David Kreutzer is a senior economist at the Institute for Energy Research.
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Immediately after his inauguration, President Joe Biden issued an executive order reviving the social cost of carbon and the interagency working group tasked with making… Read More
EconomyCommentary
The good economic news continues to roll in. The Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday released a positive September jobs report, with a gain of… Read More
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No single company gets perhaps as much attention in the news as Amazon. The online retailing giant has surpassed $1 trillion in market value and… Read More
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In today’s hyper-politicized world of climate science, hardly a thunderstorm passes without somebody invoking the “scientists say” trope to blame it on carbon emissions. The… Read More
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The Bureau of Labor Statistics announced another solid jobs report Friday, reporting that in August, the U.S. exceeded expert predictions by creating 201,000 jobs. The… Read More
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The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ July employment report fell short of expert predictions, reporting a gain of only 157,000 new jobs, while at the same… Read More
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Last month’s Supreme Court decision in Janus v. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees hit public-sector unions like a bombshell. Now that public-sector… Read More
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If a 10 percent tax on restaurant meals wasn’t enough to jack up the cost of dining in Washington, D.C., city residents just voted for… Read More
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Sen. Bernie Sanders’ big-idea solution to everything is big government. The independent senator from Vermont wants government-run, single-payer health care. Seeing efficiencies that nobody else… Read More
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The federal government does not make America great, and never has. Americans make America great, and they can best do the job when meddlers, busybodies,… Read More
