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Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz said he supports an increase to federal minimum wage even though it could have “traumatic effects” on small business owners and employees…. Read More
EconomyCommentary
Legendary computer scientist Alan Kay once said “The best way to create the future is to invent it.” It’s an ethos that has animated every… Read More
EconomyCommentary
This fall, the charter for the Export-Import Bank is set to expire. The Kronies don’t want you to know who or what is truly behind… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Senators Chris Murphy (D–CT) and Bob Corker (R–TN) have proposed hiking federal fuels taxes by 12 cents per gallon. Car and truck drivers and bus… Read More
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This week the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) annual U.S. economy review urged an increase in the U.S. minimum wage rate, describing it as “low by… Read More
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The Wall Street Journal in recent days has published a variety of opinions on congressional reauthorization of the Export-Import Bank—which doles out subsidies to foreign… Read More
EconomyCommentary
What do countries that weathered the Great Recession better than others have in common? They got in better shape before the crisis struck. Germany is… Read More
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Conservatives are putting the finishing touches on legislation to end government spending on portraits of cabinet secretaries and members of Congress—artwork that regularly costs taxpayers… Read More
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Mississippi has finally got a top ranking among the states. Problem is, it’s an achievement the state can do without. A study by researchers Cheol Liu… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Despite massive fiscal and monetary stimulus since the financial crisis, the economy continues to disappoint. The big news this past week was that the BEA… Read More
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California is paying drivers to get their air-polluting cars off the road—and will throw in some cash to get a newer, more fuel-efficient model. But… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Eleven state governments received “D’s” or “F’s” in terms of small business friendliness, according to an annual survey of business owners conducted by Thumbtack.com. Rhode… Read More
EconomyCommentary
The more you play a sport or instrument, the better you get. It’s the same story with work: with more experience, workers become more productive… Read More
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MADISON, Wis.—Don’t tell cheeseheads how to make their cheese. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration learned this recently when word surfaced the agency might be… Read More
EconomyCommentary
If someone approached you on the street and asked for a dollar to promote mohair exports—or to perfect a weight-sensing skateboard—would you give it to… Read More
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Boeing, the biggest beneficiary of the U.S. Export-Import Bank, watched its stock drop by the biggest margin in months following House Majority Leader Eric Cantor’s… Read More
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As far as Rep. Tom Price is concerned, it’s not that “the age of austerity is over,” as President Obama proclaimed earlier this year. It’s… Read More
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Small business owners in Texas, Utah, Idaho, Virginia and Louisiana rated their states as having the friendliest business environments, according to a study released this… Read More
When reports of the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Operation Choke Point surfaced in 2013, the Obama Administration insisted that the program was meant to stop… Read More
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A Walmart store in Williston, N.D., is offering to pay entry-level workers as much as $17.40 per hour—nearly 2½ times the federal minimum wage—in an… Read More
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MIDDLESEX, Vt.—Gov. Peter Shumlin yesterday signed a law requiring businesses in Vermont to pay workers a minimum wage of $10.50. The kicker? Shumlin, a Democrat, staged… Read More
The job market and student loan debt had lawmakers waxing philosophical at today’s Conversations with Conservatives event on Capitol Hill. “When I graduated from undergrad,… Read More
EconomyCommentary
The U.S. is the driver in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) talks and should take the lead in making Taiwan a part of it. Taiwan’s role… Read More
EconomyCommentary
One of the most persistent and misguided myths in economics is that trade deficits weaken the U.S. economy. For example, after the government released data… Read More
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A measure aimed at grounding an upstart airline offering affordable fares for transcontinental travel appears headed for a vote in the House of Representatives. The… Read More
EconomyCommentary
House leadership’s recent proposal to use savings gained from reforming the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to bail out the dwindling Highway Trust Fund (HTF) has… Read More
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The House Financial Services Committee is set to mark up more than a dozen bills Tuesday, all aimed at reforming financial market regulations. Most of… Read More
EconomyCommentary
European Central Bank (ECB) officials made a splash in monetary policy circles this week by announcing new measures to battle deflation within the eurozone countries…. Read More
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A week ago, Seattle made history when it bumped its minimum wage to $15 an hour, and yesterday Mayor Ed Murray defended the city’s move,… Read More
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Rare is the issue that unites Michigan’s Democratic Sens. Carl Levin and Debbie Stabenow with their chamber’s most conservative members. But when federal subsidies to… Read More
