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Joe Del Bosque has been a farmer for most of his life. He believes that regulations are one reason why he may be losing his… Read More
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Back in grad school (not all that long ago), we pondered whether a central bank should target equity (or other asset) prices to conduct monetary… Read More
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A job training program for disadvantaged youth—sounds like a good thing. Except maybe when it is plagued by violent crime and doesn’t boost participants’ wages or… Read More
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The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) just issued a ruling likely to destroy the franchise business model. To understand how far-reaching this could be, it… Read More
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The Federal Reserve opened its annual symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyo., Thursday. Its experts have assembled to discuss “inflation dynamics.” Concurrently, another group of economists… Read More
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Airplane manufacturer Boeing is suggesting that it will lay off “several hundred” workers by the end of the year unless lawmakers resurrect the now-defunct Export-Import Bank…. Read More
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As the Federal Reserve summer symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyo. begins, I thought I’d set the record straight. The Federal Reserve cannot just set interest rates…. Read More
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Next month will mark seven years of federal government conservatorship of the two government-sponsored mortgage giants, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. To cap off this… Read More
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Want to know what the future of the restaurant industry looks like? It could come in the form of a San Francisco fast food restaurant named… Read More
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It’s too early to know if the stock market drop is just one of the periodic corrections by which the market reallocates capital to more… Read More
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To give perspective, China is the world’s second largest economy, as well as the second largest importer. It is the largest trading nation for 75… Read More
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Stock markets in the United States plunged over the past week, and many are blaming a place far away from home: China. Investors around the… Read More
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Free employee meals may be slapped with a price tag as the Internal Revenue Service inches closer to deciding whether to tax the complimentary perk…. Read More
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U.S. stock markets plummeted Monday, furthering a global market decline that has eliminated nearly $10 trillion from international shares as concerns grow over China’s economic… Read More
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The nation’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly food stamps) experienced mixed results in 2014. Participation and average benefit amounts fell slightly from the previous… Read More
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The Heritage Foundation’s Bryan Riley wrote this week about how sugar policies were behind Oreo’s move: The manufacturer of Oreo cookies recently announced plans to… Read More
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Arricka Nowland is no stranger to fees. Fees to renew her certification as an American Sign Language (ASL) interpreter in the state of Maine, fees… Read More
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There were only two drunk driving arrests last New Year’s Eve in San Francisco, the lowest it’s been since 2009, according to crime statistics from… Read More
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A recent Rasmussen poll revealed that a strong majority (71 percent) of Americans believe that middle-class Americans pay a larger share of their income in… Read More
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The Department of Labor recently proposed seven rules imposing new obligations on firms selling securities to retirement plans and individual retirement account (IRA) investors. If… Read More
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The Tax Foundation, a non-partisan research organization, recently unveiled a study indicating the value of $100 in all 50 states. The value of $100 is… Read More
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PROVIDENCE, R.I.—Taxpayers won a key battle with government workers unions this summer when one of Rhode Island’s top politicians withdrew two measures that would have… Read More
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What is the property tax rate in your state? A new map from the Tax Foundation has the answer. The Tax Foundation, a non-partisan research think-tank… Read More
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The manufacturer of Oreo cookies recently announced plans to move production of Oreos from Chicago to Mexico, resulting in a loss of 600 U.S. jobs…. Read More
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When Nasrin Kholghy opened the letter from the city of Glendale, Colo., in April, it transported her back to another country in another time. The… Read More
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PROVIDENCE, R.I.—In a battle of political wills in Rhode Island, local voters so far have held their ground against efforts by union leaders and state… Read More
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Why do I write so much about the myth that financial market deregulation caused the financial crisis? Because that false narrative has spread so far… Read More
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The Environmental Protection Agency and the Army Corps of Engineers’ final water rule under the Clean Water Act seeks to regulate almost every type of… Read More
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The fastest growing category in many state budgets? It’s not education. It’s not infrastructure. It’s welfare spending. Costing more than $1 trillion per year, the… Read More
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Companies should be held responsible for damage they cause to the environment. But what if it’s the government that has caused the damage? Recently the… Read More
