FDR’s policies prolonged Depression by 7 years, UCLA economists calculate
by Meg Sullivan • UCLA Newsroom Two UCLA economists say they have figured out why the Great Depression dragged on for almost 15 years, and they…
Rand Paul is right: The most economically unequal states are Democratic
By Philip Bump • Washington Post During Tuesday night’s Republican debate, Gerard Baker, editor in chief of the Wall Street Journal, posed a question to Sen.…
A Road Paved With Good Intentions
by Kenneth Bloomquist Standing before an audience of college students, President Obama remarked that “As Americans, we can and should be proud of the progress that our country has made over…
The ‘Wage Gap’ Myth That Won’t Die
You have to ignore many variables to think women are paid less than men. California is happy to try. by Sarah Ketterer • Wall Street Journal…
Jobs Report: Disappointment Is Routine With This Administration
by Investor’s Business Daily Friday’s jobs report has us feeling like Bill Murray in “Groundhog Day”: waking up morning after morning to the radio blaring Sonny and Cher’s “I’ve Got You…
Of Course They’re Fed Up
The left blames economic woes on everything except its hero president. by Stephen Moore • Weekly Standard Two weekends ago, the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas…
U.S. drops to 16th on ‘economic freedom’ list, behind Canada, Chile
By PAUL BEDARD • Washington Examiner The United States, ranked second in worldwide economic freedom as recently as 2000, has plummeted to 16th, according to a…
Look Who’s Bashing Obama’s Economy Now
Investor’s Business Daily 2016: Presidential candidates, both announced and prospective, used Labor Day to fire off some pretty harsh criticisms of President Obama’s economy. That’s not news. What is news…
Report: Low-Income Entitlements Make Recipients Less Likely to Work
GAO finds Medicaid and housing assistance may cause lower labor force participation by Ali Meyer • Washington Free Beacon Government entitlement programs such as Medicaid and…
The NLRB’s Power Grab
By The Editors • National Review Why should a union representing workers who are not employees of McDonald’s be empowered to squeeze concessions out of McDonald’s?…
Why Does U.S. Economic Performance Continue To Decline?
by Francis Menton • Manhattan Contrarian The government’s latest GDP numbers, through Q2 2015, are now out, and they include some revisions to Q1, as well…
The Obama economy has SERIOUS problems
by Heather Long • CNN High on the Republican presidential candidates’ list of talking points is the Obama economy. Specifically, bashing it. They have some grist…
USPS is losing sight of public safety
By George Landrith • The Hill When it comes to the U.S. Postal Service, the organization’s decline has been well documented for years. Last year the…
U.S. Postal Service mail standards keep getting worse
Problems include services cut in rural areas but increase in big cities; processing facilities consolidated, impacting ability to meet delivery goals; new services that result in significant losses by George…
Why does USPS favor foreign shippers?
by George Landrith • Washington Examiner Where possible, policy leaders in this country should make the promotion of American businesses a priority. When the American economy is…