Economic Growth to Remain Subpar Because of Policy Uncertainty
The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) will soon release its first estimate for how fast the economy grew in the fourth quarter of 2013 and… Read More
U.S. Debt Poses a Greater Barrier to Economic Opportunity Than Income Inequality
President Obama has made income inequality the forefront issue on his 2014 agenda. However, more government is not the solution to increasing economic opportunity in… Read More
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How Obamanomics Promotes Inequality
The great Obama contradiction on the economy is this: he takes credit for the improved economy, but openly admits that in this recovery almost all… Read More
The President Won’t Be Needing You
President Obama says this is a “year of action”—and last night he made it very clear whose action he was talking about. After noting recently… Read More
Heritage Live: All Star Post-SOTU Panel Wednesday at 2pmET
Did you watch President Obama’s “State of the Union” address last night? We covered it for you at the Foundry — and now we are… Read More
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The 2014 State of the Union and Policies for Economic Growth
Tonight President Obama will stand before Congress to take stock of where we’ve been as a nation and where he envisions America going. After five… Read More
Minimum Wage Has Followed the Productivity And Prices of Minimum Wage Jobs
Proponents of increasing the minimum wage have argued that the current minimum wage of $7.25 per hour is drastically lower than it should be and… Read More
Obama to Impose Higher Minimum Wage for Federal Contractors
President Obama’s unilateral move to give bigger paychecks to employees of federal contractors will drain more money from taxpayers without pressuring the government to cut… Read More
You Won’t Believe What’s in the $1 Trillion Farm Bill Disaster
The farm bill isn’t getting the attention it deserves. Congress is likely very aware of this fact and is pouncing on a chance to get… Read More
GSE Reform: Fannie and Freddie Revenue Distracting from Housing Finance Reform
Despite what a growing number of voices are postulating, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have not returned to profitability. The two former government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs)… Read More
Economic Freedom Improves Quality of Life, Well-being of Society, Environment
Nations with greater levels of economic freedom also have higher literacy rates and test scores, lower infant mortality rates, longer life expectancy, greater access to… Read More
Generation X and Millennials Face Retirement Crisis
While social commentators bemoan the impending retirement crisis facing baby boomers, younger Americans should really be the ones worrying, argues Heritage’s Romina Boccia on Next… Read More
Economy News
You Can’t Have Income Equality Without Economic Freedom
For all of the ideas President Barack Obama will likely mention in the course of this election year on ways to reduce income inequality, don’t… Read More
Should We Raise the Minimum Wage?
In last year’s State of the Union address, President Obama called for an increase in the minimum wage. Since then, Democrats in Congress have argued… Read More
Puerto Rico: America’s Greece
Pop quiz: Which economy has high unemployment, soaring debt, and beautiful beaches? If you answered Greece, you wouldn’t be wrong. But the answer is America’s… Read More
Groundbreaking New Study: Rates of Upward Mobility Have Not Declined
A carefully woven narrative has emerged in Washington, one that seemed to resonate quite well in its New York City mayoral debut. This narrative directly… Read More
Does Inequality Hurt Innovation or Entrepreneurship?
When you’re fixated on a particular problem, it’s easy to see the problem everywhere. Much of the political left is currently obsessed with income inequality,… Read More
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No, Lilly, Obama Shouldn’t Sign An Executive Order for Equal Pay
No sooner had my column posted last week stating that Democrats were plotting to play the gender card this election year by bringing up the… Read More
How Obama’s “Recess” Appointments Helped Unions
In Monday’s Noel Canning case, the Supreme Court considered whether the president can make recess appointments during Senate sessions. Few observers expect the Supreme Court to… Read More
Temporary Worker Programs Should Not Be Disguise for Amnesty
Various new outlets are reporting increasing interest from leaders in the House of Representatives in advancing some form of amnesty, whether through some form of… Read More
Uncovering America’s Economic Weaknesses
For generations, people worldwide who yearn for freedom have looked to the United States. Here, every citizen can speak his mind, pursue his passion and… Read More
A How-To for Economic Growth: North Dakota’s Surge
A modern retelling of “The Little Red Hen” would include ducks and pigs that not only didn’t help grow the wheat and bake the bread,… Read More
Why President Obama’s Approach to Poverty Won’t Work
Economic inequality has become the left’s great hope for recovering its political integrity after the Obamacare disaster. President Obama, trying to change the subject, has… Read More
GSE Reform: FHFA Move to Crowd Out Private Mortgage Capital
Newly appointed Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Mel Watt is delaying the scheduled increases of the guarantee fee that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac… Read More
Gender Equality Isn’t a Myth. But the Wage Gap Is.
“I think I should be paid more.” I made that statement when I was 26 years old to the male president of one of the… Read More
More Trade, Please
Some vocal critics of Trade Promotion Authority (TPA), which authorizes the President to negotiate trade agreements with other countries, argue that free trade harms U.S…. Read More
How Congress Gets Away with Spending THIS Much Money
Imagine for a moment that you were an NBA superstar. It’s tough to fathom making $30.5 million per year like Kobe Bryant does—but just think… Read More
It’s Good to Be the Budget Chairman: Patty Murray’s Omni-BUS Carve-Out
At least one special favor is hiding deep in the omnibus—giving one county’s government-subsidized transit system the advantage over private transportation. Buried on page 1,460… Read More
Government Failures Congress Wants You to Fund This Year
Wasteful, ineffective, failed. Those are all ways Heritage experts have described government programs Congress is funding—with your hard-earned money—in its new trillion-dollar omnibus spending bill…. Read More
Light Returns to the FCC: Net Neutrality Rules Overturned by Court
Robert McDowell, then a commissioner with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), famously called it “the darkest day of the year,” referring to the FCC’s December… Read More
