EconomyCommentary
Congress Holds Hearings on the Need for SSDI Reform
The House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee held a hearing last week on the impending crisis of the insolvency of the Social Security Disability… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Fannie and Freddie Will Finance a New Source for Affordable Housing Funds
The so-called affordable housing movement achieved a victory with the recent move by the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) to finance two new funds: the… Read More
EconomyAnalysis
How Kentucky Counties Are Making the Bluegrass State a Right-to-Work State
The national spotlight has focused on Wisconsin’s push to become the nation’s 25th right-to-work state. Reporters have paid much less attention to an equally important… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Cartoon: Net Neutrality and Cat Videos
Heritage analysts James Gattuso and Michael Sargent weighed in on the issue in a column last week: The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted to place… Read More
EconomyCommentary
How These Two Government Programs for Farmers Could Hurt You
Last year, Congress created two major programs for farmers that, not surprisingly, will shatter Congressional Budget Office’s cost projections. Taxpayers’ liability for these programs is open-ended… Read More
EconomyAnalysis
It’s Time to Kill This Tax (Entirely)
If there were ever a right time to eliminate the estate tax in America, it is right now. The latest tax collection data make an… Read More
EconomyAnalysis
We Haven’t Had a True Free Enterprise System for Decades
People who believe in the power of individual liberty and free enterprise have had a rough time lately. And with so many recent examples of… Read More
EconomyNews
Fed Chair Janet Yellen Met With a Coalition of Conservatives Friday. Here’s How the Meeting Went.
Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen met with a coalition of conservatives on Friday to discuss monetary policy. In December, a coalition of conservative groups led by American… Read More
EconomyAnalysis
Labor Force Participation: Who Is Working Less?
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
EconomyHealth CareCommentary
A New Era at CBO
Chairman of the House Budget Committee Tom Price (R–GA) announced the appointment of Dr. Keith Hall, a senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center, as… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Government’s Role in the Financial Crisis
After seven years of hindsight, the conventional explanation for the world’s second greatest financial crisis remains the same: The private banking sector was insufficiently regulated,… Read More
EconomyAnalysis
New House Bill Unlikely to End Amtrak’s Habit of Losing Taxpayer Money Selling Food
Don’t expect Amtrak to stop selling $16.15 burgers for $9.50—and asking taxpayers to subsidize the loss. In a 2012 House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee hearing,… Read More
EconomyAnalysis
How to Reform Social Security Disability So Program Focuses on Needs of Disabled Americans
What happens when Social Security Disability Insurance, an integral program that provides benefits to the disabled who are unable to work, runs out of money… Read More
EconomyAnalysis
FCC Votes Against Innovation: Net Neutrality Debate Now Moves to Courts and Congress
Today, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted to place massive “net neutrality” restrictions on America’s Internet providers, in the process redefining them as public utilities…. Read More
EconomyNews
Should Wisconsin Pass a Right-to-Work Law? These 2 Charts Explain the Debate.
Some Wisconsinites are pushing for a right-to-work bill in their state capitol this week, in hopes to have their state join 24 others in making… Read More
EconomyAnalysis
Once Again, the Government Is Pushing ‘Affordable’ Home Loans—at Taxpayers’ Risk
The Federal Housing Administration, a primary government mortgage insurance guarantee agency, is leading a renewed push for government-insured “affordable” home loans. In an attempt to… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Time to End Too Big to Jail
Should an individual be able to commit fraud and not face jail time or at least serious civil consequences? Too often we have seen multi-billion… Read More
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Millennials Dropping Out of Labor Force, While More Seniors Are Working
In recent years, fewer Americans have been working. That’s the finding from new research conducted by The Heritage Foundation’s Center for Data Analysis. The new… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Patricia Arquette’s ‘Make Believe’ on Women and Equal Pay
The political diatribe from actress Patricia Arquette about “equal pay” during the Oscars showed Hollywood’s talents for “story-telling” and “make believe” are alive and well…. Read More
EconomyAnalysis
Why Hong Kong Might Lose Its No. 1 Spot on the Index of Economic Freedom
It’s good to be No. 1. But as any former champ will tell you, you have to avoid becoming complacent if you want to stay… Read More
EconomyNews
Do Your Income and Debt Levels Affect the Length of Your Life? This Map Suggests So.
Do your income and debt levels play a role in the length of your life? Researchers at Debt.com were curious after seeing previous academic research… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Why It’s Better That Markets, Not the Government, Guide Energy Policy
Almost every activity that improves our quality of life requires energy. We don’t question how the lights stay on, or how groceries get to the… Read More
EconomyInternationalCommentary
India Unseats China as the World’s Fastest Growing Economy—for Now
It was not supposed to happen this fast. Earlier this week India’s Central Statistics Office (CSO) released figures showing economic growth of 7.5 percent year-on-year… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Federal Dietary Panel Pushes Junk Food Taxes, Being Green
Federal dietary guidance may soon be based on the needs of the environment, not just nutrition. The federal Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee just released its… Read More
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Companies Benefiting From Energy Department’s Newest Solar Farm Also Recipients of Export-Import Bank Financing
This week, the Obama administration praised the opening of a solar farm in California, which was constructed with the backing of a $1.5 billion loan… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Judge Orders EPA to Stop Clandestine Anti-Mining Collusion
Natural resource industry leaders nationwide shuddered in February 2011 when the Environmental Protection Agency announced its intent to veto the proposed copper, gold and molybdenum-rich… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Wal-Mart’s Giving Raises. How That Shows the Market Works.
Wal-Mart is giving employees a raise. Wal-Mart announced today that it would spend $1 billion to raise the wages for 500,000 workers. Current employees will… Read More
EconomyCommentary
More and More Economic Research Refutes Piketty
In his surprise best seller Capital in the Twenty-First Century, Thomas Piketty argues that the wealth of rich owners of capital grows faster than the… Read More
EconomyCommentary
How Billionaires Run Solar Plant Scams
At the recent inauguration of the Desert Sunlight solar farm, Secretary of Interior Sally Jewell stated, “This is the beginnings of a renewable energy future.”… Read More
EconomyNews
Republicans Try to Halt New Rule Affecting Union Elections
Republican members of Congress have introduced a joint resolution of Congress to try to stop a new National Labor Relations Board rule from going into effect… Read More
