Morning Bell: The Specter of Taxmageddon Rises
On this Halloween, a truly frightening specter is looming. No amount of garlic, crosses, or exorcists can help us—only Congress and the President can chase… Read More
FACT CHECK: Have 4.5 Million New Jobs Been Created Under Obama?
It’s no secret that employment is the top concern for Americans. It stands to reason, then, that politicians will be hyping their proposals for job… Read More
It’s Not Getting Better: GDP Grows at a Sluggish 1.7 Percent Rate
This morning’s update from the Department of Commerce on economic activity in the second quarter shows that the economy grew at an anemic 1.7 percent… Read More
What Productivity Really Means
A recent Heritage post responded to an article in The New York Times that suggested we be less productive. One comment challenged our rebuttal: The… Read More
Running & Responsibility: How Former Addicts Are Overcoming
If you told recovering alcoholic and drug addict Hermon Blount a year ago that he’d soon be getting up 3 or 4 days a week… Read More
Obama’s Crystal Ball Wrong on Unemployment Once Again
A little over three years ago, President Barack Obama’s advisers released a chart that purported to predict the future. With the President’s almighty stimulus, they… Read More
Morning Bell: A Disappointing Recovery Leaves Americans Suffering
In the Super Tuesday primary, the economy was the number one issue on voters’ minds, be they in Massachusetts, Georgia, Ohio, or Virginia. And that… Read More
In Pictures: Facts about America’s Slow Economic Recovery
Sure, the U.S. economy is recovering, but it’s doing so at a very…slow… rate. Some on the left, including the President, paint America’s bounce-back as… Read More
Even Krugman Agrees–Economy in a Dead-Cat-Bounce Recovery
Despite a recent spate of good economic data, including last week’s jobs report, the U.S. economy remains deeply depressed. Don’t take my word for it…. Read More
Are Green Jobs ‘Gone with the Wind’?
President Obama plans a big jobs announcement—right after he finishes his vacation in Martha’s Vineyard. Expect him to say that green jobs are the key… Read More
