EconomyCommentary
How Economic Freedom Reduces Poverty
Suppose someone told you there were over two decades of economic data showing the secret of success for every nation in the world and that… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Suppose someone told you there were over two decades of economic data showing the secret of success for every nation in the world and that… Read More
EconomyCommentary
If you were to rank all the countries of the world based on their level of economic freedom, you’d think the United States would be… Read More
EconomyCommentary
In his State of the Union address, President Obama argued we need government policies to build “the most competitive economy anywhere.” He’s wrong. We need… Read More
EconomyCommentary
In addition the stars, awards, and speeches, the Golden Globe awards displayed the power of free markets, the real star of the night. Whether it… Read More
EconomyNews
Rep. Paul Ryan has a simple recipe for how the U.S. can achieve greater economic freedom. Ryan, R-Wis., said Tuesday that stronger trade policies and… Read More
EconomyCommentary
There is no single formula for overcoming challenges to economic development and maintaining economic dynamism, but one thing is clear: Around the globe, governments that… Read More
EconomyCommentary
“The hope for India lies not in the exceptional Tatas or similar giants, but precisely in the hole-in-the-wall firms, in the small- and medium-size enterprises,… Read More
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The failed launch and fiery explosion at the Wallops Island spaceport could blow up Virginia’s projected financial windfall at the commercial site. The state invested… Read More
InternationalCommentary
After a dirty and divisive campaign, President Dilma Rousseff of Brazil’s leftist Workers Party (PT) was narrowly re-elected last week to a second term over… Read More
EconomyCommentary
We learned last week that new Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen is not so much our nation’s central banker as class warrior in chief. In… Read More
EconomyCommentary
“What is history but a fable agreed upon?” as Napoleon once put it, and never has that been more true than the story of the… Read More
EconomyNews
WASHINGTON — Concerns about higher consumer prices if cable and satellite customers could unsubscribe from local channels stalled a move on Capitol Hill to create… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Politics is often filled with paradoxes, and here is one that nearly defies explanation. The demographic groups that voted most heavily for Barack Obama in… Read More
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Pay your protection money. Do the secret handshake. And kiss the ring. Otherwise, forget having green activists attach their environmental seal of approval to the… Read More
LawNews
Federal regulators have backed away from pressuring banks to stop doing business with legal enterprises that the Obama administration labeled “high risk” — including selling… Read More
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Californians are one step closer to casting votes in November to decide whether the state will remain as is or be broken into six separate… Read More
EconomyNews
The U.S. soccer team has dribbled, tackled, and shot their way into the knockout round of the World Cup. A true Cinderella story, the U.S…. Read More
EconomyCommentary
The World Cup is underway, and other than the Olympics, it will surely be the most closely followed sporting event with estimates of more than… Read More
Economy News
Rep. Jeb Hensarling today convenes the House Financial Services Committee for a much-anticipated hearing on the fate of the U.S. Export-Import Bank, a federal agency that… Read More
EconomyNews
Despite losing a friend in House leadership and now his successor’s avowed lack of interest, the Export-Import Bank — which has been criticized for promoting… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Only a decade ago, India seemed destined to rival China. Annual growth had averaged almost 9 percent over a seven-year stretch; domestic investment was booming;… Read More
EconomyAnalysis
President Obama recently hosted executives from foreign-based businesses at the White House to highlight the benefits of investment in the United States. NPR described the… Read More
EconomyAnalysis
Alibaba, the Chinese e-commerce giant whose sales top eBay and Amazon combined, chose the U.S. as the location for its initial public offering (IPO) last… Read More
EconomyAnalysis
Economists spend a great deal of time studying market failure. In fact, as George Mason University economics professor Tyler Cowen notes, “most economic arguments for… Read More
EconomyAnalysis
At an event earlier this week in New York, President Obama lamented that the United States wasn’t number one in the world for quality of… Read More
“Africa is not burning,” and “our presence in Nigeria is really a statement that terrorism cannot win.” These are the words of the president of… Read More
Last week, The Heritage Foundation’s Economic Freedom Task Force published its 2014 Global Agenda for Economic Freedom. In it the task force identifies obstacles to… Read More
In new research polling released this week, Barna Group finds that more than eight in 10 Americans (84 percent) are unaware global poverty has been… Read More
With much faster growth rates between 2011 and 2014, China is now being forecast to eclipse the United States as the world’s largest economy sometime… Read More
Some corporate interests are lining up to fight economic freedom in the United States by maintaining the government’s restrictions on energy exports. Their efforts are… Read More