Patrick Tyrrell is a research coordinator in The Heritage Foundation’s Center for International Trade and Economics.
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Despite lumber prices soaring to a record high of $1,670.50 per thousand board feet, and the housing market booming at a 17.2% price increase from… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Lumber prices have gone through the roof over the past year—up 370%. The lumber needed to build a new home now costs nearly $36,000 more… Read More
SecurityCommentary
The Eastern European or Russian hacking ring DarkSide’s cyberattack has wreaked havoc on the Colonial Pipeline, which transports a large percentage of the gasoline, jet… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Charles Payne of the Fox Business Network sat down with Jack Spencer, vice president of the Institute for Economic Freedom at The Heritage Foundation, to… Read More
InternationalCommentary
The People’s Republic of China often pays lip service to reforming its bloated, inefficient state-owned enterprises. Unfortunately, reforms rarely pan out. When China began to… Read More
EconomyCommentary
The World Trade Organization has released a new report that offers recommendations to world governments on how to stimulate innovation in digital economies. Regrettably, the… Read More
EconomyCommentary
China’s recent Hong Kong security legislation could be the beginning of the end for Hong Kong as one of the world’s leading financial and trading… Read More
EconomyCommentary
The world this week lost a great defender of economic freedom with the passing of the great American economist Walter E. Williams. He was 84…. Read More
EconomyCommentary
After a year that was tough on businesses and consumers alike, the Christmas season could give a much-needed boost to the economy—as well as the… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Horrific massacres of Christians in the northern and middle parts of Nigeria at the hands of Muslim militants and terrorists have been a daily occurrence… Read More
