Joel Griffith is a research fellow in the Roe Institute at The Heritage Foundation.
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President Obama recently acknowledged what every sane person knows to be true: The best anti-poverty program is a job. Obama said this at a recent… Read More
EconomyCommentary
The U.S. economy shrank by 0.7 percent last quarter, according to a revised estimate from the Bureau of Economic Analysis. The contraction may be a temporary… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Here’s some advice to the White House: it might be time for President Obama to cancel the rest of his economic “mission accomplished” tour and… Read More
EnergyCommentary
Five years ago this week a blowout of BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil rig 40 miles from the Gulf Coast tragically claimed 11 lives and spilled… Read More
EconomyCommentary
The age old question in economics is this: how does a nation or state create economic growth and rising living standards for its citizens? Once… Read More
EnergyCommentary
In President Obama’s State of the Union preview, he touted low gas prices as an example of positive economic results. “America is now in a… Read More
EnergyCommentary
Solar panels are being installed on the roofs of homes and businesses all across America at a record pace. The fad is the latest way… Read More
EconomyCommentary
On New Year’s Day, the minimum wage increased in 20 states and the District of Columbia. This follows a year in which protesters hit the… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder (R) is leading an effort to gradually double the state’s 19-cent per gallon gas tax. Doing so would boost the state’s… Read More
LawCommentary
Republicans are rightly and predictably infuriated by Barack Obama’s immigration executive action power play. What has been remarkable has been the silence from the left… Read More
