepers suffered their worst winter losses in more than a decade, with ...

In the nearly 250 years since the nation’s founding, technological leaps and demographic shifts transformed a scattered collection of farmers and laborers into today’s workforce of more than 150 ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Uncertainty over the economy and tariffs is forcing retailers to pull back or delay plans to hire seasonal workers who pack orders at distribution centers, serve shoppers at stores and ...

For the last half-century and more, the state’s monopoly political party has been content to rely on our proximity to the nation’s capital as its principal economic development strategy. Our one-party ...

Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt have been awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Economics. (Photo by Jonathan Nackstrand / AFP) / ALTERNATIVE CROP (Photo by JONATHAN NACKSTRAND/AFP via Getty ...

America’s first merger wave began in the 1890s and forged giants in steel, oil and railroads. A second preceded the crash of 1929. Executives assembled conglomerates in the 1960s; private-equity firms ...

President Donald Trump has threatened a new round of tariffs on China starting in November, and Wisconsin consumers may feel the effects. On Oct. 9, Trump announced an additional 100% tariff on goods ...

It has become almost a joke in popular culture to talk about the “deep state.” Usually it’s said with a wink or a grimace, depending on who you ask. But here’s a neutral truth: business thrives best ...

NORFOLK, Va. — Between federal layoffs, tariffs, and inflation, the economy is starting to feel the impact. On Tuesday, Old Dominion University held its State of the Region address, where experts ...

National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett warned Monday that the government shutdown could cost the U.S. economy approximately $15 billion a week. In an interview on CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” ...