The 5 Most Watched Videos of 2013
This year, The Foundry produced videos on a wide variety of topics and issues. We also had a lot of fun with them. Here are… Read More
These 13 Tax Increases Hit in 2013
It’s about time for us to uncover our eyes and take a hard look at what 2013 did to our finances. Did you feel the… Read More
New Study: Does Income Inequality Harm Opportunity?
Income inequality is a hot topic for 2014. The liberal Center for American Progress recently launched a new center devoted to the subject, and President… Read More
The Left’s Misplaced Nostalgia Debunked in One Chart
In a throwback to the economic policy and theory of the 1950s, President Obama in a recent speech blamed the rich for concentrating wealth and… Read More
Booze, Pole Dancing, and Luxurious Hotels: Top 10 Examples of Government Waste in 2013
The latest budget deal, passed by a bipartisan majority in both the House and the Senate, suggests that Washington agrees with House Minority Leader Nancy… Read More
The 10 Worst Regulations of 2013
There are many things 2013 will be remembered for, not least the miles of red tape that were imposed on Americans. It has been a… Read More
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The Research Papers You Relied on the Most in 2013
The Heritage Foundation is dedicated to policy research of the utmost intellectual integrity. This year featured debates on a wide range of policy issues, and… Read More
5 Posts That Inspired You This Year
2013 was a great year for The Foundry. Here are the top five posts that inspired you the most. 13 Tax Increases in 2013 New… Read More
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Your Money in Pictures: The Top 5 Charts of 2013
As part of our countdown to the new year, here are Heritage’s top five must-see charts of 2013. 5. What If a Typical Family Spent… Read More
Time to Stock Up on Incandescent Bulbs Before They Go Out Permanently
If your New Year’s resolution is to change your light bulbs, don’t worry—the federal government’s here to help. Beginning January 1, 2014, the federal government… Read More
All I Want for Christmas Is an On-Demand Uber Ride
Taxi and limousine companies must wish they themselves had thought of Uber, an app-based service that connects drivers with passengers and eliminates the need for… Read More
What Capitalism’s Critics Get Wrong
Attacking capitalism never seems to go out of style. Over the past 100 years, few institutions have been attacked so fiercely, so falsely and so… Read More
What Bitcoin Tells Us About Economic Freedom
Chinese regulators are cracking down on Bitcoin, the anonymous open-source virtual currency. Officials at China’s central bank announced this week that they were banning all… Read More
Bankruptcy Is Better Than a Bailout
Today Senators John Cornyn (R–TX) and Pat Toomey (R–PA) introduced the Taxpayer Protection and Responsible Resolution Act to begin repairing some of the damage caused… Read More
The Fed at 100: Why Do We Have a Central Bank?
The Federal Reserve, the U.S. central bank, is surrounded by as much controversy today as it was at its creation 100 years ago. The Fed… Read More
Baucus Continues Losing Streak with Energy Tax Reform Draft
Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee Max Baucus (D–MT) released a draft bill to reform the way the tax code treats energy. This latest draft… Read More
Union Integrity Act Protects Whistle-Blowers
Last year, four truck drivers talked to federal investigators about safety problems at Gaines Motor Lines. A week later, they were fired. Now the Department… Read More
Revisionist History: Absolving Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
A newly released book, The Mortgage Wars, aims to rewrite history and absolve Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac of having any part in the financial… Read More
What the Government Got You This Year (in Pictures)
Today, the Senate is set to pass the new U.S. budget deal in all its spend-tastic glory. Lawmakers have hemmed and hawed about making any… Read More
Washington Post: Obama Administration Slowed Red Tape to Avoid 2012 Election Backlash
Last fall, Heritage Foundation analysts noted an eerie silence coming from Obama regulatory agencies. The production of new rules, which until then had been in… Read More
Ecuador: Chevron Trial Illustrates Poor Investment Climate
Press coverage of the just-concluded testimony phase of a racketeering trial in a New York federal court provides an excellent recent illustration of the behind-the-scenes… Read More
The Ryan–Murray Budget Deal: Unnecessary Pain for Americans
The controversial budget deal reached by Representative Paul Ryan (R–WI) and Senator Patty Murray (D–WA) has been criticized by experts on both sides of the… Read More
Spending Caps Have Worked, but Ryan-Murray Budget Would Lift Them
In terms of cutting government spending, the Budget Control Act’s spending caps and sequestration have been an unparalleled success story in recent years. And yet,… Read More
Why Conservatives Don’t Like the Ryan-Murray Budget Deal
Next week, the Senate will consider the Ryan-Murray budget deal — a spending plan that disappoints conservatives and believers in a limited government that manages… Read More
Raising the Minimum Wage Would Hurt the People It’s Supposed to Help
Hike the minimum wage. For politicians trying to show their concern for those on the lower rungs of the economic ladder, it’s a simple solution…. Read More
Poll: 65 Percent of Americans Think Congress Can Find More Spending Cuts
As the Senate prepares to take up the new House-passed budget that undoes sequester cuts and increases spending, a clear bipartisan majority of American voters—65… Read More
The Budget Deal’s Sneaky Tax Increases
The congressional budget deal includes some “user fees.” For the Washington establishment, that’s apparently the politically correct way of telling Americans they’ll be paying more… Read More
The Volcker Rule: Three Years and Nearly 1,000 Pages Later
Five financial regulatory agencies have completed the final rules to implement the Volcker Rule, a regulation required by the Dodd–Frank bill that is supposed to… Read More
Phones on Airplanes: FCC Moves to Lift Rules
Something unusual is happening at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). At a meeting earlier this afternoon, the commission—led by Obama-appointed chairman Tom Wheeler—voted to review… Read More
The Budget Deal — and Why We’re $17 Trillion in Debt
Country singer Aaron Tippin’s old hit song “You’ve Got to Stand for Something (or You’ll Fall For Anything)” could be the new theme song for… Read More
