In the second edition of "Women's Figures," author Diana Furchtgott-Roth shatters the myth of the wage gap, alleging that women are continuing to gain ground relative to men. Preferential policies towards women are undermining America's notion of meritocracy and are actually calling into question the value of women's earned achievements.

There is significant evidence that the arbitrariness of New Deal economic policy made the Great Depression worse. Policymakers today should eschew this uncertainty and chart a clearly defined course.

There are six days left until the election, so maybe voters have six minutes to spend on John McCain's economic plan.

The federal government allocates too many resources to housing.

Five non-monetary policy errors, from protectionism to higher taxes, prolonged the Great Depression--and they may prolong our current economic straits.

Any hunt for a philosophy of content ought to include a range of sources. Some of the answers lie in cyberspace; others can be found in the National Bureau of Economic Research.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt's abolishment of the "gold clause" in 1933 has been hurting American markets ever since.

Misguided Supreme Court decisions have helpedAmerican to arrive atmany differentconsensuses.