Let’s start with a simple fact: It’s not economic “stimulus” when someone comes along, takes money from your right pocket and puts some of it back in your left pocket (keeping much of it for “other...

“Stimulus” checks are in the mail to many (but not all) Americans, and the news is awash in stories about the best ways to spend that $1,400, and even speculation about whether we’ll see a “stimmy...

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed our routines, but it doesn’t change the laws of economics. Yet it seems government is in the business of doing something when it really should do nothing, such as...

Words mean things—and that’s just one of the flaws in Pedro L. Gonzalez’s latest piece in Newsweek, titled “The Conservative Case for a $15 Minimum Wage.” There’s nothing conservative about the class...

This has been a wild year. For me, my family moved last year from our beloved Texas to Virginia for my job with the extraordinary folks at the White House. While there, I helped write the president’s...

During most of my time at the White House over the last year, America was experiencing one of the best labor markets ever. The White House called it a blue-collar boom. And they were right. Then the...

A recent Wall Street Journal article highlighted the devastating mental health effects of the pandemic on children. Kids have been subjected to stifling lockdowns even though there has been overwhe...

Along with more than $2 trillion in new government spending, President Joe Biden also wants to raise the corporate income tax (CIT) rate from 21% to 28%—that’s a 33% tax hike on corporations. He also...

President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion “COVID-19 relief” package signed in March (in combination with the $900 billion package signed into law back in December) contains the largest impediment to...

Today, President Biden announced the American Families Plan, an investment in our kids, our families, and our economic future.In March, the President

U.S. Economic Situation—April 2021 Many Americans continue recovering from the recession that began in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and forced business closures by state and local govern...

Let’s start with a simple fact: It’s not economic “stimulus” when someone comes along, takes money from your right pocket and puts some of it back in your left pocket (keeping much of it for “other...

Institutions, like the family, provide the structure for society and protection from the caprices of life. There are big institutions—things like economic systems such as capitalism and socialism—and...

Along with more than $2 trillion in new government spending, President Joe Biden also wants to raise the corporate income tax (CIT) rate from 21% to 28%—that’s a 33% tax hike on corporations. He also...

How complicated tax laws undermine efforts to create a fair, growing economy

The economic success of the Texas Model’s limited government framework demonstrates that institutions matter for prosperity. But Texas must improve to remain competitive and support greater flouris...

Voters chose a different direction this election. The new administration and lawmakers nationwide must determine how to get the economy on track. The historical evidence is clear that free market......