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You might be a progressive if….
If you wail about how “the economy” is so bad for working families and all the “little guys” but never think about how the growth of the regulatory state and…
James Pethokoukis
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It’s Free, It’s Free, It’s Free!
AEI’s James Pethokoukis looks at plans by progressives to help get young voters to the polls in 2016. How about “free” college for everyone?! This is exactly the kind of…
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America’s entrepreneurial heart beating more slowly
That’s James Pethokoukis’ observation in this AEI piece. We are getting fewer business startups than in the past. He says that doesn’t agree with the contention that entrepreneurship cannot be taught…
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A progressive “path to prosperity”
In this AEI post, Jim Pethokoukis writes about a book by a candid “progressive” (which is to say, an idolator of big government) academic, a sociology prof at the University…
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“Liberals” say they want the economy to improve….
The problem, of course, is that the accumulation of governmental obstacles to business start-ups and growth is largely responsible for the sluggishness of the economy — and the idea of…
Elections & Public Integrity
‘Cronyism is at the heart of what’s wrong with the American economy’
So said James Pethokoukis in arguing against a lobbyist’s Wall Street Journal column pitting the debate over reform in government as between “evangelical libertarians” (i.e., the bad guys) and “Republican…
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Government spending can’t make a country rich
Even the International Monetary Fund appears to understand that, as we read in this AEI piece by James Pethokoukis. He refers to recent research by the IMF. That’s useful in…
Liberty
Not again — Obama wants to boost home ownership by lowering lending standards
The reason why we had the ruinous housing bubble several years ago was federal meddling — artificially low interest rates coupled with governmental pressure to lower lending standards so that…
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Pethokoukis explores inconvenient facts for the income inequality brigade
James Pethokoukis of the American Enterprise Institute documents some recent data that contradict claims from those who focus on income inequality as the major cause of America’s sluggish economy. The…
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Happy 5th anniversary, colossal failure!
The Wall Street Journal reminds us that five years ago today, President Obama signed the massive stimulus bill into law. He did this because, apparently, White House message crafters were…
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Pethokoukis ponders the need for new jobs
James Pethokoukis explains for National Review Online readers why it would make more sense for President Obama and his allies to focus on job creation, rather than income inequality. Before…
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Economic inequality, mobility, and the roots of innovation
James Pethokoukis examines for National Review Online readers the harmful impact of efforts to vilify “the rich.” While reasonable minds can differ on the morality of large income gaps, the…