American economist (1960–2019)
Davidson College senior Kenny Xu writes at the Daily Signal about one significant aspect of the recent college bribery scandal. The bribery scheme to get privileged children into elite universities…
In The Right to Earn a Living Act: A Well-Considered Answer to Licensing, I examined the first two statement of findings behind the Right to Earn a Living Act. It is…
Putting it all together, Kleiner estimated that occupational licensing has left us with 2.85 million fewer jobs, the consequence being an annual cost to consumers of $203 billion (that's annually,…
Sean Higgins probes for Washington Examiner readers the scant research backing Hillary Clinton’s endorsement of a $12 minimum hourly wage. Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton cited economist Alan Krueger during…
The latest issue of Fortune magazine labels the 2014 elections “A Race That Nobody Won.” Writer Tory Newmyer admits the article was written before Republicans pulled off significant electoral victories.…
Does economic inequality hurt economic growth? Writing in the latest print edition of National Review, Ramesh Ponnuru and Yuval Levin express their doubts. The Left is of course ideologically committed…
Michael Tanner of the Cato Institute devotes his latest National Review Online column to the likely impact of the Democratic Party’s preferred economic policies. To put it in today’s standard…
Harvard history professor Niall Ferguson shares with Newsweek readers his concerns about obstacles to social mobility in America. What has gone wrong? American liberals argue that widening inequality inevitably causes…
View in your browser. Welcome This week’s CommenTerry is an excerpt from my new report, "School Vouchers: From Friedman to the Finish Line." Representatives Jonathan Jordan, Marcus Brandon, Bert Jones,…
If you think President Obama’s proposal for an increase in the federal minimum wage makes sense, perhaps Walter Williams‘ latest column will help change your mind. Dr. Alan Krueger, an…
Jim McTague of Barron’s recently participated in a 2 ½-hour economic spin session from the Obama administration. It was aimed at financial journalists whose work appears online. What I gathered…
Brookings Institution economic studies fellow Scott Winship has tested the Obama administration’s recent claims about economic inequality and immobility. As documented for National Review Online and in a follow-up article…