EconomyCommentary
Why Volkswagen Workers Should Be Wary of Unionizing
More than 1,700 Volkswagen Chattanooga workers will head to the polls Wednesday through Friday this week to vote on a consequential measure: whether or not… Read More
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Why Bans on Plastic Bags and Straws Are Annoying and Overrated
Canada, following precedent set by the European Union, is poised to join a growing list of places where single-use plastic items have been banned. Though… Read More
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75 Conservative Groups Oppose ‘Any Carbon Tax’ Days After Mitt Romney Was Reportedly ‘Looking at’ One
Seventy-five conservative groups signed a public letter to Congress opposing “any carbon tax” days after reports that Utah Republican Sen. Mitt Romney openly considered backing… Read More
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What Americans Really Think About Socialism
A new Gallup poll confirms what other surveys have reported: A disturbingly high percentage of Americans, about 4 in 10, now look favorably on socialism…. Read More
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Weak Jobs Report Shows the Cost of Trade Wars
The Bureau of Labor Statistics released a lackluster jobs report on Friday, falling short of most expert predictions, and continuing to make the case that… Read More
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Repealing the Tax Cuts Would Hit Middle Class and Workers
Many Democrats would like to repeal the 2017 tax cuts. But how would that affect ordinary Americans? If the tax cuts were reversed, the typical… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Economic Freedom Key to Ensuring We Have Dynamic Entrepreneurs
THE HAGUE, Netherlands–Proactively promoting entrepreneurship, innovation, and economic freedom continues to be a critical pillar of U.S. engagement with the world. One sign of this… Read More
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Trump’s Proposed Budget Adopts 61% of Heritage Proposals
“Can Congress Avoid a Debt Default and $125 Billion in Spending Cuts?” That’s the scary headline of a New York Times article by Emily Cochrane… Read More
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Idaho’s Spring Cleaning for Regulations an Idea Worth Replicating
Imagine if government rules had an expiration date. What if, each decade, every state law, regulation, or administrative rule ended by default unless lawmakers took… Read More
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Averting the Next Fiscal Train Wreck
Car accidents are relatively common occurrences. Train wrecks are a little more out of the ordinary, to be sure. One would be hard-pressed, however, to… Read More
Economy Analysis
Why a Former CEO Says Capitalism, Not Socialism, Encourages Morality
Andy Puzder grew up in a blue-collar home. He went on to be the CEO of a major fast-food company and he credits capitalism for… Read More
EconomyNews
3 Things to Know About a Disaster Spending Bill Conservatives Couldn’t Stop
A $19.1 billion disaster aid bill that faced significant opposition from conservative Republicans passed the House on Monday evening by a lopsided vote of 354-58…. Read More
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Americans Need Answers As New Tariffs Hit
The long U.S.-China trade war is about to hit another mile marker. New tariffs, announced in May on $200 billion worth of imports from China,… Read More
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Why Conservatives Should Take Heart Despite Socialist Upsurge
Socialism is the zombie ideology of our era: It fails everywhere, and yet it keeps rising back from the dead. Despite embarrassing socialist failures in… Read More
EconomyCommentary
No Credit Where Credit Is Due
The quote is attributed to President Harry Truman, and Ronald Reagan kept it on his desk: “It is amazing what you can accomplish if you… Read More
Economy Commentary
10 Ways Heritage’s Budget Plan Cuts Unfair Handouts and Waste
The federal government has more programs than anyone can ever hope to count. Each year it spends trillions of dollars, much of which is wasted… Read More
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Scholastic Meritocracy
With all of the high-profile reports of corruption within the college admissions process surfacing, it is apparent that there is not always scholastic meritocracy. Asian… Read More
EconomyCommentary
The Blueprint for a Balanced Budget That Can Still Cut Taxes
If Congress doesn’t act, Americans’ taxes will automatically increase in the coming years. The 2017 tax cuts are temporary, and some of those taxes are… Read More
Economy Commentary
Problematic Women: How Kamala Harris’ ‘Wage Gap’ Plan Would Actually Hurt Women
Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., last week announced “the most aggressive equal pay proposal in history.” But would it really help women? Romina Boccia, director of… Read More
EconomyNews
Conservative Shareholders Push Facebook to Achieve ‘True Diversity’
Facebook shareholders will have the opportunity Thursday to vote in favor of “true diversity” as the company holds its annual investor meeting. In the past… Read More
What Drives Gas Prices Up, and How We Can Steer Them Down
As Memorial Day kicks off the summer season, hotdogs, cold beers, and pool openings aren’t the only things on the minds of Americans. AAA expects… Read More
Economy Analysis
Podcast: Former White House Insider Discusses Draining the Swamp, Next 18 Months
Rick Dearborn had a front-row seat to President Donald Trump’s first year in the White House. He led the White House transition team and then… Read More
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‘We’re the Ones Yelling Stop’: How These Conservatives Are Fighting Corporations’ Liberal Tilt
By supporting a nonprofit that favors rationing health care, biotech giant Johnson & Johnson appears to violate its founding principles, a conservative shareholder activist says…. Read More
EconomyCommentary
Heritage’s ‘Blueprint for Balance’ Has Real Fixes for Our Spending Crisis
Among the many things that frustrate Americans about Washington, D.C., is the unwillingness—not inability, but unwillingness—to solve problems. One of many examples is the U.S…. Read More
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Actress Emma Watson Is Mistaken: G-7 Is No Magic Wand for Making Gender Inequality Disappear
Emma Watson is leading the charge to have the Group of Seven leading industrial nations fund controversial feminist groups in the developing world and institute… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Carson Hounded by Open Borders Liberals for Putting Americans First
We no longer live in a constitutional republic. We live in an idiocracy. Only in modern-day America, under the Democratic-controlled U.S. House of Representatives, is… Read More
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New York Lawmakers Pass Bill That Would Allow Congress Access to Trump’s Tax Returns in the State
The New York state Assembly passed a bill Wednesday to allow Congress to obtain information on state tax returns for elected officials, which would include… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Will the BUILD Act Improve Lending in Poor Countries and Counter China? The Jury’s Still Out
During debate over the BUILD Act (Better Utilization of Investments Leading to Development Act)—a bill that would rename and double the size of the Overseas… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Socialism Promises a Utopia, but Delivers Suffering
Presidential contenders are in a battle to out-give one another. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., proposes a whopping $50,000 per student college loan forgiveness. Sen. Bernie… Read More
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Skyrocketing Debt Too Important to Be Paired With Spending Deal
Two major issues that Congress will be forced to confront in the coming weeks and months are the debt limit and the future of the… Read More
