No, Low Long-Term Rates Won't Counter Fed Actions
Teaser: Alan Greenspan called it a conundrum: the refusal of long-term interest rates to ratchet higher as the Federal Reserve raised the overnight benchmark rate from 1 percent in June 2004 to 5.25...
View ArticleRand Paul Heads to the Races
Teaser: Kentucky Senator Rand Paul will announce the official launch of his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination in Louisville today. In a video released on Monday, Paul promised, “On...
View ArticleTaxes Cost More Than What We Pay
Teaser: Mention the word "taxes," and most people immediately think of how much money, or what percentage of their income, they pay to the government. If you mention the word on April 15, they are apt...
View ArticleNew Congress Breaks into Action With Smart Bills
Teaser: In describing the 114th Congress’ first 100 days, MarketWatch columnist Rex Nutting uses a four-letter word, dumb, no less than nine times. But maybe Congress’ “five dumbest things” make sense...
View ArticleTime to Lift the Ban on Crude Oil Exports
Teaser: This week Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chairman Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) said she would push this year for legislation to end the United States’ export ban on crude oil. “We...
View ArticleCosts of Merging Social Security Retirement and Disability Funds
Teaser: Merging the OASI and DI trust funds would be a significant departure from lawmakers’ previous promises that the establishment of disability benefits within Social Security would not reduce the...
View ArticleNew York Times Explains Gender Wage Gap
Teaser: Feminists complain that women are victims of discrimination who earn 78 cents on a man’s dollar. This misleading figure compares earnings of full-time working women to those of men,...
View ArticleUnpaid Internships: Do As Congress Says, Not As It Does
Teaser: Many Washington politicians seem unable to realize the economic tradeoffs that would result from raising the federal minimum wage. Yet they understand the negative consequences they would feel...
View ArticleHow Government Debt Disinherited the Next Generation…and How To Fix It
Teaser: Burdened with an obligation to pay government debt they did not incur, young Americans – those born between the early 1980s and the beginning of the 21stcentury, or millennials – begin life at...
View ArticleCollege Grads are Drowning in Student Loan Debt
Teaser: This month, as 1.8 million newly-minted bachelor’s degrees are handed out, most graduates will be coming off the stage with much more than a fancy piece of paper. Seventy percent will take an...
View ArticleObamacare Is a Horror Story for Young Americans
Teaser: Higher premiums, impenetrable bureaucracy -- where's the upside? Obamacare has enmeshed many Americans in a bureaucratic nightmare. Originally appeared in the National ReviewObamacare has...
View ArticleMillennials Can't Afford to Ignore Washington
Teaser: Tens of Millions Americans between the ages of 18 and 30, commonly known as Millennials, are about to enter the workforce. However, Washington has ensured that their economic situation for the...
View ArticleCuomo’s Fishy Fast Food Wage Board
Teaser: While Venezuela and Russia might be candidates for such a country, we Americans need look no further than New York to find our home-grown politically corrupt Wage Board. Governor Cuomo has...
View ArticleMaryland Should Let HBO’s Veep Go to Hollywood
Teaser: States that choose to enter the competitive arena of film tax credits are set up for losing battles. Unless they continually increase their incentives, film companies will simply pack up and...
View ArticleOld Money: How the Fed’s Actions Harm Millennials
Teaser: In monetary policy, Washington is playing favorites and the young are the losers. They do not benefit from the decline in mortgage rates because they cannot afford home ownership. While some...
View ArticleNevada Passes School Choice For All
Teaser: Nevada has joined four other states in implementing the next generation of school choice programs. Governor Brian Sandoval signed a bill into law that instituted an Educational Savings Account...
View ArticleThe ABCs of TPA, TAA, and TPP
Teaser: Feeling a bit rusty on the acronyms for various trade-related measures? This users' guide should provide you with everything you need to know to follow the play-by-play.Confused about the trade...
View ArticleThe State of America’s Auto Union
Teaser: The American auto industry and the UAW have had a long-standing relationship. Yet, with labor agreements set to expire this September, it might be time for the UAW to move in a new direction....
View ArticleSix Priorities for Obamacare Reform
Teaser: Although the Supreme Court decided to uphold the Affordable Care Act in King v Burwell, that does not negate the fact that the act has been an economic failure. American business have been...
View ArticleWhat's the Matter with Greece?
Teaser: So what exactly is the matter with Greece? Simply put, it was in the wrong place (Europe) at the wrong time (1999) when 11 countries with 11 different languages, governments, cultures and...
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