EconomyCommentary
Sorry, Unions: Franchises Are Real Small Businesses, Too
If the Obama Administration has its way, Ronald McDonald may soon have to wipe that grin off his face as he stands beneath the Golden… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Higher Fast Food Wages Could Leave Some Workers Behind
The protests outside fast-food establishments last week featured calls for a $15 hourly wage. Unemployment is only the most obvious unintended consequence we could expect under such… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Do Women Really Earn 22 Percent Less Than Men?
The Census Bureau released updated data this week showing that the so-called “gender pay gap” between men and women reached a record low, with women… Read More
EconomyCommentary
This Liberal French Economist Is Wrong About How Many Robots Could Replace Human Employees
In his bestselling treatise “Capital in the Twenty-First Century,” Thomas Piketty’s vision of the future is – implicitly – a robot dystopia where continued investment… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Why Is the Senate Considering Legislation That Would Discourage Raises?
How would a law that makes employers afraid to give raises benefit women?! Yet many senators appear to believe it would. They have announced their… Read More
EconomyNews
Main House Foe of Export-Import Bank ‘Swallows Hard’ at 9-Month Reprieve
A leading congressional advocate for pulling the plug on the Export-Import Bank today said he “regrets” that a nine-month reauthorization of the federal agency is… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Truett Cathy’s Life Story Shows the Value Entrepreneurship Can Bring to a Society
Truett Cathy, the founder of Chick-fil-A, a popular quick-service chicken restaurant, died this morning. He was 93. Cathy was a hard worker who had a… Read More
EconomyNews
Ralph Nader Calls for ‘Unlikely Allies’ to Let This Federal Agency Die
Veteran consumer advocate Ralph Nader says Republicans and Democrats in Congress shouldn’t miss a chance to unite as “unlikely allies” by declining to reauthorize the… Read More
EconomyCommentary
The Slow Decline of American Entrepreneurship
Start-up companies are the reason America’s economy is more innovative, prosperous and dynamic than the economies of other industrialized countries around the world. New companies… Read More
EconomyCommentary
What Today’s Job Numbers Mean
Today’s employment report dashed some cold water on hopes the economy has finally begun a robust recovery. For six straight months the payroll survey reported… Read More
