Patrick Tyrrell is a research coordinator in The Heritage Foundation’s Center for International Trade and Economics.
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Americans are increasingly dissatisfied with the amount of freedom in their lives. When Gallup asked them in 2006, 91 percent of Americans said they were… Read More
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America’s entrepreneurial dynamism has been falling, and the cost of inaction grows daily. According to a recent study by the Economic Innovation Group, America “suffers… Read More
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It’s natural to think that economic freedom and peace should go together. Vindicating that idea, new empirical evidence shows that economically freer countries tend to… Read More
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It’s clear that many big government policies are creating winners and losers in America. The story has been the same for decades. Government makes friends… Read More
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It’s sometimes hard to fully visualize a massive sum of money. Take $3.854 trillion for instance—the amount the federal government spent in 2016. That’s a… Read More
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Could the U.S. economy be growing more than the official growth figures let on? In a recent National Bureau of Economic Research working paper, “Why… Read More
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Advocates for big government often equate expanding government with concern for the poor. But reality speaks to the contrary: Expanding government often has very harmful… Read More
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A new report from the United States trade representative links America’s trade deficit with other countries to trade deals entered into going back to the… Read More
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Hillary Clinton’s newly proposed top estate tax rate of 65 percent on $1 billion estates can sound innocuous enough to the average taxpayer. Last year… Read More
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The Bureau of Labor Statistics released data this week showing that the ratio of unemployed people per job opening remains at the lowest it has… Read More
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According to recent reports, companies are giving wide swaths of their workforces raises without the government dictating it. Some of the companies that have done… Read More
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A recent report out of Harvard University has found the number of struggling household renters at an all-time high. A table in the appendix of the… Read More
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Government data released on Wednesday shows the number of private-sector job openings was at an all-time high in April. Companies, however, hired the fewest number… Read More
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According to proponents of gun control, more guns in America equals more murders and a more lawless society. Every time there is a mass killing… Read More
EducationCommentary
Economics is one field of study that, for the most part, has not been driven off the railroad tracks by politically correct leftists steering college… Read More
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The 2015 Small Business Credit Survey Report on Employer Firms, released March 3 by seven Federal Reserve Banks, contains disturbing news. Twenty-two percent of small… Read More
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According to data published by the IRS and the U.S. Census Bureau, 44.2 percent of U.S. residents paid no federal income tax in 2013 (the… Read More
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An analysis of mass shootings in the United States since the year 2002 shows that gun-wielding mass killers are more likely to strike where the… Read More
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How many people are dependent on the federal government? That’s a hard nut to crack. Counting people who rely on the government to sustain their… Read More
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A new book by Dartmouth College professor William A. Fischel highlights problems with land use restrictions and zoning laws. Unfortunately, Fischel’s proposed policy recommendations would… Read More
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There are jobs are out there, according to data released Nov. 12 by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The question is, who wants them? The… Read More
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Why is housing so expensive in some cities, and relatively cheap in others? Place the blame on land-use restrictions put in place by local governments…. Read More
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What motivates top scientists to relocate? A recent National Bureau of Economic Research paper by Enrico Moretti and Daniel Wilson reports that the marginal tax… Read More
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Evidence of a “Brain Drain” from countries with high top tax rates and a “Brain Gain” to countries with low top tax rates comes from… Read More
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In 2009, the percentage of prime working-age U.S. residents who work 35 hours or more per week plunged to a 24-year low. Six years later,… Read More
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Thanks to hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling methods perfected at the end of last decade, production of crude oil in the United States has skyrocketed…. Read More
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There was good news this month: private-sector job openings rose slightly in February, according to data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Openings rose… Read More
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Who in America will earn the most money this year? You might as well ask who will win the Major League Baseball batting title. Each… Read More
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According to the Federal Reserve Survey of Consumer Finances, the share of people under 35 who own a stake in private businesses has fallen from… Read More
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How high is the marginal tax rate on each additional dollar the average American earns? In other words, if you got a raise of one… Read More
