Patrick Tyrrell is a research coordinator in The Heritage Foundation’s Center for International Trade and Economics.
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Americans are increasingly dissatisfied with the amount of freedom in their lives. When Gallup asked them in 2006, 91 percent of Americans said they were… Read More
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America’s entrepreneurial dynamism has been falling, and the cost of inaction grows daily. According to a recent study by the Economic Innovation Group, America “suffers… Read More
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It’s natural to think that economic freedom and peace should go together. Vindicating that idea, new empirical evidence shows that economically freer countries tend to… Read More
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It’s clear that many big government policies are creating winners and losers in America. The story has been the same for decades. Government makes friends… Read More
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It’s sometimes hard to fully visualize a massive sum of money. Take $3.854 trillion for instance—the amount the federal government spent in 2016. That’s a… Read More
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Could the U.S. economy be growing more than the official growth figures let on? In a recent National Bureau of Economic Research working paper, “Why… Read More
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Advocates for big government often equate expanding government with concern for the poor. But reality speaks to the contrary: Expanding government often has very harmful… Read More
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A new report from the United States trade representative links America’s trade deficit with other countries to trade deals entered into going back to the… Read More
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Hillary Clinton’s newly proposed top estate tax rate of 65 percent on $1 billion estates can sound innocuous enough to the average taxpayer. Last year… Read More
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The Bureau of Labor Statistics released data this week showing that the ratio of unemployed people per job opening remains at the lowest it has… Read More
