Salim Furth, Ph.D., researches and explains how public policy affects economic growth as a research fellow in macroeconomics at The Heritage Foundation’s Center for Data Analysis. Read his research.
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Progressives are touting a $15 minimum wage as a low-cost policy to reduce poverty and income inequality. However, the costs of a high minimum wage… Read More
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How quickly does deregulation lead to economic growth? Most economists agree that less-regulated industries create more output and employ more people in the long run…. Read More
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A new working paper by economists Emmanuel Saez and Stefanie Stantcheva purports to overturn a widely cited finding that capital should not be taxed; it… Read More
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The Obama administration is pulling on both ends of the rope in the tug-of-war over housing regulation. Heritage Foundation calculations found that the typical American… Read More
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Less than two months after Congress passed a package aimed to provide financial relief for Puerto Rico, the Obama administration is already at it again—this… Read More
Health CareCommentary
In 1986, President Ronald Reagan convinced Congress to eliminate an ill-conceived requirement that states restrict investment in health care. Cronyism is hard to uproot, however…. Read More
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It’s a nuisance when an ATM charges you money to take money out. Imagine having to pay 31 cents for every dollar you withdraw. That’s how… Read More
LawCommentary
A court case challenging the congressional plan to deal with the Puerto Rico debt crisis has been launched to ensure the territory pays its bills…. Read More
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Proponents of higher government spending have used the Great Recession to argue that balanced government budgets hurt economic growth. In a new paper published by… Read More
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How much more would cities grow if government regulations on construction were lighter and more predictable? New research from the Canada-based Fraser Institute says that… Read More
