Study Shows 40 Percent of Unemployed Have Given Up on Finding a Job
While the U.S. Department of Labor continues to tout decreased unemployment rates, the reality is that a significant portion of the unemployed have...
Economic Commentary
Driverless Cars to Disrupt Industry, Benefit Consumers
Once again the free market is working its magic — this time in the automotive field, with driverless cars and leased cars. Its...
Read moreCEI Report: 3,554 New Regulations in 2014
Further evidence of the federal government’s vast overreach can be found in a report out of the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) that reveals...
Read moreDo Negative Interest Rates Portend a Negative Economy?
Keynesian experiments with the economy are having, once again, unintended consequences. Freshly created money, instead of acting as a stimulant, is acting as...
Read moreBoston University Economist Calls Out Congress on Enormous Fiscal Gap
According to a Boston University economics professor who specializes in generational accounting, U.S. agencies are intentionally deceiving the public into believing that the...
Read moreWhy Should the Government Deliver Mail?
In a country where people extol the virtues of free enterprise, why is the U.S. government involved in the delivery of mail? After...
Read moreTax Foundation Counts All Income Except Underground
In calculating personal income in the United States, the Tax Foundation is missing a huge part of the economy: the one that runs...
Read moreU.S. Government’s Interest Costs to Quadruple in 10 Years
On Tuesday, the Wall Street Journal reported that the federal government will be paying $800 billion annually just to service the interest on...
Read moreTrue Unemployment Rate Is Far Higher Than 5.6 Percent
Americans may not be too surprised to learn that the 5.6 percent unemployment rate the U.S. Department of Labor is touting is entirely...
Read moreUnited States Remains in 12th Place in Economic Freedom
The United States' 12th place in the world this year in economic freedom will be corrected downward in the next few years as...
Read moreHuman Progress Is Accelerating, Says Cato
The Cato Institute has accepted the challenge to offer the bright side to the mainstream media's often dismal view of the world. ...
Read more“Everything is Awesome” in America? So Says Liberal Writer
Using manipulated economic numbers, a liberal writer makes the case that the Obama economy is robust. ...
Read moreUnderlying Economic Indicators Confirm Dow’s Record Run
Remarkably, the economic patient is slowly beginning to recover from its overdose of enforced remedies inflicted on it by the fixers. ...
Read moreOil Market: Lower Gas Prices not the Only Reason to be Thankful
It's a delight to behold: Lower crude oil prices are reducing gas prices while simultaneously moving America away from the dangerous energy dependence...
Read moreEuropean Central Bank Taking a Page From Federal Reserve’s Playbook
On November 21, European Central Bank President Mario Draghi announced that the ECB would be pumping more money into the euro bloc to...
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