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New Jersey U.S. Sen. Cory Booker is back to touting federal baby bonds, aimed at narrowing the wealth gap that is largely a racial disparity. Here's who would get money, when, and how it would be paid for.

New Jersey U.S. Sen. Cory Booker is back to touting federal baby bonds, aimed at narrowing the wealth gap that is largely a racial disparity. Here's who would get money, when, and how it would be paid for.

The programmes ensure that poorer children start out their adult lives with a nest egg.

The Federal Trade Commission is proposing a nationwide ban on noncompete clauses that restrict employees from working for rival firms or starting competing businesses.

With the federal minimum wage at $7.25 an hour (unchanged for 13 years and counting), states across the country continue to take matters into their own hands.

Yesterday, the Senate Committee on the Judiciary voted 15–7 to advance the worrying Journalism Competition and Preservation Act (JCPA). This bill would carve out an antitrust exemption for news media, enabling journalistic groups to band together as “joint negotiation entities” to demand payment from major digital platforms

Just 50 days after losing to Liz Truss in a Conservative leadership election, Rishi Sunak finds himself the prime minister of the United Kingdom anyway. 

A strong advocate for a number of policies at the core of Reaganomics, Truss failed to bring the libertarian dream to life in the U.K.

Key figures at rightwing thinktank have close links to Liz Truss and several alumni are now on her staff

The government has launched the biggest dash for growth in 50 years, relaunching an approach known as supply-side economics. What is the plan – and will it work?