Economic Growth
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Housing Scapegoats Are Abundant. Starter Homes Are Scarce.
Blackstone offer a convenient target for public frustration. But a local push to “legalize starter homes” is doing the less theatrical work of increasing supply.
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America Can’t Outgrow $40 Trillion in Debt
Stabilizing the federal debt through growth alone would require 7.3 percent annual real GDP growth. Nothing in our history suggests that’s remotely plausible.
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The Real Cost of $40 Trillion in Debt
Unchecked spending has pushed the federal debt to $40 trillion, weakening the economy and limiting the nation’s options when the next emergency arrives.
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Why Oil Keeps Getting More Abundant
Oil deposits may be finite, but human knowledge is not. Freedom, innovation, and entrepreneurship continually transform our use of resources.
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What the Olympics Really Cost: Rio’s 10-Year Legacy of Debt and Destruction
Rio 2016, like many ambitious projects, combined political cronyism and weak market discipline. Ordinary Brazilians are still paying the bill.
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Warsh Wants the Federal Reserve to Rethink the Rules
The new chairman has long argued the Fed’s own institutional habits undermine sound money. His blueprint suggests key reforms.
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Who Gets Rich from Innovation? Evidence from Broadband Expansion on the Colville Reservation
The biggest winners from new technologies are usually the people who use them, not the people who invent them.
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‘Pink’ Prices Aren’t Prejudice
Similar consumer products can command different prices. Critics call the pattern a “pink tax,” but it’s neither arbitrarily imposed nor impossible to avoid.
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Upward Mobility Is a Better Measure of Justice Than Income Equality
If your wealthy boss earns less, will you earn more? France’s compressed salary scale shows more ‘equal’ pay clusters at levels that could keep you both poorer.
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Immigrants Build America’s Most Valuable Companies
Visa holders founded half of today’s Fortune 500 companies and a majority of billion-dollar startups. Current restrictions damage that competitive advantage and choke off future growth.
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Housing Scapegoats Are Abundant. Starter Homes Are Scarce.
Blackstone offer a convenient target for public frustration. But a local push to “legalize starter homes” is doing the less theatrical work of increasing supply.
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•
America Can’t Outgrow $40 Trillion in Debt
Stabilizing the federal debt through growth alone would require 7.3 percent annual real GDP growth. Nothing in our history suggests that’s remotely plausible.
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•
The Real Cost of $40 Trillion in Debt
Unchecked spending has pushed the federal debt to $40 trillion, weakening the economy and limiting the nation’s options when the next emergency arrives.
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•
Why Oil Keeps Getting More Abundant
Oil deposits may be finite, but human knowledge is not. Freedom, innovation, and entrepreneurship continually transform our use of resources.
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•
What the Olympics Really Cost: Rio’s 10-Year Legacy of Debt and Destruction
Rio 2016, like many ambitious projects, combined political cronyism and weak market discipline. Ordinary Brazilians are still paying the bill.
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•
Warsh Wants the Federal Reserve to Rethink the Rules
The new chairman has long argued the Fed’s own institutional habits undermine sound money. His blueprint suggests key reforms.
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•
Who Gets Rich from Innovation? Evidence from Broadband Expansion on the Colville Reservation
The biggest winners from new technologies are usually the people who use them, not the people who invent them.
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•
‘Pink’ Prices Aren’t Prejudice
Similar consumer products can command different prices. Critics call the pattern a “pink tax,” but it’s neither arbitrarily imposed nor impossible to avoid.
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•
Upward Mobility Is a Better Measure of Justice Than Income Equality
If your wealthy boss earns less, will you earn more? France’s compressed salary scale shows more ‘equal’ pay clusters at levels that could keep you both poorer.
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Immigrants Build America’s Most Valuable Companies
Visa holders founded half of today’s Fortune 500 companies and a majority of billion-dollar startups. Current restrictions damage that competitive advantage and choke off future growth.