Obama Builds a Berlin Wall--for American Companies
The Berlin Wall was not built to keep invaders out but to keep an oppressed people in. Obama's efforts to stop tax inversions is his Berlin Wall to keep keep corporations oppressed by high taxes from escaping to freedom.
Why Intellectual Property Should Be Included In Trade Agreements
IP goods are the largest share of U.S. exports and support a significant portion of the U.S. economy. The U.S. economy is increasingly dependent on the products of innovation, so policies that support innovation and creativity should be priorities for the U.S. government, especially in trade agreements. And nudging our trading partners toward greater respect for intellectual property rights also turns out to be in their best interests.
Saving Our Savings
To save our savings, government needs only to get out of the way.
Why Has the Left Become So Outraged Over Low-Wage Jobs?
Low-wage jobs in a free market are not a bad thing, they are necessary to allowing unskilled workers to get a job.
Muddled Morality and a Whopper of a Tale
An anti-inversion law that ignores broader tax reform might be legal but certainly is not the right thing to do.
Will Conservatives Make the Same Mistake Obama Has Made?
Reports say some conservatives want to pit low-income workers against immigrants by saying the later take U.S. jobs. A better political strategy is to outline a pro-growth economic agenda that creates jobs for all workers.
What's Behind Those Rising Health Insurance Premiums?
Defenders of the Affordable Care Act are boasting that health insurance premiums are not rising as much as some analysts predicted. They will. There are multiple factors, including politics, that drive health insurance premiums up—and down. The ACA increases both inefficiency and utilization, which will increase total health care spending and therefore health insurance premiums—just the opposite of what President Obama promised.
Dear FCC: The Power to Regulate State Affairs Belongs to the State
The FCC has no authority to sweep aside state law in order to promote municipally owned broadband networks.
The Death of Death Panels
The initial debate over Obamacare's "death panels" was a little overblown, but the potential was real. The death panel is currently in limbo, but the economic forces inherent in Obamacare could revive the death panel some time in the future.
So Much for the European Model
Americans in almost every income class are better off than their European counterparts.
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