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Economists spend a great deal of time studying market failure. In fact, as George Mason University economics professor Tyler Cowen notes, “most economic arguments for… Read More
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We can all agree that it’s good for Americans to save for retirement. But should the government expand from providing old-age entitlement benefits to controlling… Read More
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The Congressional Budget Office reported that the budget deficit is falling rapidly from its trillion-dollar-plus Rocky Mountain highs during President Obama’s first term. I estimate… Read More
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Janet Yellen’s latest testimony before the Senate Budget Committee confirmed my long-held belief about the Federal Reserve: People give the institution way too much credit…. Read More
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When Remington Arms announced in February it was opening a gun manufacturing factory in Alabama, workers at the company’s oldest and largest plant in Ilion,… Read More
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Few workers would turn down a raise. Union members, however, can have raises turned down on their behalf. Employees of a Pennsylvania grocery store learned… Read More
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No one knows the exact reason The New York Times fired its executive editor, Jill Abramson, this week – but many jumped on the “she… Read More
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Thomas Piketty’s Capital in the 21st Century is a smash on the Amazon bestsellers list. It is all the rage in Washington and other corridors of… Read More
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Standard and Poor’s just published a report sure to warm special interest hearts. The ratings agency argues that spending an additional $1.3 billion on infrastructure… Read More
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After six months of negotiations, the House–Senate conference report dubbed the Water Resources Reform and Development Act has surfaced. It would authorize new Army Corps of… Read More
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At an event earlier this week in New York, President Obama lamented that the United States wasn’t number one in the world for quality of… Read More
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An unusual mix of political leaders on the left and right dealt a major blow to a housing finance bill yesterday, leaving its prospects for… Read More
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As the five members of the Federal Communications Commission gathered this morning to vote on a new plan to regulate the Internet, protesters supporting ever-tighter… Read More
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The media have extensively covered global fast food “strikes” today. But very few actual workers participated in #FastFoodStrike. USA Today reports only “hundreds of fast… Read More
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Several key Democrats refused to support a housing finance bill in a Senate committee today, leaving its prospects for passage unlikely this year. The measure… Read More
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On Tuesday, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) proposed several reforms to the nation’s retirement system, including allowing all workers who do not have access to an… Read More
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The Senate Banking Committee meets today at 10 a.m. to consider a housing finance bill that eliminates Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac but leaves taxpayers… Read More
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#ChooseFreedom from Timbro on Vimeo. The benefits of economic freedom may be falling on deaf ears here in Washington, but around the world, economic freedom… Read More
“Africa is not burning,” and “our presence in Nigeria is really a statement that terrorism cannot win.” These are the words of the president of… Read More
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While the budget has received relatively little attention since February, one misleading headline has made the rounds: “US on Track for Narrowest Budget Gap Since… Read More
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Late last night, the Senate Committee on Environmental and Public Works released its 150-page proposal for a six-year reauthorization of the current highway and surface… Read More
If you are a foreign journalist and are thinking of taking a whiskey-soaked trip across Kentucky’s famous Bourbon Trail, you’re in luck: The federal government… Read More
There was more bad news for workers’ paychecks in the recent April jobs report. Wages and salaries were flat. No raise at all – not… Read More
Policy has consequences, and they’re often very predictable. For example, if you tax businesses more, they will be less likely to locate in your country…. Read More
Everyone knows how you diplomatically break up a romantic relationship that has come to an end. The problem, you say to the one you’re splitting… Read More
Unquestionably, the U.S. Postal Service must start acting like a business—and, as such, its decision to refuse to partner with start-up Outbox was a smart… Read More
The proposed Electrify Africa Act of 2014 is intended to “encourage access to electricity in sub-Saharan Africa.” That’s a worthy goal. However, the bill includes… Read More
Even as the leaders of two major business groups in the European Union and the U.S. met to talk about the need for further trade… Read More
How much does it cost to run the Senate hair salon? Lawmakers say they want to know. Or do they? Since its earliest days, Congress… Read More
Last week, The Heritage Foundation’s Economic Freedom Task Force published its 2014 Global Agenda for Economic Freedom. In it the task force identifies obstacles to… Read More
