Investment

Budget Battles

  • The Great Lesson from the Great Recession

    By Mark Thoma

    One of the main messages in the great work by Milton Friedman and Anna Schwartz, A Monetary History of the United States, 1863-1960, is that the Federal Reserve bears considerable responsibility for...

  • Fore! Golf Course Homes Are on the Downswing

    By David Koeppel, The Fiscal Times

    From Palm Springs to Palm Beach, many homes within golf communities are selling far below the peak prices of the 2000s: They haven’t experienced the same rebound as other segments of the housing...

  • What Will Microsoft Look Like After Ballmer?

    By Bill Rigby, Reuters

    The next CEO of Microsoft Corp has one big decision to make: press on with retiring chief executive Steve Ballmer's ambitious plan to transform the software giant into a broad-based devices and...

  • Markets More Sensitive Than Usual to Data Ahead

    By Ryan Vlastelica, Reuters

    Wall Street just went through its weakest three-week period since November, not to mention a panicky spell when the Nasdaq stock market ground to a halt. But that doesn't mean the pain is over. The...

  • Business Weighs In on the Immigration Debate

    By Andy Sullivan, Reuters

    As lawmakers return to their home districts in the final weeks of summer, hundreds of U.S. businesses have quietly mobilized to persuade Republicans such as Poe that an immigration overhaul is...