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Many American companies do not offer health insurance to their employees.

An economist writes about a new book on the economics of piracy.

An economist responds to a question about how the government can take on a commitment to cover the uninsured when health care costs are already rising at an unsustainable rate.

A look at why the United States’ private pension funds have fared worse than those in most other countries.

A free-trade advocate examines the edict attached to China’s stimulus policy.

In considering the budget problems plaguing states like California and Illinois, it’s fun to the ponder local flora and fauna. But the real problems lie underneath: the frayed partnership between states and the federal government.

the worst day for stocks in over two months. Commodities and currencies- both of which have taken their cues from stocks of late- also trended [.. […] Can the Fed Control Inflation? June 22, 2009 … With the Forex market’s tendency to repeat price patterns over and over again, I’m choosing not to fight against history or human behavior. Of course if crude oil , gold , and the S&P 500 make gains over the next 48-hours the dollar should be under downside pressure just from …

Capital stock of the US economy – history. The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) announced no change to monetary policy following its meeting on Wednesday. The communiqué said the Committee expected to keep the Fed funds rate target in …. He said actions by the Fed and other central banks last year helped avert a financial meltdown that would have produced a ‘Depression-like environment’. “Legislators are trying to determine whether Bernanke overstepped his authority …

“In a dramatic step dubbed ’stimulus by stealth’ in financial markets, the ECB lent €442.2 billion for 12 months to more than 1100 banks at its current benchmark interest rate of 1%. “The high demand for the funds, in what was the ECB’s first …. “That, coupled with money printing and the stock market rally, fed on itself and caused a lot of people to get excited about economic prospects improving drastically by the year-end. “But now that the market rally has stalled, …

“In a dramatic step dubbed ’stimulus by stealth’ in financial markets, the ECB lent €442.2 billion for 12 months to more than 1100 banks at its current benchmark interest rate of 1%. “The high demand for the funds, in what was the ECB’s first …. “That, coupled with money printing and the stock market rally, fed on itself and caused a lot of people to get excited about economic prospects improving drastically by the year-end. “But now that the market rally has stalled, …

“In a dramatic step dubbed ’stimulus by stealth’ in financial markets, the ECB lent €442.2 billion for 12 months to more than 1100 banks at its current benchmark interest rate of 1%. “The high demand for the funds, in what was the ECB’s first …. “That, coupled with money printing and the stock market rally, fed on itself and caused a lot of people to get excited about economic prospects improving drastically by the year-end. “But now that the market rally has stalled, …

Capital stock of the US economy – history. The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) announced no change to monetary policy following its meeting on Wednesday. The communiqué said the Committee expected to keep the Fed funds rate target in …. He said actions by the Fed and other central banks last year helped avert a financial meltdown that would have produced a ‘Depression-like environment’. “Legislators are trying to determine whether Bernanke overstepped his authority …

A blog presents a daily summary of The Wall Street Journal’s articles from the corresponding day in 1930.

Personal savings rates rose again in May to 6.9 percent, the highest rate in 15 years. Is that impressive? Not particularly, at least in historical terms. It’s about equal to the average savings rate of the last 50 years

That amount — an estimate of the cost of the Democrats’ proposal — is little if any real burden on the economy, an economist writes, and doing nothing could be far more burdensome.