Writing for the latest Commentary magazine (the article is not yet posted online), James Pethokoukis of the American Enterprise Institute explores the claim that “maybe the good times really are…
Regular readers in this forum know that the United States has dropped to No. 12 in the Heritage Foundation’s latest worldwide rankings of economic freedom. James Pethokoukis of the American…
James Pethokoukis of the American Enterprise Institute explains in a new National Review Online column why the president’s recent income inequality speech featured some significant historical errors. Many Americans recall…
James Pethokoukis of the American Enterprise Institute dissects several of the president’s claims from his “big inequality speech” Thursday at the Center for American Progress. Obama wasn’t just giving a…
James Pethokoukis of the American Enterprise Institute explains for National Review Online readers why he does not buy into the notion that Pope Francis’ recent remarks about economics represent the…
James Pethokoukis reminds National Review Online readers that left-of-center partisans have spent decades bemoaning the decline of the middle class, despite any evidence backing their claims. But where have been…
James Pethokoukis reminds National Review Online readers that Obamacare’s real problems are not tied to the glitches that it will undoubtedly face as it’s implemented. President Obama admits that the…
James Pethokoukis explores for readers of the American Enterprise Institute’s policy blog the disappointing jobs data plaguing the American economy. How do you know the August jobs report was pretty…
James Pethokoukis has read recent claims that America’s exceptional growth in years past, aligned with the larger trend of unprecedented Western industrial growth, can be traced to a “series of…
You remember the graph, right? The chart that proved the incoming Obama administration had the plan to save the economy (which received the coveted White House Press Corps Prize for…
As if we needed any more evidence that ObamaCare means bad news for Americans, James Pethokoukis of the American Enterprise Institute offers us a disturbing new analysis. A new study…
The more complicated laws are, the more they create unintended consequences. Obamacare is certainly one of the most complicated laws ever passed (here or anywhere in the galaxy) and we’re…