American economist
At a recent Senate hearing, climate experts claimed it would cost $50 trillion to make the country carbon neutral—and then admitted that it may not even work. Though the U.S.…
Tevi Troy offers interesting observations about the impact of election results on policy-driven think tanks. THREE THINGS ARE CERTAIN AFTER A presidential-election defeat: infighting, second-guessing, and efforts to create a…
John Fund of National Review Online offers a recommendation to address airlines struggling with the impact of the coronavirus. Analysts agree that the government is likely to step in and…
Douglas Holtz-Eakin of the American Action Forum isn’t buying what President Trump is selling when it comes to trade. They created uncertainty about the future of U.S. and global growth,…
Paul Bedard of the Washington Examiner highlights one piece of unambiguously good news from the Trump administration’s opening months in office. The Trump administration has fulfilled one of the president’s…
Ira Stoll of the New York Sun explains the rival New York Times‘ misinformation campaign regarding President Trump’s tax plan. … [I]t was particularly dismaying to read Mr. Appelbaum’s dispatch…
Gene Epstein of Barron’s explains in an “Economic Beat” column how Social Security and Medicare “are ruining us.” “The federal government’s budget is on the road to hell,” warned Douglas…
Minimum Wage Hikes Hurt the Very People They’re Supposed to Help. In 2013 President Barack Obama joined Democrats in Congress pushing for an increase of the federal minimum wage to…
Elizabeth Harrington of the Washington Free Beacon highlights a new report on the federal government’s regulatory burden. The Obama administration’s effort to eliminate red tape added $16 billion in regulatory…
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…
Sean Higgins of the Washington Examiner looks into one of the political left’s latest priorities: a $15 per hour minimum wage. The push to raise the national minimum wage to…
View in your browser. Suppose there was an academic center focused on issues of poverty, work, and opportunity. Suppose this center pledged to "examine innovative and practical ideas" for moving…