After a shutout win over Wisconsin on Saturday, No. 1 Ohio State's defense has moved to the top of the stop rate standings this week. What is stop rate? It's a basic measurement of success: the ...

The gold standard for economics is the idyllic state of perfect competition. This idyllic state occurs when there are enough buyers, sellers, workers and companies, and where economies of scale can be ...

The IRS has released new federal income tax brackets for 2026, the agency announced in a news release published on Thursday, Oct. 9. The updates are due to changes in inflation and a new tax law that ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Roger Valdez writes about housing economics and policy. “The docuseries is timely,” Thierer told me, “because it examines the ...

The United States has a progressive tax system, meaning that as your income increases, the portion of income that falls within the higher bracket is taxed at higher rates. Essentially your income is ...

The federal government is hurtling toward a possible shutdown Tuesday night. The federal government is hurtling toward a possible shutdown at a delicate moment for the nation's economy, as a hiring ...

Mark Strassmann is CBS News' senior national correspondent based in Atlanta. He covers a wide range of stories, including space exploration. Strassmann is also the senior national correspondent for ...

One of New York City mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani’s campaign promises has been to increase taxes on the wealthy and use that revenue to fund the ambitious social programs that make up his campaign ...

Real Madrid manager Xabi Alonso has moved to downplay what appears to be growing frustration on the part of star forward Vinicius Junior, who is yet to complete 90 minutes this season, having been a ...

Dropout rates are rising. Test scores are falling. And the divide between rich and poor students is widening. Creating a new federal super bureaucracy might sound like an unusual way to fix ...

In 1970, a woman in Mexico might have expected to have seven children, on average. By 2014, that figure had fallen to around two. As of 2023, it was just 1.6. That means that the population is no ...