British-American economist and government official
Sarah Bedford writes for the Washington Examiner about a key challenge for the Biden administration’s climate priorities. President Joe Biden wants to overhaul the Pentagon’s infrastructure to go green within…
It’s Women’s History Month and we have the opportunity to celebrate women and their contribution to society, history, and progress. We have much to celebrate. Yesterday was “Equal Pay Day”…
Charles Calomiris explains in an Economics21 column that socialism is “the opiate of the corrupt and ignorant.” The overarching message of “The Opportunity Cost of Socialism”—a study recently released by…
Jason Russell of the Washington Examiner reports on aspects of the Obama administration’s new overtime rule that deserve more attention. Before I worked at the Washington Examiner, I was a…
It’s designed to help more workers get paid more money for overtime work. Since it’s a government mandate, though, it’s going to have negative unintended consequences. Diana Furchtgott-Roth identifies those…
Lawrence Kudlow details in a column posted at Human Events his disappointment that neither Republican presidential debate has devoted much time to issues involving money. … [I]t would have been…
Diana Furchtgott-Roth explains for National Review Online readers how the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan “punishes workers, consumers, and states that voted for Romney.” President Obama’s Clean Power Plan for…
Alex Adrianson of the Heritage Foundation’s “Insider Online” blog highlights an interesting assessment of labor union support for a higher government-mandated minimum wage. The unions that have been pushing for…
Amity Shlaes‘ latest column for Forbes explains why she believes a ban on bailouts might be more important than tax reform for the Republican Party’s presidential aspirants. QUALITY TAX POLICY…
Sean Higgins reports for the Washington Examiner that a new Republican-led U.S. Senate could instigate changes for state and local public pension programs. The incoming Republican majority in the Senate…
The Obama administration has been raising a stink about so-called “inversions,” cases of American-based companies moving operations to another country with a more favorable tax climate. But Alex Adrianson of…
In the previous mailing of this newsletter, one of the links could not be accessed, and the EPA, not UNC, is the defendant in the lawsuit. View in your browser.…