Solar Energy Embarrassingly Less Productive than Coal
A map recently released by the Solar Foundation highlights the industry’s claim that 119,000 Americans are now employed in the solar industry. Its authors exclaim,… Read More
Articles by Rudy Takala
Keystone XL: Parallels to the Alaska Pipeline
As the U.S. commemorates the 40th anniversary of passage of the Trans-Alaskan Pipeline Authorization Act of 1973, it is worth remembering the challenges the project… Read More
SKILLS Act Would Cut Duplication and Waste in Job Training Programs
The federal government spends billions each year on job training programs. However, these programs are ineffective and waste billions on duplicative administrative expenses. A 2011… Read More
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Minimum Wage Benefits Suburban Teenagers, Not Single Parents
President Obama argued in his State of the Union address that “no one who works full-time should have to live in poverty.” That is a… Read More
Hard to Justify Across-the-Board Federal Pay Raises
The House just voted on a proposal to extend President Obama’s (misnamed) “federal pay freeze” for another year. While Congress has better ways of reducing… Read More
U.S. Beating China in Race for Clean Skies
A cloud of photochemical smog from China drifted into Japan this week. The story highlights the fact that air pollution in China is getting worse—despite… Read More
Union Head Convicted, Showing Need for Union Transparency
Last week, the government convicted Tyrone Freeman, president of SEIU Local 6434 in Los Angeles, of 14 counts of illegally diverting union dues into his… Read More
Labor Department Incorrectly Calculates Davis–Bacon Wage Requirements
Should government agencies use the best information possible? For more than 80 years, the Labor Department has answered that question in the negative. The Davis–Bacon… Read More
Time for More Accountability for Unions—and the Department of Labor
Labor Secretary Hilda Solis resigned on January 22. It would be beneficial if President Obama’s next Labor Secretary would do more to protect workers from… Read More
Scholars Agree: High Tax Rates Do Harm Growth
The Congressional Research Service (CRS) stirred controversy last year when it released a study claiming that tax rates do not influence economic growth. Predictably, those… Read More
