EconomyCommentary
Why Free Market Policies Are Key to Empowering Women
Most people agree that women deserve the chance to advance up the economic latter. The real question is, how can that be achieved? What many… Read More
EconomyCommentary
I Agree With Ocasio-Cortez: Tax Subsidies for Select Corporations Are Wrong
Amazon announced its decision on Tuesday that it will split its second headquarters—“HQ2”—between the Crystal City section of Arlington County, Virginia, and New York City…. Read More
EconomyNews
Conservatives Continue to Honor Jack Kemp’s Legacy Nearly a Decade After His Death
Conservative leaders gathered Tuesday night at Audi Field in Washington, D.C., to posthumously salute Jack Kemp—one of the conservative movement’s most outspoken advocates of economic… Read More
EconomyCommentary
The Dangers in Believing Economic Security Is National Security
The director of the Office of Trade and Manufacturing Policy at the White House, Peter Navarro, on Friday will give a speech at the Center… Read More
InternationalCommentary
China’s ‘Social Credit’ Monitoring: Big Brother’s Frightening New Tool for Repression
For people living in China, government repression is a fact of life. The country earned a rating of “mostly unfree” in the latest Heritage Foundation… Read More
EconomyNews
Government Economists Offer Window Into What a Socialist US Economy Would Look Like
If the United States were to adopt the socialist policies of Venezuela, the move would slash the economy by 40 percent—or $24,000 per year for… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Unsealed Choke Point Documents Show Obama Was Far From Scandal-Free
In February 2018, Barack Obama infamously claimed his presidential administration was scandal-free. “We didn’t have a scandal that embarrassed us,” Obama said about a year… Read More
EconomyCommentary
With Free Markets at Work in Mississippi, Magnolia State’s Economy Blooms
History is full of reasons to love free markets. They reward hard work and catalyze innovation, providing technology and comforts previously unimaginable to the ordinary… Read More
EconomyInternationalCommentary
Property Rights Protections for South Africans Are Moving in the Wrong Direction
Ever since the end of apartheid in the mid-1990s, people have hailed South Africa as a champion in the fight for justice and equality. In… Read More
EconomyCommentary
This Book Will Bring Economics to Life for You
A widely anticipated textbook, “Universal Economics,” has just been published by Liberty Fund. Its authors are two noted UCLA economists, the late Armen A. Alchian… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Why Small Businesses Are More Optimistic Than Ever Before
Small business optimism, as measured by the National Federation of Independent Businesses, hit an all-time high in August, shattering a 35-year-old record. The good news… Read More
EconomyNews
America Has Strayed From Founders’ Vision for Economic Freedom and Limited Government, Walter Williams Says
An author and economics professor warns that America must return to the Founders’ vision of limited government to preserve the economic future of the country…. Read More
EconomyCommentary
Newspapers Win as Trade Commission Spikes Tariffs on Canadian Newsprint
American newspapers, their workers, and readers dodged a protectionist bullet last week when the U.S. International Trade Commission unanimously blocked the Trump administration from imposing… Read More
InternationalNews
South African Farmer Reports on What Is Really Happening in His Country Regarding Land Seizure
When a recent report on the uncompensated seizure and redistribution of farmland held by white farmers in South Africa drew the concern of President Donald… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Economic Freedom Improves Lives, Yet Another Study Finds
A new metastudy by Serbian think tank Libek confirms that countries wishing to increase their economic growth—and reap the many rewards that come from doing… Read More
Trump’s Rollback of CAFE Mandates Is a Big Win for Car Buyers, Consumer Choice
The Trump administration recently proposed the Safer Affordable Fuel-Efficient (SAFE) Vehicles Rule. The proposed rule offers modifications to Obama-era Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Why Democratic Socialists Can’t Legitimately Claim Sweden, Denmark as Success Stories
Sen. Bernie Sanders and congressional candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are popularizing the philosophy of democratic socialism, especially among younger age groups. Meanwhile, the Young Democratic Socialists… Read More
EconomyCommentary
How the Left Misunderstands Free Markets
How did our nation go from having a high-growth economy in the 19th and early 20th centuries, to struggling in recent years to achieve 3… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Economic Turnaround: Pittsburgh Rebuilds and Rebrands
The collapse of the U.S. steel industry in the 1980s sent once-thriving Pittsburgh into a severe economic depression. Pittsburgh has struggled to rebuild and rebrand… Read More
EconomyCommentary
The 2 Lessons We Should Learn From Apple’s Success
Apple has become the first U.S. company in history to attain a trillion-dollar valuation. Here are a few thoughts about the relevance of this to… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Is Pakistan About to Be Caught in China’s ‘Debt-Trap Diplomacy’?
Pakistan has received 12 bailouts from the International Monetary Fund since the late 1980s as a result of debt blowouts and balance-of-payment imbalances. Now, the… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Free-Market Policies Make the Most of the Sharing Economy
Economic freedom enables the sharing economy, and in a groundbreaking new multinational study, the Swedish think tank Timbro finds a strong relationship between free markets… Read More
EconomyNews
Not ‘Crumbs’: Cookie Maker Hires 5, Raises Pay, Expands Production Under Tax Cuts
The overhaul of the tax code by congressional Republicans didn’t produce just crumbs for the business of a popular cookie maker based in Florida. The… Read More
InternationalCommentary
India’s Economy Is Booming. Deregulation Is the Next Important Step.
With reported growth of 7.7 percent in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2017 and 6.7 percent annual growth projected for 2018, India now boasts… Read More
EconomyCommentary
The Mojo of Trumponomics
T.S. Eliot famously wrote that April is the cruelest month, but when it comes to America’s fiscal picture, nothing could be further from the truth… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Egypt Enjoys a Surge in Economic Freedom
Egypt’s economy is rebounding after years of economic stress and political turmoil. As Christine Lagarde, managing director of the International Monetary Fund, noted earlier this… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Why Government Corruption Is the True Enemy of Economic Freedom
Six billion people. That’s how many people are currently living in corrupt countries, according to the most recent edition of an annual study by Transparency… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Why a Free Press Is Actually Good for the Economy
In a recent commentary in The Wall Street Journal, “Freer Markets, Freer Media,” Kevin Brookes and Patrick Dery of the Montreal Economic Institute offered a… Read More
EconomyFeature
This Successful Restaurant Executive Explains How Trump Led America’s Economic Comeback
Andrew Puzder, former CEO of the parent company of Hardee’s and Carl’s Jr. restaurants, last week spoke to The Daily Signal’s Ginny Montalbano about his new… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Small Business Confidence Way Up in the Trump Era
This week, America is celebrating the annual National Small Business Week. Highlighting the vital contribution of small businesses to the U.S. economy, President Donald Trump… Read More
