In Defense of Economic Noninterventionism
A recent Wall Street Journal article has surprisingly good news: US companies are seeing the highest profit growth in two years with “two consecutive quarters of double-digit profit growth…
Regulations Work Overtime to Hurt Employees, Small Businesses
Last week, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced revisions to the proposed rules interpreting the Fair Labor Standard Act’s regulations on the overtime compensation pay of white-collar, salaried workers.
A Clue to a Clueless President
Barack Obama is not merely uninformed on economics, he is enthusiastically misinformed. He says he keeps trying to fix the economic mess he "inherited", but nothing he does works. …
North Carolina Supports Fracking
Energy costs in the US have been sky rocketing recently due to over-regulation by the federal government and the ever decreasing value of the dollar. Thankfully, there are options to…
Washington Weight Loss Program: Is Trimming Payroll Enough?
Tax Cuts May Not be Enough to get the Private Sector Moving. Obama’s jobs speech on September 8, 2011 sparked interest in the ears of both Republicans and Democrats.
State of the Union: President Obama’s Chance to Explain
President Barack Obama will deliver his State of the Union Address tonight at 9 o’clock. Given the state of the economy, it will be interesting to hear how much of…
Stimulus Success? Higher Unemployment
The unemployment rate hit 9.4 percent last month—a 26 year high. 111 days after the passage of the stimulus bill $43.7 billion of it has been spent…