Joel Griffith is a research fellow in the Roe Institute at The Heritage Foundation.
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Intuit—a company best known for its QuickBooks financial management software for businesses—earlier this year announced a cessation of services for firearms dealers, along with manufacturers… Read More
EconomyCommentary
For more than 50 years, New York City’s so-called rent stabilization law has been squatting on the books and causing trouble. The 2nd U.S. Circuit… Read More
EconomyCommentary
The Federal Housing Finance Agency just announced it will hike the loan-level pricing adjustment fee on homebuyers with high credit scores and redistribute those funds to… Read More
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Iowans have an opportunity to make asset managers decide whether they will operate to further the financial interests of Iowa residents or weaponize their duties… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Israel celebrates 75 years of independence this week. The reemergence of an independent Jewish state came nearly 1,900 years after the Romans’ obliteration of the… Read More
EconomyCommentary
With so much attention fixed on soaring prices for gasoline and groceries, one can almost overlook the fact that we’re also enduring an affordable housing crisis…. Read More
EconomyCommentary
With inflation surging to 9.1% and averaging much higher in the rural heartland than in urban areas, now is not the time for the federal… Read More
EconomyCommentary
President Joe Biden’s “plan” to fight inflation inaccurately described current economic conditions, misassigned blame for the current turmoil, and misdiagnosed the solution. Here is the… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Consumer prices rose 8.6% last year, the highest inflation since 1981. What can Congress do? First, stop the federal spending spree. Spending soared from $4.76 trillion in… Read More
EconomyCommentary
During the late 1970s, American families experienced stagflation—a combination of economic stagnation and significantly higher inflation. By the summer of 1980, unemployment hit 7.8% and… Read More
