Salim Furth, Ph.D., researches and explains how public policy affects economic growth as a research fellow in macroeconomics at The Heritage Foundation’s Center for Data Analysis. Read his research.
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As Michigan voters head to the polls on Tuesday, they should ask candidates whether they will leave in place costly regulations that have added thousands… Read More
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Congress is considering potential responses to Puerto Rico’s depression and fiscal crisis. Fiscal conservatives are considering whether outside oversight by a “control board” would force… Read More
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The Economic Report of the President reports that low-wage jobs in America have an 83-percent chance of being automated. Before you tell your supervisor to… Read More
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When you buy an antique on eBay or use Lyft for taxi service, you’re a customer in the growing “gig economy.” According to new research… Read More
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Puerto Rican legislators and lobbyists have flooded Capitol Hill this year asking Congress to intervene on the debt-ridden island’s behalf. Sadly, the bailouts and bankruptcy… Read More
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American employers created 151,000 net jobs in January, reflecting an economy that is growing, but below its previous trends. The Bureau of Labor Statistics also… Read More
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Americans are moving to places with affordable costs of living and strong labor markets (or good retirement communities). The top destination states of 2015 could… Read More
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Employees in Puerto Rico take home a smaller share of income than anywhere else in the U.S. But is this despite or because of the… Read More
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The repeal of two costly federal restrictions would lower the price of gas by 31 cents a gallon and save a typical American family $247… Read More
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The holiday season is fast upon us—that time of year when Americans across the country gather ’round the warm glow of their computer screens and… Read More
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Economic freedom is a matter of principle, but it’s also a boon to family budgets. Just 12 economic policy reforms would save the average household… Read More
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The Puerto Rican government failed this week to make a $58 million payment of principal and interest on a specific outstanding debt that lacks strong… Read More
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It’s a progressive paradise. Public employees get 30 vacation days a year. Anyone who works over eight hours in a day gets paid time-and-a-half. Employees have… Read More
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Thomas Edison once said that “a good intention, with a bad approach, often leads to a poor result.” Diana Furchtgott-Roth and Jared Meyer’s Disinherited: How… Read More
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The Los Angeles City Council voted to raise the city’s minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2020, a move that will help some workers… Read More
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If a policy change results in large numbers of poor people losing their jobs, would The Washington Post downplay the job destruction as a minor… Read More
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A left-wing confab wants to rewrite the rules for how Americans do business with each other, their government, and the world. The Roosevelt Institute is… Read More
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Have average wages for American workers grown since 1972? Absolutely—and only a reliance on measures with well-documented flaws can show otherwise. First, look around you:… Read More
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Is a job a necessity or an opportunity? Earlier this month, Dylan Matthews provocatively challenged the bipartisan tradition of praising work. In Matthews’ view, work… Read More
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Professors, policy experts, and students of economics, politics, and philosophy gathered at the 40th annual conference of the Association of Private Enterprise Education (APEE) to… Read More
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Teenagers who work enjoy numerous benefits. As Ron Lieber argues in his new book, “The Opposite of Spoiled,” they learn how to appropriately handle bosses,… Read More
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It’s been five years since the Affordable Care Act became law, but only two since most of its provisions went into effect. As its detractors… Read More
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One of the major trends in the U.S. workforce during the early 21st century is seniors’ expanding participation in the labor force. People who qualify… Read More
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A year after the English-language edition of “Capital in the Twenty-First Century” dominated American bestseller lists, Thomas Piketty is trying to cover his retreat with… Read More
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Robert Hall caused a stir among labor economists when he presented evidence before the Senate Finance Committee last month that the decline in labor force participation since the… Read More
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A recent PolitiFact review of a statement by Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., suggests that a statement can be factually inaccurate yet “mostly true.” In a… Read More
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Greece’s elections have elevated Syriza, a leftist party committed to higher government spending for its constituents and less cooperation with the rest of Europe. Syriza… Read More
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It is well-established in theory and practice that unemployment insurance increases unemployment. But by how much? A new working paper by well-known labor economists found… Read More
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With the onset of another snowstorm hitting the Northeast, New Jerseyans are shaking their snow shovels at a federal law that causes them almost yearly… Read More
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President Obama talked at length about jobs, the minimum wage and salaries during his State of the Union speech. Here we look at some of… Read More
