When all is said and done, cheap gas is an illusion, because our reliance on gas creates a whole series of costs that aren't factored in to the pump price - among them congestion, pollution, and increased risk of accidents.

Of course, politicians always say they're just describing their opponents' positions, even if they are in fact offering absurd caricatures, if not outright lies.

Wall Street has come a long way from the insider-dominated world that was blown apart by the Great Depression.

Popular as Keynesian fiscal policy may be, many economists are skeptical that it works. They argue that fine-tuning the economy is a virtually impossible task, and that fiscal-stimulus programs are usually too small, and arrive too late, to make a difference.

The U.S. is excellent at importing cheap products from the rest of the world. Let's try importing some human capital instead.

Corporate welfare isn't necessarily a bad thing.

I tend to delay writing by doing more research - it's really the act of writing the piece that I have the hardest time with.