EconomyCommentary
How the Left Misunderstands Free Markets
How did our nation go from having a high-growth economy in the 19th and early 20th centuries, to struggling in recent years to achieve 3… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Economic Turnaround: Pittsburgh Rebuilds and Rebrands
The collapse of the U.S. steel industry in the 1980s sent once-thriving Pittsburgh into a severe economic depression. Pittsburgh has struggled to rebuild and rebrand… Read More
EconomyCommentary
The 2 Lessons We Should Learn From Apple’s Success
Apple has become the first U.S. company in history to attain a trillion-dollar valuation. Here are a few thoughts about the relevance of this to… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Is Pakistan About to Be Caught in China’s ‘Debt-Trap Diplomacy’?
Pakistan has received 12 bailouts from the International Monetary Fund since the late 1980s as a result of debt blowouts and balance-of-payment imbalances. Now, the… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Free-Market Policies Make the Most of the Sharing Economy
Economic freedom enables the sharing economy, and in a groundbreaking new multinational study, the Swedish think tank Timbro finds a strong relationship between free markets… Read More
EconomyNews
Not ‘Crumbs’: Cookie Maker Hires 5, Raises Pay, Expands Production Under Tax Cuts
The overhaul of the tax code by congressional Republicans didn’t produce just crumbs for the business of a popular cookie maker based in Florida. The… Read More
InternationalCommentary
India’s Economy Is Booming. Deregulation Is the Next Important Step.
With reported growth of 7.7 percent in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2017 and 6.7 percent annual growth projected for 2018, India now boasts… Read More
EconomyCommentary
The Mojo of Trumponomics
T.S. Eliot famously wrote that April is the cruelest month, but when it comes to America’s fiscal picture, nothing could be further from the truth… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Egypt Enjoys a Surge in Economic Freedom
Egypt’s economy is rebounding after years of economic stress and political turmoil. As Christine Lagarde, managing director of the International Monetary Fund, noted earlier this… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Why Government Corruption Is the True Enemy of Economic Freedom
Six billion people. That’s how many people are currently living in corrupt countries, according to the most recent edition of an annual study by Transparency… Read More
