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Here we go again
Budget dysfunction in Washington is routine, but shutting down the government ought to be beyond the pale.
ACA requirements, possible big penalties loom
Avoiding penalties under the ACA will become even more difficult for employers in 2016.
Plurality favors Anthony for $10 bill
A significant plurality—47 percent—of respondents to this week’s RBJ Daily Report Snap Poll say social reformer and feminist Susan B. Anthony is the American woman who should be chosen to appear on the redesigned $10 bill.
As jobs are lost to automation, how should we respond?
I’ve a weakness for dystopian literature (think Cormac McCarthy’s “The Road”). The premise of these books is a disaster that fundamentally alters the trajectory of the planet. The apocalypse is […]
A political number
Research on the impact of minimum wage laws is voluminous and it offers plenty to both sides of the debate.
To spur innovation, why not get rid of patents?
Suppose an individual builds a home. This individual is able to decide who lives in this home, whether the home is available for rent or sale, and under what terms. […]
Snap Poll: Readers optimistic about Bills
The Buffalo Bills have been absent from the National Football League post-season since 1999, but 61 percent of respondents to this week’s RBJ Daily Report Snap Poll say this is the year their playoff drought ends.
The upstate economy’s not-so-invisible hand
Clinton’s Ditch stands as an example of what’s possible—and how unlikely success might be.
On the outside
More jobs are needed—especially for those who think the economy has no place for them.
Half think market will rise over year
Fifty percent of respondents to this week’s RBJ Daily Report Snap Poll predict the stock market is headed for a rise over the next 12 months. Of those, 14 percent see a double-digit rise. Nearly a quarter of respondents say the market will be flat.
Who built Clinton’s Ditch? Not the private sector
The point is not that politicians know better than business leaders how to build things and create jobs.
