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James Bennet, now a columnist at The Economist, excoriated his former employer, The New York Times, in a damning tell-all about his exit from the Gray Lady.
Published: Friday, January 12th, 2024 @ 1:13 am
By: Daily Wire
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The IRS targeted economist Peter Schiff for tax evasion, and found nothing
Published: Monday, December 11th, 2023 @ 1:18 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Economist and bestselling author Dr. Thomas Sowell said that relying on the government to enforce so-called “social justice” would only lead to a loss of freedom in an interview with Daily Wire Editor Emeritus Ben Shapiro.
Published: Tuesday, December 5th, 2023 @ 2:26 am
By: Daily Wire
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A recent Economist magazine article examined President Joe Biden’s industrial policy approach, describing it as “place-based industrial policy.” (subscription may be required)
Published: Sunday, November 19th, 2023 @ 11:17 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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poll of American voters by YouGov for The Economist magazine
Published: Friday, April 14th, 2023 @ 4:54 pm
By: John Steed
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Economist Yuri Maltsev, an adviser to Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev before a 1989 defection to the United States, died in January 2023.
Published: Saturday, February 11th, 2023 @ 9:17 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Economists with the Committee to Unleash Prosperity released a new study last month highlighting our nation’s expansive welfare state.
Published: Sunday, January 15th, 2023 @ 11:08 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Various polls show that economists generally expect a recession this year, although there is no consensus among leading analysts.
Published: Sunday, January 8th, 2023 @ 9:39 am
By: Daily Wire
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Columbia University economist Jeffrey Sachs made waves on Monday after arguing that the United States was responsible for destroying part of the Nord Stream pipeline system in Europe.
Published: Friday, October 7th, 2022 @ 8:36 am
By: Daily Wire
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Top economists who worked for former President Barack Obama (D) slammed President Joe Biden (D) for his plan to bail out a large number of Americans from having to pay back a substantial portion of their student loans or Pell Grants.
Published: Sunday, August 28th, 2022 @ 3:53 am
By: Daily Wire
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A new poll from The Economist/YouGov reports that the majority of adults in the United States think that abortion should be banned after the first trimester.
Published: Monday, July 11th, 2022 @ 11:40 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Fuel price control proposal
Published: Tuesday, May 17th, 2022 @ 3:36 pm
By: Countrygirl1411
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Of 'Oil Companies profiteering' for skyrocketing gas prices
Published: Sunday, May 15th, 2022 @ 5:19 pm
By: Countrygirl1411
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NEW YORK, NY—After over two years of lockdowns and mandates, economists are now starting to think shutting down the economy for two years may have had some negative consequences.
Published: Saturday, April 23rd, 2022 @ 7:10 pm
By: Babylon Bee
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The Consumer Price Index (CPI), a measure of U.S. economic inflation, continued climbing quickly in May, surpassing economists’ expectations for another month.
Published: Thursday, June 24th, 2021 @ 1:01 pm
By: Daily Wire
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The state budget may be spared economists’ worst fears from the COVID pandemic, according to a new tax revenue forecast.
Published: Saturday, February 13th, 2021 @ 10:13 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Nihal Krishan of the Washington Examiner highlights the track record of an economist who influences Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden.
Published: Monday, October 26th, 2020 @ 9:30 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Casey Mulligan reminds National Review Online readers that fellow high-profile economist Paul Krugman is wrong about many of the issues that attract his attention.
Published: Monday, October 26th, 2020 @ 12:29 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Clinton-Era Economist Accuses Musk of Shorting Tesla Workers, Cites Stock Performance; Musk RespondsTesla CEO Elon Musk exchanged jabs with economist Robert Reich, the former secretary of labor under President Bill Clinton, after the left-leaning professor accused him of shorting his workers as a modern-day robber baron.
Published: Friday, September 18th, 2020 @ 7:13 am
By: Daily Wire
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The U.S. unemployment rate shocked economists on Wall Street, dropping to 13.3% for the month of May.
Published: Monday, June 8th, 2020 @ 9:54 am
By: Daily Wire
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Imagine you've been given the task to argue that an industry needs government support to survive. How do you think you'd make that case?
Published: Monday, November 11th, 2019 @ 10:19 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez deserves a big "Thank you." In calling for top marginal tax rates of 70 percent, the freshman U.S. representative from New York is attracting attention to often-neglected issues linked to federal tax policy.
Published: Monday, February 4th, 2019 @ 9:02 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Economists on Wednesday said they expected North Carolina's economy to grow somewhat in 2017, but they cautioned against counting on a robust growth during the coming year
Published: Friday, January 6th, 2017 @ 11:34 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The General Assembly's top economist on Thursday said that, unlike last year, when state tax collections appeared to suggest a shortfall in General Fund revenues, state government is on track to meet its projections for the current budget year.
Published: Wednesday, January 6th, 2016 @ 9:15 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Last week's newsletter mentioned in passing something that this week's entry will explore further. It discussed my new report promoting a state REINS Act for North Carolina, in light of findings by Beacon Hill economists that the regulatory burden imposed by North Carolina on the private sector...
Published: Wednesday, January 6th, 2016 @ 3:29 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A new, groundbreaking report from Beacon Hill economists estimated that in 2015 state regulations cost North Carolina's economy at minimum $3.1 billion and possibly as much as $25.5 billion.
Published: Wednesday, January 6th, 2016 @ 3:00 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Critics often label capitalism as unfair. They say a system based on free markets and limited government control leads to wide disparities among the rich and poor.
Published: Friday, August 29th, 2014 @ 10:53 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Justin Wolfers, a University of Michigan economist and senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, wrote a piece for The New York Times a couple of weeks ago that was partly a response to a previous piece I wrote for The Wall Street Journal about North Carolina’s recent drop in unemployment.
Published: Thursday, August 14th, 2014 @ 9:18 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Taxpayers in every income category will save tens of millions of dollars because of state tax reforms enacted in North Carolina in 2013.
Published: Tuesday, July 22nd, 2014 @ 12:04 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Dean Baker is an economist who co-directs a left-wing group in Washington called the Center for Economic and Policy Research. Liberal groups in North Carolina and elsewhere often cite Baker as an authority on the effects of public policy on economic growth.
Published: Monday, July 14th, 2014 @ 2:25 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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When I took the job as a movie theater cashier, I had no idea my first excursion into the working world would deliver such valuable life lessons. I learned it's not a good idea to work for someone who tells you to protect the cash register at all costs and hands you a baseball bat to fend off robber
Published: Saturday, March 22nd, 2014 @ 12:21 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Pop quiz: what do you do when you are a politician who finds himself incapable of debating the merits of an opposing viewpoint?
Published: Wednesday, February 26th, 2014 @ 5:25 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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When you hear politicians utter the phrase "economists say," be skeptical. There may well be economists who agree with their particular policy idea. But economists and other social scientists don't speak with one voice. There are many differences of opinion, reflecting differences in assumptions...
Published: Thursday, July 25th, 2013 @ 1:29 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Austrian economist and philosopher F.A. Hayek is probably best known for his argument that we are usually better off if we rely on the spontaneous order that emerges from peaceful human interactions than order that is coercively imposed by government officials.
Published: Sunday, March 31st, 2013 @ 5:42 pm
By: George Leef
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