Personal Economics
  • The Real Debate Over Jesus’s Economic Plan

    By John Leo, The Fiscal Times

    Pope Francis has touched off a debate on Jesus’s economic teachings, with noted theologian Rush Limbaugh calling the pontiff’s apostolic exhortation “pure Marxism” and Tea Party activist Jonathon...

  • Special Report: Thailand secretly supplies Myanmar refugees to trafficking rings

    Special Report: Thailand secretly supplies Myanmar refugees to trafficking rings

    By Jason Szep and Andrew R.C. Marshall, Reuters

    RANONG, Thailand (Reuters) - One afternoon in October, in the watery no-man's land between Thailand and Myanmar, Muhammad Ismail vanished. Thai immigration officials said he was being deported to...

  • Government Pensions Under Fire Once Again

    The heat is on unions again because of what many believe are overly generous benefits to government workers – especially as compared to those of private-sector workers. In Detroit, unions are up in...

  • Obamacare uncertainty harming economic rebound, CEOs say

    Obamacare uncertainty harming economic rebound, CEOs say

    By Ernest Scheyder, Reuters

    (Reuters) - Uncertain corporate costs for President Barack Obama's healthcare reform law and other regulations continue to stymie U.S. employment and capital spending, business leaders said on...

  • Surge in Private Sector Job Creation in November

    By Jeff Cox, CNBC

    Private sector job creation surged in November, with ADP reporting 215,000 new jobs in a number that could put some heat on the Federal Reserve to begin reducing its monthly stimulus. Economists...