EconomyCommentary
It’s natural to think that economic freedom and peace should go together. Vindicating that idea, new empirical evidence shows that economically freer countries tend to… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Millions of people love Apple computers and wouldn’t be caught using a PC. By contrast, there are many millions of PC users who feel the… Read More
PoliticsNews
Mick Mulvaney, director of the Office of Management and Budget, said he has high expectations for the Trump administration despite the challenges of governing at… Read More
EconomyCommentary
The news of Michael Novak’s death Feb. 17 saddened close friends and colleagues in the community of think tank scholars who drew so much from… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Entrepreneurial dynamism has lagged in America for the past eight years, according to The Heritage Foundation’s 2017 Index of Economic Freedom. Yet someone in Mississippi’s… Read More
EconomyCommentary
It’s already been eight years since the Great Recession, yet the U.S. economy has been just inching along, with its productivity flagging and millions being… Read More
EconomyNews
In order to crack down on what’s known as “predatory lenders,” the Obama administration proposed new rules that require short-term lenders to ensure customers have… Read More
EconomyNews
The U.S. stock market has been on an unprecedented upward climb since President-elect Donald Trump won the White House. Trump’s election sparked the biggest one-month… Read More
EconomyNews
The conservative group 2ndVote has called for a boycott on Christmas shopping at the retail giant Target over its bathroom policies. But on Nov. 23,… Read More
EconomyNews
A conservative watchdog group has started a campaign to boycott Target over its bathroom policies. In April, Target announced that customers and employees at its locations would… Read More
EconomyNews
President Barack Obama heads to China on Friday to participate in his final G-20 leaders summit—marking a legacy critics say has left America weaker on… Read More
EconomyCommentary
In the decades since The Heritage Foundation began publishing its annual Index of Economic Freedom in 1995, the world has witnessed profound advances in economic… Read More
EconomyNews
Congress should not pass legislation to have taxpayers bail out Puerto Rico’s economic crisis, or allow the United States territory to file for bankruptcy, reads… Read More
EconomyNews
In the summer of 2015, Shelia Champion bought some land in Hazel Green, Ala., hoping to turn it into an environmentally friendly cemetery where members… Read More
InternationalCommentary
The Financial Times reports that on Sunday, April 17, “the lower house of Brazil’s congress is set to vote on the motion to impeach President… Read More
InternationalCommentary
As The Atlantic has reported, “[d]isclosures from the Panama Papers are rocking the global political elite.” Although not all of the activities alleged in the papers… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wisc., is in Israel on his first foreign trip as Speaker of the House. As much as security and geopolitical relations will… Read More
InternationalCommentary
March 17 is St. Patrick’s Day, when all things Irish get celebrated. Before we make another toast with a pint of smooth Guinness or whatever… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Finally, support from Congress for something other than a federal bailout for Puerto Rico or letting the commonwealth break its contracts and constitutional obligations. The… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Heritage Foundation expert Anthony Kim wrote earlier this week about the 2016 Index of Economic Freedom. Millions of people around the world are emerging from… Read More
PoliticsNews
Sen. Ben Sasse issued some tough love today at the Conservative Policy Summit in Washington, D.C.: Electing a Republican president, he said, won’t solve America’s… Read More
EconomyCommentary
The Financial Times reports that officials “from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank are heading to Azerbaijan to discuss a possible $4… Read More
EconomyCommentary
While nations around the world are working hard to enhance economic freedom, America’s score in the 2016 Index of Economic Freedom continues to slip. With… Read More
EconomyNews
America’s economy remains less free than in past years even as the world’s other economies have grown more free overall, according to the 2016 Index of Economic… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Millions of people around the world are emerging from poverty thanks to rising economic freedom. But by sharp contrast, America’s economic freedom has been on… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Something’s amiss with the world’s economy. And it goes way beyond stock-market woes in China and elsewhere. Economists point to debt and low economic growth… Read More
EconomyNews
About 5 million California residents left the Golden State during the past decade, marking an “unprecedented” number according to a report released this week. The… Read More
EconomyCommentary
It’s too early to know if the stock market drop is just one of the periodic corrections by which the market reallocates capital to more… Read More
EconomyCommentary
To give perspective, China is the world’s second largest economy, as well as the second largest importer. It is the largest trading nation for 75… Read More
EconomyNews
In an attempt to enforce transparency and accountability, a Republican senator is attempting to restructure a federal agency that oversees a wide range of consumer financial… Read More
