Patrick Tyrrell

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Patrick Tyrrell is a research coordinator in The Heritage Foundation’s Center for International Trade and Economics.

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    Ozzy Osbourne Is Checking Out of Hotel California. Why? High Taxes.

    Patrick Tyrrell
    “Heirs of a cold war, That’s what we’ve become. Inheriting troubles, I’m mentally numb.” —Ozzy Osbourne Those song lyrics from a different time (1980) in Ozzy Osbourne’s classic hard rock anthem “Crazy Train” might describe the world the singer-songwriter inhabited at that time decades ago, but these days the “Diary of a Madman” rock star…
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    New Rule Would Force Climate Change Reporting Requirements on Most Companies in America

    Patrick Tyrrell
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    How High Inflation Imperils Monetary, Economic Freedom

    Patrick Tyrrell
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    When ‘Emperors’ Preach Woke Investments, Much Can Go Wrong for Rest of Us

    Patrick Tyrrell
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    Why US Policymakers Must Make Economic Freedom Their Top Priority

    Anthony B. Kim
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    New Zealand’s COVID-19-Related Crackdown on Economic Freedom Lingers On

    Patrick Tyrrell
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    5 Takeaways From Heritage Foundation Index of Economic Freedom

    Anthony B. Kim
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    No Surprise: Study Finds Enhanced Jobless Benefits Prolong Unemployment

    Patrick Tyrrell
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    Owners of Small Businesses See Inflation as Big Problem in Next 6 Months

    Patrick Tyrrell
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    It’s Time to Amplify and Elevate Certainty on Trade Freedom

    Anthony B. Kim
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    COVID-19 Protests in New Zealand Are All About Economic Freedom

    Patrick Tyrrell
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    24/7 Operations Might Not Be Enough to Solve Supply Chain Crisis

    Patrick Tyrrell
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    Economic Freedom Is the Path to Healthy Environments, Social Progress, and Good Governance—Not Woke Corporatism

    Anthony B. Kim
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    What Is Wrong With Corporate Wokeism on Political Causes

    Patrick Tyrrell
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    Tariffs Are Never a Good Idea. Those on Aluminum Are Especially Bad.

    Patrick Tyrrell
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    Nigeria, West Africa Increasingly Beset by Kidnappings, Terrorism

    Alexander Jelloian
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    Inflation Something to Worry About Now

    Patrick Tyrrell
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    In Hong Kong, Pro-Democracy Newspaper Closes and Editor Is Arrested

    Patrick Tyrrell
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    Economic Freedom Would Be Fastest Route to COVID-19 Recovery for Spain

    Patrick Tyrrell
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    More Economic Freedom in Balkans Requires Reducing Government Corruption

    Patrick Tyrrell
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    Steeper Tariff on Canadian Softwood Lumber Isn’t Solution

    Patrick Tyrrell
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    Tariffs on Canadian Softwood Lumber Hitting US Homebuyers Hard

    Patrick Tyrrell
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    Cyberattack on Pipeline Shows How Jones Act Is Threat to National Security

    Patrick Tyrrell
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    Fox Business’ Charles Payne Assesses Where US Headed at Launch of 2021 Index of Economic Freedom

    Patrick Tyrrell
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    China’s Economy Is Mostly Unfree and Likely to Stay That Way

    Anthony B. Kim
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    The World Trade Organization Gets It Wrong: It Is Not the Government’s Job to Pick Innovators

    Patrick Tyrrell
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    How Beijing Is Threatening Hong Kong’s Status as Global Financial Center

    Patrick Tyrrell
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    Walter Williams’ Legacy: Fierce Advocate for Liberty and Economic Freedom

    Patrick Tyrrell
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    Christmastime Is Not the Time to Hold Tariff-Cutting Program Hostage

    Patrick Tyrrell
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    The Horrific Killing of Christians in Nigeria

    Patrick Tyrrell
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    The Problem of False Chinese Economic Data

    Patrick Tyrrell
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    Now More Than Ever, What Nigeria Needs Is Economic Freedom

    Patrick Tyrrell
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    2 Musts for Beating COVID-19: Know Who’s Sick, Provide Places to Recover

    Patrick Tyrrell
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    With New Zealand’s New Lockdown, Auckland Trapped in COVID-19 Nightmare

    Patrick Tyrrell
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    How Economic Freedom Provides the Foundation for Teleworking

    Patrick Tyrrell
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    Australia and New Zealand Differ on COVID-19. The Economic Fallout Could, Too.

    Patrick Tyrrell
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    New Zealand’s Severe COVID-19 Lockdown Imperils Its Hard-Earned Free Economy

    Patrick Tyrrell
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    Don’t Let COVID-19 Undermine Ireland’s Hard-Won Economic Freedom

    Patrick Tyrrell
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    Permanent Repeal of the Jones Act Would Be a Winning Response to COVID-19

    Patrick Tyrrell
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    Advancing Economic Freedom: Key to Africa’s Future

    Anthony B. Kim
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    Foreign Aid Should Go to Those in Need, Not Ruling Elites

    Patrick Tyrrell
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    The Peculiar Case of Alaskan Senators’ Support for the Jones Act

    Patrick Tyrrell
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    Across the Globe, ‘Outperformer’ Nations Show Economic Freedom Fuels Wealth and Prosperity

    Anthony B. Kim
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    Economic Freedom Is the Way Out of Extreme Poverty

    Patrick Tyrrell
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    The Long History of the Economic Costs of Higher Tariffs

    Patrick Tyrrell
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    Why the Reciprocal Trade Act’s Tit-for-Tat Tariffs Aren’t a Good Idea

    Patrick Tyrrell
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    New Data Bucks Conventional Wisdom on Free Markets and the Environment

    Patrick Tyrrell
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    3 Ways Economic Freedom Improves Quality of Life

    Patrick Tyrrell
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    The Reasons Protectionists Want to Keep the Economic Pie From Growing Are Half-Baked

    Amanda Snell
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    Many Millions of Americans Work and Shop at Walmart. So, Why Does Bernie Sanders Want to Stop Them?

    Amanda Snell
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    China’s ‘Social Credit’ Monitoring: Big Brother’s Frightening New Tool for Repression

    Patrick Farrell
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    The Empty Promises of Socialism

    Patrick Tyrrell