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I Scream, You Scream: San Francisco Red Tape Nearly Strangles Small Businesses

San Francisco, as even casual observers of the political scene know, is one of the most liberal cities in the country. Many of...

Michael Tennant February 9, 2012

Freddie Mac Bets Against Homeowners and Refinancing

Brian Koenig January 31, 2012

Freddie Mac has again entered the spotlight as a new report claims the government-sponsored enterprise betrayed American homeowners after placing multibillion-dollar bets that...

Fed Didn’t Recognize Housing Crisis in 2006, Transcripts Show

Michael Tennant January 16, 2012

Central banks are often justified on the basis that a complex, modern economy requires top-down management by experts. These people, it is said,...

Raw Milk Mandates

Michael Tennant January 11, 2012

On the morning of August 3, 2011, armed agents of the U.S. government and the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Office conducted a raid...

Senate Raises Bipartisan Objections to New Farm Labor Regulations

Bruce Walker December 23, 2011

Obama’s Labor Secretary, Hilda Solis, has created new regulations for farming safety that would bar children under 16 from much of the work...

Each Chevy Volt Costs Taxpayers $250,000

Bob Adelmann December 22, 2011

The Mackinac Center for Public Policy just released a study showing that by the time all federal and state loans, grants, subsidies, and...

San Francisco, First U.S. City to Exceed $10 Minimum Wage

Brian Koenig December 13, 2011

As January ushers in a new year, San Francisco will become the first U.S. city to instate a minimum wage rate of more...

Americans $2.4 Trillion Poorer After Q3 — It May Get Worse

Alex Newman December 11, 2011

Americans are quickly getting poorer as the much-touted economic “recovery” remains elusive. Household wealth plummeted by more than four percent from July to...

Two-tier Wage Pacts Bringing Jobs Back to Detroit

Bob Adelmann December 6, 2011

Last week’s announcement that the auto industry could add as many as 167,000 jobs by 2015 merely confirmed what some economists were saying:...

Coercing Cash for Commercials from Commodity Cultivators

Michael Tennant December 6, 2011

If you’ve seen “Little Blue Dynamos” ads urging you to consume blueberries, you probably assumed they were simply the result of blueberry producers...

McDonald’s Finds McEasy Way to Evade San Francisco Happy Meal Ban

Michael Tennant December 1, 2011

Here’s a story that’ll tickle your McRibs. On December 1 a law seemingly banning McDonald’s Happy Meals went into effect in San Francisco....

Black Friday Sales: $52.4B; Shoppers Reject Occupiers’ Demand

R. Cort Kirkwood November 30, 2011

Despite the best efforts of the Occupy Wall Street protesters to sabotage Black Friday Christmas shopping, the National Retail Federation reported that shoppers...