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Does Paul Krugman Have a Retirement Account?
Does Princeton University professor Paul Krugman have a bank account, check book, credit card, mortgage, or retirement account? In Monday's New York Times he characterizes those who achieve success in...
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Chairman Ryan, Ranking Member Van Hollen, and Members of the Committee, thank you for inviting me to appear today to discuss the central issues of poverty and opportunity in America. The fiftieth...
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Join Diana Furchtgott-Roth and the e21 Team on Twitter for SOTU Rapid Reaction
Join Diana Furchtgott-Roth @FurchtgottRoth& the e21 team @Economics21 on Twitter tonight starting at 8:45 p.m. ET. as they live tweet their reactions to President Obama’s 2014 State of the Union...
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The President's Mixed Performance on Higher Education
President Obama delivered a mixed performance on higher-education issues in his State of the Union address. As college tuition continues to grow, debt loads increase, and delinquency and default rates...
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Republican Alternatives to Obamacare the President Forgot
As can be expected in a mid-term election year, last night’s State of the Union speech was a doozy. This time around, the President promised Americans everything from retirement security and tax...
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Is the Green Energy Bubble Finally Bursting?
What was notable about the last night’s State of the Union address with regard to energy was not what the president said, it was what he did not say. We heard the usual tired bromides. It only took...
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Why the Obsession with Manufacturing Jobs?
President Obama was right to prioritize growing the economy in his State of the Union address, but he is putting his faith in the wrong places.He stressed the federal government’s central role in...
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One (or Two) Cheers for the War on Poverty
The State of the Union address provided an occasion to reflect on federal policies to promote opportunity and economic mobility. There are ways to build on the progress we have made while improving on...
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Obama's Minimum Wage Order is Out of Step with America
President Obama's executive order raising the minimum wage from $7.25 to $10.10 an hour covers employees of federal government contractors who work on federal projects, and applies to new contracts.It...
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Fed’s Low Interest Rates Don’t Spur Business Investment
On Wednesday the Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Market Committee issued a release detailing its future course. The release stated that because of slight improvements in economic growth, employment, and...
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School Choice Saves Students and Taxpayer Money
During National School Choice Week 2014, it is important to set the record straight on school choice programs. Empowering students to choose their own schools is not only academically beneficial, but...
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Who Should Pay for the Arts? Private Support Beats Public Subsidies
Should the federal government subsidize the arts? Dancer Nora Younkin thinks so. In the Huffington Post recently, she argued that the societal benefits of arts such as dance are not only cultural and...
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The Fed at 6 1/2 Percent Unemployment
The unemployment rate has fallen to 6.7 percent. January’s employment situation, to be released next Friday, may show an unemployment rate of 6 1/2 percent or lower—the Federal Reserve’s stated...
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Making School Choice Work: A Lesson from Isreal
It is National School Choice Week in America. On Wednesday, the American Federation for Children, a national organization promoting school choice, held a celebration at Friendship Chamberlain...
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e21 Asks: Should States Expand School Choice?
During National School Choice Week we asked e21 readers, “Should states expand school choice?” Readers were overwhelmingly in support of school choice, with “Yes” responses garnering 86 percent of the...
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The Collapse of the Great Gatsby Curve
As expected, President Obama’s State of the Union address to the nation last week was suffused with the theme of opportunity. Over the past two years, the president has consistently tied the...
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The Myth of the Plutocrats
Most members of the upper-class do not stay there very long. Treasury Department data tracked 400 individuals with the highest incomes from 1992 to 2009. The results show high levels of turnover among...
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The Verdict On Keystone XL Is In
With the State Department's announcement that the Keystone XL pipeline poses no environmental risks, the verdict is now in, and the pipeline should be approved.The Keystone XL pipeline would allow oil...
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Keystone XL Delay 3 Times Longer Than Construction
Five years, four months, and fifteen days ago, the first application for the Keystone XL pipeline was submitted to the U.S. State Department by TransCanada Corporation. What could you have done in that...
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CBO: The ACA is Driving Workers Out of the Workforce
For the past few years, U.S. job growth has been anemic even as the unemployment rate has steadily dropped, mainly because large numbers of workers are dropping out of the workforce altogether. The...
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