Socialist Austerity in France
Francois Hollande won election to the French presidency by promising that more government spending would lead to quick economic growth. He sharply criticized the “austerity”—i.e.,… Read More
Busting Myths About Women in the Workplace
We’ve all heard the recycled arguments: Women face a “gender gap” in pay. Women face a “glass ceiling” keeping them from professional achievement. But one… Read More
Obama: Don’t Worry About $16 Trillion Debt
Last night on the CBS Late Show with David Letterman, President Obama suggested that “we don’t have to worry about [the debt] short term.” Excuse… Read More
Morning Bell: Government Dependency Rises As Number of Taxpayers Declines
The leak of a video featuring former Governor Mitt Romney (R-MA) has sparked debate about government dependency and the number of people in the United… Read More
Dependence on Government vs. the American Dream
Mother Jones has opened a broad debate about the role of government in our society. In a clandestine tape recorded in May and obtained by… Read More
Morning Bell: Shocking News! Trade with China Supports U.S. Jobs
The presidential debate yesterday moved to trade with China, with the usual rhetorical suspects—including “outsourcing” and the “trade deficit”—taking center stage. President Obama announced that… Read More
Chinese Auto Subsidies: Hypocrisy from the Obama Administration
The Obama Administration recently filed a case with the World Trade Organization, alleging that China provided at least $1 billion in subsidies to Chinese carmakers… Read More
Congressional Research Service Wrongly Implies Lower Tax Rates Don’t Strengthen Economy
The Congressional Research Service (CRS) set out to make a convincing case that lower income tax rates do not strengthen the economy. It failed, but… Read More
Two Huge Flaws in the Legend of the Clinton Economy
Two inescapable flaws mar the Clinton economic legend. One is conveniently papered over; the other conveniently forgotten. Even so, a flawed legend is better than… Read More
Morning Bell: $16,000,000,000,000
Yesterday, the U.S. national debt passed $16 trillion. On President Barack Obama’s watch, the debt has increased by 50 percent, as campaign promise after campaign… Read More
National Security Should Not Be an Excuse for Protectionism
The Alliance for American Manufacturing has been busy advocating the idea that the U.S government needs to do more to promote domestic manufacturing, as it… Read More
Morning Bell: Union Money in Elections
This election year, millions of Americans will donate to the political candidates and initiatives of their choice at the local, state, and federal levels. But… Read More
Time to Restore America’s Rule of Law
In his recent Wall Street Journal op-ed, Professor David Skeel of the University of Pennsylvania Law School pointed out: No one doubts that the coming… Read More
Are Spending Cuts as Harmful as Tax Increases?
Wednesday’s warning by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) that the fiscal cliff is likely to push the economy back into recession should bring things sharply… Read More
Conflict Minerals: Another of Dodd–Frank’s Hidden Costs
On Wednesday, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted a little-known section (and there are many) of the Dodd–Frank financial regulation bill that will end… Read More
Morning Bell: Another Recession Is Imminent
Yesterday, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) reported that without a doubt, America will have a fresh recession next year unless Congress and the President prevent… Read More
CBO Warns: President Obama and Congress Risk Triggering Another Recession
About 1.6 million American jobs hang in the balance. That is the clear implication of analysis contained in the annual budget update by the Congressional… Read More
Obama Administration Already Tossed the Food Stamp Work Requirement
The Obama Administration sure is getting defensive about its recent action to waive all work requirements in the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) cash… Read More
Budget Deficits vs. Exports
The federal government recently announced that it is expected to run a budget deficit of more than $1 trillion for the fourth straight year. One… Read More
Heritage Intern Award Winners: A “Path to Prosperity” for Our Generation
Each semester, we bring together more than 60 young leaders from across the country to participate in our internship program in D.C. They are given… Read More
Washington Needs Budget Sense
Budget Sense, a bi-weekly newsletter from The Heritage Foundation, delivers the most recent developments in the struggle to bring America’s fiscal house in order and… Read More
Welfare Work Requirements Respect Human Dignity
The Obama Administration has effectively gutted the work requirements of the bipartisan welfare reforms of 1996. In doing so, it is trampling on the central… Read More
You Can Build That—with the Help of the Market
President Obama’s “You didn’t build that” comment has drawn much attention. The reactions from both the President’s defenders and his critics illustrate a profound misunderstanding… Read More
Economic Freedom: The Freedom to Choose
A recent Pew Research Center study, The American-Western European Values Gap, shows that the U.S. is unique in its percentages of: People who believe that… Read More
TSA Collective Bargaining Could Endanger Americans
Over Thanksgiving weekend of 2006, airport screeners in Toronto began meticulously searching every carry-on bag by hand. The delays caused security lines to pile up…. Read More
Employers Caught Between a ROC and a Hard Place
Chef Daniel Boulud got one of his first tastes of the Restaurant Opportunities Center (ROC) when they inflated a gigantic cockroach outside of his upscale… Read More
DeMarco Signals a Better Housing Policy by Putting Taxpayers First
Ed DeMarco, the acting director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), got it right by putting taxpayers’ interests ahead of the Obama Administration’s wishes…. Read More
Inappropriate for Appropriations Bills (and Other Bills, Too)
This session, Congress has consistently increased criminal penalties through legislation. In what type of bills are they doing it? In appropriations bills, of course. Where… Read More
Time to Safeguard Ourselves from Rising Protectionism
Last week, Pascal Lamy, chief of the World Trade Organization (WTO), gave a stark warning that rising protectionism is a serious threat to global economic… Read More
Rescue Taxpayers from Flawed Farm Policy
House leaders on Tuesday proposed a drought relief package for ranches, orchards, and nurseries as a substitute for the massive five-year farm bill that has… Read More
