We Didn’t Know Krugman’s Nobel was for Fiction
New York Times columnist Paul Krugman has truly outdone himself this time. He has managed to identify a single piece of legislation passed by President… Read More
New York Times columnist Paul Krugman has truly outdone himself this time. He has managed to identify a single piece of legislation passed by President… Read More
This week the House is set to debate the “Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act of 2009” which would provide 4 weeks of PAID leave… Read More
In three words: Everything and nothing. Megan McCardle has more: GM’s main problem is not that the market is unreasonably unwilling to finance a potentially… Read More
Will the new majority owner of General Motors — the United States Government — take an active role in managing the firm as it struggles… Read More
Your family’s share of the national debt just got a lot bigger thanks to the recent increases in federal spending. According to an analysis by… Read More
Heritage fellow James Gattuso: Congratulations: If you are a U.S. taxpayer, you will soon be a part owner of a car company. Under the latest… Read More
Yesterday’s USA Today brought the not so surprising news that federal tax revenue has fallen drastically due to the struggling economy. The 34% decrease represents… Read More
Massive increases of spending by the Obama Administration, from the stimulus to its proposed budget, have created historically unprecedented large deficits that will push the… Read More
During yesterday’s Senate Banking committee TARP oversight hearing, Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) asked Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner: So it’s your understanding that you have $700… Read More
Time for practice. Time to pile into the…Toyota Prius? Maybe the Yaris. Or surely the Smart Car will do. Those are three of eleven cars… Read More
The Oldsmobile is gone, but the Obamobile is coming soon. The Obama Administration’s control over the auto industry has extended to designing our cars, as… Read More
Like the more infamous ACORN, the Neighborhood Assistance Corp. of America is another leftist group waging war on free enterprise while filling its own coffers… Read More
CBS News reports: President Obama’s call last year for “shared sacrifice” doesn’t extend to federal employees, at least based on the details of his administration’s… Read More
Media Matters has taken it upon itself to criticize our recent video highlighting the problems with the government-imposed contracts that the misnamed Employee Free Choice… Read More
I can make a firm pledge. Under my plan, no family making less than $250,000 a year will see any form of tax increase. Not… Read More
Instead of emulating California, maybe we should look north. The Cato Institute notes: Long derided by American conservatives as “socialist” and praised by the left… Read More
Throughout the next two weeks, the Foundry will be highlighting some testimonials of General Motors bondholders. When President Obama describes bondholders, you get the distinct… Read More
The government handed out billions of dollars in taxpayer money for General Motors and Chrysler to save jobs and become economically viable as fast as… Read More
Kiplinger has a post up today discussing the most recent attempt to paint an amnesty as an economic stimulus. This time the focus is on… Read More
Harvard University professor Niall Ferguson writes in the New York Times: Human beings are as good at devising ex post facto explanations for big disasters… Read More
Ever since the results of the government’s stress tests were released, banks across the country have been rushing to escape from their TARP traps. Now… Read More
This video highlights a danger in the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) that could be worse then taking away the secret ballot. EFCA gives government… Read More
The recession is hitting hard in Britain. Unemployment has hit a 13 year high, at 2.2 million, and the last quarter saw the biggest rise… Read More
For some time now, it’s been clear that Organized Labor—and the SEIU in particular—is adamantly opposed to allowing its members to have any say over… Read More
The Heritage Foundation’s 2009 Federal Revenue and Spending Book of Charts is now available online. Please do keep it bookmarked for those times you need… Read More
This morning we warned you about the The Public-Sector Union Threat to Economic Recovery. Reason.tv’s Nick Gillespie has a new video out showing how even… Read More
“Overseas investments,” writes Steven Malanga, “rarely cost jobs in a corporation’s home country,” but instead bring substantial benefits for the home country. President Obama has… Read More
For months now, the Treasury Department has been grappling with the consequences of “Too Big to Fail” — the idea that some enterprises are too… Read More
No. Heritage fellow David John explains: Is the Important Year to Consider 2037, 2016, or 2009? The year when Social Security begins to spend more… Read More
“I don’t want to run auto companies.” – President Barack Obama, April 29, 2009. “Obama Halves Chrysler’s Planned Marketing Budget” – Advertising Age, May 11,… Read More
