Economics
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Budgets/TaxesEconomicsEnvironment/EnergyHealth Care
A Year of Top Heartland Stories
by Billy Aouste December 28, 20172017 is coming to a close and what a wonderful year it was for The Heartland Institute.
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EconomicsFeatured
We Need a New Name for “Trickle-Down” Economics
by Charles Baird December 21, 2017In the 1980s, when supply-side economics emerged as a competitor to Keynesian macroeconomic thought, it was decried by the Keynesians as “trickle-down” economics.
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Budgets/TaxesEconomics
Brady’s Tax Reform Proposal Could Unleash America’s Economic Engine
by Jesse Hathaway November 29, 2017Americans have suffered through years of the weakest economic rebound following a recession in modern history. Thankfully, to riff on a popular advertising jingle, “R-E-F-O-R-M” spells “relief.”
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Climate ChangeEconomicsEnvironment/Energy
World Bank’s Climate Efforts Betray It’s Founding Mission
by H. Sterling Burnett November 5, 2017The World Bank may be headed for a budget cut. President Donald Trump has joined representatives from Australia, China, Ghana, India, Nigeria, and Zimbabwe in demanding the bank get back to its core mission of helping impoverished countries develop, instead of funding the climate concerns of wealthy western nations.
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EconomicsLiberty
David Kelley’s Three Greatest Hits at The Atlas Society
by Edward Hudgins October 30, 2017Objectivism originated with Ayn Rand, is defined by certain principles, but has its own logic and implications that might even be at odds with some of Rand’s own thoughts.
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EconomicsFeatured
Have Tattoos? Well … Study Says: Lower Your Professional Expectations
by Clifford Thies October 8, 2017Do people become losers because they get inked, or do they get inked because they’re losers. Which came first? The tattoo or being a loser?
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Budgets/TaxesClimate ChangeEconomicsEnvironment/EnergyHealth CarePodcast
In The Tank (ep108) – Manhattan Institute, Expanding ACA Waivers, Trump Tax Cuts, No Four-Year Degrees
by Donald Kendal September 29, 2017John Nothdurft and Donny Kendal present episode #108 of the In The Tank Podcast. Today’s podcast features work from the Manhattan Institute, the Tax Foundation, the American Action Network, and the Center of the American Experiment.
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Budgets/TaxesClimate ChangeEconomicsEnvironment/EnergyFeaturedHealth CareLibertyPodcast
In The Tank (ep106) – Heartland President Tim Huelskamp, Hidden Truth About Environmentalists, and More
by Donald Kendal September 15, 2017John Nothdurft and Donny Kendal present episode #106 of the In The Tank Podcast. Today’s podcast features work from the Heartland Institute, the Pioneer Institute and the Empire Center.
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Budgets/TaxesEconomicsEnvironment/Energy
Warning to the Swamp: There’s Wide and Diverse Opposition to Harmful Agricultural Subsidies*
by H. Sterling Burnett September 11, 2017Numerous organizations, across the ideological spectrum, are aggressively trying to change the status quo of agricultural handouts.
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Budgets/TaxesClimate ChangeEconomicsEducationEnvironment/EnergyHealth Care
Heartland Weekly – How Corporate Tax Reform Can Grow The Economy, Restore Jobs And Lift Wages
by Billy Aouste September 11, 2017If you don’t visit Freedom Pub and the Heartlander digital magazine every day, you’re missing out on some of the best news and commentary on liberty and free markets you can find. But worry not, freedom lovers! Heartland Weekly is here for you every Monday with a highlight show.
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Budgets/TaxesEconomics
Free Markets, Not Government, Improve Race Relations
by Richard Ebeling September 5, 2017Politically we seem to be living in some trying times.
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Budgets/TaxesEconomicsFeaturedGovernmentLibertyPodcastTaxes
In The Tank (ep104) – Trump’s Tax Reform Plan, Accusations of Price Gouging, and Stadium Subsidies
by Donald Kendal September 1, 2017In John’s absence, Donny Kendal is joined by Research Fellow for Budget and Tax, Jesse Hathaway, in episode #104 of the In The Tank Podcast.
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Economics
Heartland on the Air: Lennie Jarratt on the Illinois Channel
by Billy Aouste August 25, 2017On August 16, Lennie Jarratt, project manager for the Center for Transforming Education at The Heartland Institute was interviewed on the Illinois Channel.