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Capitalism and greed did not cause the Great Depression of the 1930s. Nor did they cause the Great Recession of 2007–2009.

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Doug Irwin, an economics professor at Dartmouth College, on Trump’s trade war, the myth of protectionism, and what history ...

For a generation, Americans have had a historically large number of ex-presidents around, a possible source of counsel from ...

Once and future political kingmaker Elon Musk is dreaming of starting a third political party to seize the high ground from both Democrats and Republicans. Could he do it, and have there been ...

The president again urged Fed Chair Jerome Powell, who he criticized with the nickname “Too Late,” to lower interest rates.