EconomyCommentary
One Step Lawmakers Could Take to Boost Job Creation
For the last 30 years start-ups have been steadily declining as a share of total businesses in the U.S. This is especially worrisome given that… Read More
SocietyFeature
The Kitchen of Second Chances
For Marianne Ali, life started simply enough. Born to a big, “pretty normal” family in Glenarden, Md., Ali remembers helping her mother cook dinner for… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Even Obama Would Love This: Pat Boone Intros Car on ‘Shark Tank’
You can now add “entrepreneur” to entertainer Pat Boone’s repertoire. While most Americans know him as singer, actor and sometimes political activist, they may be… Read More
EconomyCommentary
What Paul Krugman Gets Wrong When He Claims Minimum Wage Hikes Don’t Cost Jobs
New York Times columnist Paul Krugman wrote today about the relationship between minimum wage hikes and jobs. “There’s just no evidence that raising the minimum… Read More
EconomyCommentary
June Unemployment Rate Drop Can Be Explained by Americans Dropping Out of Work Force
Today’s Bureau of Labor Statistics’ jobs report showed solid but not spectacular labor market growth in June. The payroll survey showed net employment jumping by… Read More
EconomyNews
Rhode Island Hikes Minimum Wage for the Fourth Time in Four Years
Rhode Island lawmakers have approved legislation that will raise the state’s minimum wage. The Ocean State will increase its hourly wage from $9 to $9.60… Read More
EconomyCommentary
How This Financial Habit of Millennials Could Increase Inequality
Recent polling shows a big majority of Americans think it will be more difficult for this generation of millennials to achieve the American dream of… Read More
EconomyCommentary
How Liberals Manipulate Data About the Minimum Wage
Does the U.S.-Canadian speed gap bother you? Americans can drive no faster than 65 on Massachusetts highways. Meanwhile Canadian motorists zip along at speeds of… Read More
EconomyCommentary
The Lie Obama Keeps Repeating About the Poor in America
President Obama recently acknowledged what every sane person knows to be true: The best anti-poverty program is a job. Obama said this at a recent… Read More
EconomyCommentary
How to Persuade Successful Inventors to Immigrate to the US: Lower Taxes
Evidence of a “Brain Drain” from countries with high top tax rates and a “Brain Gain” to countries with low top tax rates comes from… Read More
