American entrepreneurs, investors, businesses and workers are a hearty, resilient bunch. Despite government derailing the economy — and keeping it derailed for more than four years now — the private sector nonetheless continues to push ahead. Assorted political supporters of and media apologists for big government activism assert that government has saved the private market […]
With a minimal understanding of economics, it should become apparent quite quickly that ObamaCare makes for bad health care policy. But there’s more. Specifically, does ObamaCare make for bad law in the sense that it violates the Constitution? The Supreme Court has agreed to hear the case on the constitutionality of President Barack Obama’s health […]
It’s clear the Barack Obama White House ranks as one of the most activist regulatory administrations in history. Consequently, it’s not surprising the administration argues that regulatory costs and uncertainty aren’t hurting the economy. Jan Eberly, assistant treasury secretary on economic policy, recently tried to make the case for an-all-is-well position on regulation in a […]
Since late 2008, the Great Depression has made a big comeback in discussions over the economy and public policy. Unfortunately, the lessons that politicians and pundits say we’re supposed to learn often turn out to be dead wrong. But that’s not surprising. Perhaps no other period in U.S. history is so riddled with errors and […]