Economics

2017 is coming to a close and what a wonderful year it was for The Heartland Institute.

In the 1980s, when supply-side economics emerged as a competitor to Keynesian macroeconomic thought, it was decried by the Keynesians as “trickle-down” economics.

Americans 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.”

The 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.

Objectivism 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.

Do 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?

John 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.

John 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.

Numerous organizations, across the ideological spectrum, are aggressively trying to change the status quo of agricultural handouts.
The safety net doesn’t even require crop losses. It’s primarily concerned with insulating the largest agricultural producers from ordinary business risks.

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Politically we seem to be living in some trying times.

In 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.

On August 16, Lennie Jarratt, project manager for the Center for Transforming Education at The Heartland Institute was interviewed on the Illinois Channel.