A new study from Ball State University’s Center for Business and Economic Research revealed how child care availability and costs affect women’s workforce participation in Indiana.
Read MoreThe past three months of economic data offer an increasingly clear picture to Federal Reserve policymakers wrestling with the moment to begin cutting interest rates.
Read MoreWe are well into election season, so we are bombarded with talk of slashing taxes.
Read MoreSeveral readers objected to my recent column about economic illiteracy colliding with feelings about today’s booming economy.
Read MoreDo Americans view the condition of the economy through a partisan political lens rather than judging it based on facts?
Read MoreMany of my columns have focused on labor market advice to young people heading to college.
Read MoreIndiana’s Regional Cities Initiative is an example of one of the most innovative place-based economic development programs issued by any state.
Read MoreRoughly 41 million Americans served in the military during wartime, with about 1.1 million dying in battle, of disease or in accidents.
Read MoreThe Federal Trade Commission last month ruled against noncompete clauses on employees, a decision that affects all for-profit firms and all employees except for a few senior executives.
Read MoreBy Michael Hicks Guest Columnist The anti-Israel protests on campuses revealed some of the good, bad and ugly of our universities. Behind it lies the hints of Critical Theory, which has captured so many campuses, robbing faculty and students of reason and judgment. The good news is that … Read More
The U.S. national debt is near its politically unsustainable level.
Read MoreIndiana is in the process of revamping its high school curricula.
Read MoreIt is a safe bet that almost no one in Indiana knows less about basketball than me, but only a recluse could miss the hype over the Indianapolis Fever’s draft of Iowa phenom Caitlin Clark.
Read MorePost-pandemic America is in the midst of significant disruption to work and living options.
Read MoreA newly released study by economists from Yale and UC San Diego unlocked a key insight into the way the Rustbelt developed.
Read MoreThe fourth anniversary of COVID offers an economics columnist a rich set of policy lessons.
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