Interest in index funds—investment instruments that pool a broad swath of companies based on an index like the S&P 500—have skyrocketed over the past decade. Source: The Wall Street Journal…
Donald Trump is the very early favorite for the Republican nomination on Predictit after his performance at CPAC. Source: Predictit Like many of my colleagues here at the Zeitgeist, I…
Caption: Lawmakers are once again scrambling to avert a government shutdown due for December 11th. Source: Time. For 30 of the last 40 years, America has operated under divided government—with…
Signing ceremony for the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, held virtually. Source: The New York Times. On Sunday, November 15, 15 Asian-Pacific countries signed the largest free trade deal in the…
Returned mail-in ballots in the July New York primary. Courtesy of The Intercept and the AP. “Laboratories of democracy” are a distinctive feature of the American system. The phrase traces…
An exhibit from a court hearing in Michigan shows members of the Wolverine Warriors at a weapons training exercise. Source: ABC affiliate KOMO, courtesy of the US District Court for…
Joe Biden laments how the Senate has changed since he was first elected to the chamber in 1972. Courtesy of Joe Biden for President. The first presidential debate between President…