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
Why Is the United States’ Economic Freedom Ranking So Low?
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
We Need the Government to Leave the Private Sector Alone
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
The Real Star of the Golden Globe Awards
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
Here’s Paul Ryan’s Recipe for Achieving Economic Freedom
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
In Index of Economic Freedom, U.S. Is 12th Freest Economy
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
How India Can Unleash Its Economic Potential
“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
EconomyNews
Virginia Braces for Aftershocks from Wallops Rocket Explosion
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
Will Brazil Take a Hard Left Turn Down ALBA Avenue?
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
Meet the New Class Warrior in Chief
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 Really Ended the Great Depression
“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 Considers Legislation That Would Let You Only Buy One Cable Channel
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
How Obamanomics Harms Obama Voters the Most
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
EconomyNews
‘Big Green’ Lobby Wants to Cut 2 of 3 Forestry Oversight Branches
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 Agency Blames ‘Confusion’ for Choking Business Owners’ Access to Banks
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
News
Proposal to Divide California into Six States Clears Hurdle to Qualify for 2016 Ballot
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
Who Would Win the World Cup If Measured by Economic Freedom?
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
Why Americans (Rightly) Hate Soccer
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
A Taxpayer’s Guide: Export-Import Bank Under Microscope at House Hearing
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
Sunlight Report: Don’t Underestimate Export-Import Bank’s Corporate Friends
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
This Country’s Growth Should Have Rivaled China’s. What Went Wrong?
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
To Attract Investment Dollars, Americans Need a Leader, Not a Cheerleader
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
China Entrepreneurs Seek Economic Freedom in U.S.
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
How Much Do Economists Care About Government Failure? Not Much
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
President Obama: “I Want Us to Be First,” Just Not in Economic Freedom
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
Advancing Economic Freedom: An Antidote to Boko Haram
“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
Economic Freedom: Heritage’s 2014 Global Agenda
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
No One Believes It, But Extreme Poverty Is Declining Globally
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
Chinese Economy Overtakes America’s
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
Energy Exports: Free Trade for Me, but Not for Thee
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
