VERONIQUE DE RUGY: America, France and the Free Market | Don’t Miss This

VERONIQUE DE RUGY: America, France and the Free Market | Don’t Miss This

It’s fashionable to claim that the free-market ideas of Nobel-laureate economist Milton Friedman have failed the country, and that it’s time for new policies. Campaigning in 2020, Joe Biden declared that “Milton Friedman isn’t running the show anymore.” More recently, New York Times columnist David Leonhardt noted that people like Friedman promised that the free … Read more

Stock market today: Asian markets lower after Japan factory activity, China services weaken | Business

Stock market today: Asian markets lower after Japan factory activity, China services weaken | Business

BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets were mostly lower Thursday after Japanese factory activity and Chinese service industry growth weakened. Shanghai, Hong Kong and Seoul declined. Tokyo gained. Oil prices edged lower. Wall Street’s benchmark S&P 500 index rose 0.4% on Wednesday after the U.S. government cut its estimate of economic growth for the second … Read more