Economy & Finance

Musk’s Boring Company To Build Free 1-Mile Tunnel In “Tunnel Vision Challenge!” In a new contest, Elon Musk’s tunneling firm, The Boring Company, will build a 1-mile tunnel for free to the best idea submitted to the company.  The Boring Company’s Prufrock 5 tunneler (via X) “Announcing the Tunnel Vision Challenge!” the company wrote on X. “Pitch […]

Why California Is Bleeding Tech Jobs: Decline Is A Policy Choice Authored by Vance Ginn via the American Institute for Economic Research, For much of the past half-century, California benefited from a powerful first-mover advantage. Dense networks of talent, capital, and research institutions allowed the state to absorb policy mistakes that would have crippled competitors.

Canada Weighs Token Troop Deployment To Greenland, But Fears Trump Wrath The Canadian government is weighing whether to deploy a small contingent of troops to take part in training exercises in Greenland after several European and NATO member countries already sent in dozens of soldiers. The discussions come as President Trump argues that the United

Why People Feel The Economy Is Bad, When Data Show Improvement Authored by Petr Svab via The Epoch Times, The U.S. economy is either chugging along nicely or seriously struggling, depending on who is asked. The mismatch stems from perception and perspective. While many of the macroeconomic data look benign, they don’t capture the pain

“Decades Of Underinvestment”: LA Firefighters Turn To Voters Amid Budget Crisis Los Angeles firefighters say years of underfunding have pushed their department into crisis, forcing them to appeal directly to voters for money to cover what they describe as basic public safety needs—even as the city spends about $1 billion a year on homelessness programs,

This Could Be The Big One Authored by weather observer Ryan Hall,  There are winter storms, and then there are storms that come from a real pattern shift. The kind that don’t just brush one region, but impact a big chunk of the country. This upcoming setup is starting to look like the second type.

Newsom Strains To Flip Script On California’s Failures Authored by Susan Crabtree via American Greatness, It’s an odd predicament for a leading Democratic presidential contender. Gavin Newsom’s biggest strength—political spin and performance come almost second nature to him—could also be his biggest liability as he strains to remake the tarnished image of the state he

Kansas School Bans Students From Naming Kirk, Trump Or Jesus As Role Models Yet another example of why American parents are increasingly pulling their kids out of public institutions and turning to home schooling.  Parents at an elementary school in Kansas are upset after students were reportedly told that they were not allowed to list President

US Lender Newrez To Accept Crypto Holdings In Mortgage Approval Authored by Nate Kostar via CoinTelegraph.com, Newrez plans to treat eligible cryptocurrency holdings as qualifying assets in its mortgage underwriting process, a move that could broaden access to home loans for crypto holders. The change is expected to take effect in February across the lender’s