merger of words "Kamala" and "comunist" in view of her radical economic plan
Published: Saturday, August 17th, 2024 @ 7:02 pm
By: John Steed
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This week on Policy Pizza, we hooked up with Daniel Di Martino, founder of the Dissident Project, to chat about the rise in socialism in the US and what he is doing to fight back.
Published: Saturday, March 23rd, 2024 @ 4:34 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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$500 million corrupt waste, thanks to progressive Phil Berger
Published: Friday, October 13th, 2023 @ 9:10 am
By: John Steed
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Daily Wire Editor Emeritus Ben Shapiro shredded President Joe Biden for his record on economics as the president tours the country promoting “Bidenomics.”
Published: Saturday, July 22nd, 2023 @ 12:25 am
By: Daily Wire
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In a new article at the Journal of Public Economics, Zachary S. Fone, Joseph J. Sabia, and Resul Cesur report, “Using data from the 1998–2016 Uniform Crime Reports and a difference-in-differences approach, we find robust evidence that minimum wage hikes increase property crime arrests among 16-to-24
Published: Monday, March 6th, 2023 @ 3:19 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Corporate leaders have lackluster expectations for the new year as macroeconomic headwinds continue, according to data from Business Roundtable’s CEO Economic Outlook Survey.
Published: Thursday, December 8th, 2022 @ 10:14 am
By: Daily Wire
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Johns Hopkins University economics professor Steve Hanke predicted on Monday that America will experience a “whopper” of a recession in 2023 due to manipulation of the money supply by the Federal Reserve.
Published: Thursday, September 1st, 2022 @ 10:26 am
By: Daily Wire
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After admitting on national television that she had not anticipated the intensity and length of America's inflation pains, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen was seen in her office poring over a copy of Economics for Dummies.
Published: Tuesday, June 7th, 2022 @ 7:44 am
By: Babylon Bee
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Don't Fall for the Game of Economic Impact Studies; Promote Economic Growth Instead
Published: Tuesday, March 29th, 2022 @ 9:24 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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When Democrats attack pro-growth tax reform as “trickle-down economics,” I can understand their rhetorical intent.
Published: Tuesday, December 29th, 2020 @ 11:16 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Barring some unforeseen economic happening or weather-related event, politics will be North Carolina’s number one story in 2020.
Published: Tuesday, December 31st, 2019 @ 10:37 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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In December 2018, I wrote the following: “As a general rule, the public and politicians should never view economic impact studies as anything more than an attempt by special interests to manipulate public opinion for their own benefit.”
Published: Sunday, July 14th, 2019 @ 11:11 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Lieutenant Governor Dan Forest's released a statement Monday on HB924 becoming law:
Published: Monday, July 8th, 2019 @ 6:47 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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A few years back I attended a presentation by David Walker, former Comptroller General of the United States. At the time Walker was becoming quite well known for making a frightening and compelling case as to why the United States needed to get its financial house in order
Published: Wednesday, January 23rd, 2019 @ 5:22 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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No self-respecting columnist passes up the obligatory prediction column the first week of the year. So here goes mine
Published: Sunday, January 6th, 2019 @ 11:29 am
By: Tom Campbell
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Since President Trump has taken office, economic growth rates have soared, 4.2 percent in the last quarter, and unemployment rates are the lowest in decades, at present 3.7 percent
Published: Saturday, December 29th, 2018 @ 12:52 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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How should we respond to the urban-rural divide? The question has legions of politicians, scholars, journalists, and businesses scrambling for answers
Published: Tuesday, December 4th, 2018 @ 7:04 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Imagine yourself cut off from the rest of society. Not from all social interactions, however, just from all economic exchanges
Published: Sunday, December 2nd, 2018 @ 7:01 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Reportedly, Americans are more interested in socialism now. How much that is actually true, I don't know. Media political reporting today contains so much projection, it's hard to tell
Published: Thursday, November 22nd, 2018 @ 3:51 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Occupational licensing may have cost North Carolina more than 42,000 jobs and millions in economic losses, a new study from the Institute for Justice says.
Published: Tuesday, November 20th, 2018 @ 2:00 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Tax increases deprive citizens of the chance to meet increasingly important financial priorities in order to fund less important government programs
Published: Tuesday, November 13th, 2018 @ 8:09 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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The John Locke Foundation’s policy position on the minimum wage concludes with this recommendation
Published: Monday, November 5th, 2018 @ 6:13 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Much of the economic news lately is focusing on the fact that labor is becoming a scarce commodity
Published: Friday, October 26th, 2018 @ 10:44 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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As the North Carolina General Assembly gathered for its Oct. 2 special session on Hurricane Florence relief, the state’s rainy-day fund stood at $2.01 billion
Published: Sunday, October 7th, 2018 @ 5:32 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina's economy is in reasonably good shape. Over the past five years of available data, our state's employers have added 480,000 net new jobs, with our job-creation rate exceeding the national and Southeastern averages
Published: Sunday, September 30th, 2018 @ 3:18 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Sometimes things happen slowly and then all at once, like love or bankruptcy. Sometimes they just happen suddenly, like a car accident or hitting the jackpot on a slot machine
Published: Wednesday, September 12th, 2018 @ 3:17 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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According to a recent Gallup poll, 57 percent of Democratic voters view socialism positively, more than the 47 percent who view capitalism positively. If that sounds utterly bonkers to you, join the club
Published: Saturday, August 25th, 2018 @ 10:15 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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There is a puzzling expression regularly being used by members of the Trump administration that, they argue, describes a major goal of their protectionist trade policies: "reciprocal trade."
Published: Friday, August 24th, 2018 @ 3:23 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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