Economy

Independent authors cover news and developments related to the economic health of the country, states and individual citizens. Here we cover the stock market, business regulations, international trade, budgets, and other issues affecting American businesses.

The Coronavirus Stimulus Package Will Be Toxic to Incumbents

The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES) Act of 2020 (H.R. 748) was by far the most gargantuan emergency economic stimulus package ever passed by Congress. The

By Wes Messamore

April 23, 2020

California’s Economy Will Not Reopen Soon Gov Newsom Says

Originally published on California Globe. On Wednesday, Governor Gavin Newsom confirmed that the state currently has no plans to reopen the state or end stay-at-home restrictions as the

By Evan Symon

April 23, 2020

The Post-COVID Need For Political Philanthropy

Before this global COVID pandemic & resulting economic suffocation, political philanthropy to fix & reform our elections & governmental institutions was already severely lacking but very much needed. The entire

By Perry Waag

April 7, 2020

After COVID-19 Things Will Change

COVID-19, like many global crises and catastrophes bring change. Sometimes permanently, often temporarily. Change comes in both positive and negative garbs. But change never fails to force itself upon

By Tom Huskerson

March 30, 2020

How The 35-Day Shutdown Created Turbulence for National Air Safety

On Friday morning, January 25, the FAA stopped all incoming flights into LaGuardia airport for an hour because of staffing issues with air traffic controllers. Departing flights were seeing delays

By Avery Coleman

January 29, 2019

US Partisanship Is Putting the World Economy at Risk — Here’s How

With the United States officially entering into the second month of the longest government shutdown in history, much has been made about partisanship in American politics. While partisanship has long

By Alex Spillis

January 23, 2019

Frayed Wires: As California enters a brave new energy world, can it keep the lights on?

Gretchen Bakke thinks a lot about power—the kind that sizzles through a complex grid of electrical stations, poles, lines and transformers, keeping the lights on for tens of millions

By Julie Cart

January 17, 2019