Rachel Greszler is a senior research fellow in workforce and public finance in the Thomas A. Roe Institute for economic policy studies at The Heritage Foundation. Read her research.
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With the COVID-19 recession causing high unemployment around the country, now is the time for policymakers to lift barriers to earning an income. With limited… Read More
EconomyCommentary
You know there’s something wrong if companies can’t do the right thing without potentially destroying their entire business model. In fact, many of the ways… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Congress has already authorized more than $3.7 trillion of immediate coronavirus relief spending, going to individuals, businesses, and state governments. The response should continue to… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Imagine that your monthly mortgage payment suddenly increased by 50%. And that it happened now, in the wake of COVID-19-related job and income losses. That’s… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Access to education is foundational to American society and fundamental to the American ideal of providing equal opportunities. Yet amid COVID-19 shutdowns, many children have… Read More
EconomyCommentary
For a second month in a row, the U.S. economy gained a record number of jobs. Following job gains of 2.7 million in May, the… Read More
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The unemployment figures for May have surprised economists, who were expecting a significant increase in the unemployment rate and 7.5 million job losses. Instead, the… Read More
LawCommentary
By and large, police officers are heroes who put their lives on the line to protect the communities in which they live and serve. How… Read More
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“Freedom has a taste to those who fight and almost die that the protected will never know.” Those words were etched into the wall of… Read More
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With more than 1 in 5 Americans filing for unemployment benefits over the past eight weeks, policymakers’ top priority is clear: restoring conditions that allow… Read More
