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The Federal Register is Racking Up Regulations
The Competitive Enterprise Institute periodically reviews the Federal Register and the amount of regulations that the Obama Administration churns out. Here's a snapshot of it; it's the daily publication of proposed and final administrative regulations of federal...
Greg Ip Misses It Again on Interest Rates and the Economy
Here’s another ridiculous article by “economist” Grep Ip, wondering aloud once again why the economy isn’t doing any better, and why low interest rates haven't helped. Either he’s truly incompetent as an economist not to see the detrimental effects of government...
Smith: What CEOs Should Be Saying About Inequality
My friend Fred Smith over at Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) wrote a nice piece on the subject of income inequality. Smith discusses the common beliefs and untruths of the topic, reminding us that "to the extent that inequality is a problem, it is because...
Obamacare Uninsured Numbers Continue to Miserably Miss Targets
A few weeks ago, the Feds trotted out a statistic aimed to bolster support for the fledgling Obamacare legislation amid steep premium hikes and costly non-compliance fines. While the Obama Administration celebrated the fact that the uninsured rate was finally below...
Era of Great Enrichment is on the Decline
Deidre McCloskey’s recent treatise (How the West (and the rest) Got Rich) on was a thoughtful essay on the power of liberty and its impact on economics. For the most part, McCloskey did a fine job explaining classical liberalism (“worthy of a free person”) and how the...
Dave Brat Gets It Wrong on Jobs and Immigration
Congressman Dave Brat wrote a stunning Op-ed in the Richmond Times Dispatch ("Immigration is killing Americans' job prospects") in which he blames immigrants -- both legal and illegal -- for the current anemic economy. Rightly citing “meager job growth” and “stagnant...