http://www.heritage.org/static/rss/economy.xmlEconomy - The Heritage Foundationen-US© Copyright 2012info@heritage.orgRSS Generator {63F0FED8-AA8B-4770-8EED-C5B2A5EB4003}http://www.heritage.org/sitecore/content/home/research/testimony/2012/02/testimony-on-attempting-to-bolster-the-economyTestimony before the Joint Economic Committee United States Congress on the effectiveness of extending UI benefits.Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:18:00 -0500{54E742AE-F9F9-4AC2-862F-72E4A5521BB7}http://www.heritage.org/sitecore/content/home/research/reports/2012/02/2012-index-of-dependence-on-governmentThe 2012 Index of Dependence on Government highlights the gathering fiscal storm clouds. Unsustainable increases in dependent populations predate the recent recession—and continuing economic morass—and have continued to rise since the economy collapsed in 2008 and 2009. There is one silver lining to those clouds: A few policymakers and independent public policy groups have advanced plans for restoring fiscal balance in Washington. Among them is The Heritage Foundation. Heritage calls its fiscal plan Saving the American Dream. The Heritage plan reforms and funds those government programs that matter most to people who need the government’s help, and it frees the private sector to create the millions of jobs that will dramatically reduce the growth of dependence on government.Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:33:00 -0500{7DBDA505-4F9A-4833-87C8-F4F1F8E55159}http://www.heritage.org/sitecore/content/home/research/reports/2012/02/xi-visit-an-opportunity-to-finally-establish-china-prioritiesThe Obama Administration should use Xi Jinping’s visit to clarify American military, economic, and diplomatic priorities toward China.Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500{C9FAE292-3AC1-4ECF-B7C0-C1E41D5E1E6A}http://www.heritage.org/sitecore/content/home/research/reports/2012/02/cbo-baseline-budget-outlook-shows-dismal-state-of-us-financesThe CBO budget outlook has reaffirmed the dismal state of the nation’s finances.Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:03:00 -0500{0C2A2226-54A8-46C1-8B17-2204EBAFEFE5}http://www.heritage.org/sitecore/content/home/research/lecture/2012/01/where-are-the-entrepreneurs-why-their-absence-means-policymakers-are-getting-bad-adviceMacroeconomic models that attend to the margin will discover the entrepreneur inhabiting that margin, the same one who holds center stage in daily economic life.Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:33:00 -0500{FC5C95B1-B38E-4FD9-9AE8-44951A4BFE9F}http://www.heritage.org/sitecore/content/home/research/reports/2012/01/consumer-financial-protection-bureau-concerns-with-its-broad-powersWithin hours of Richard Cordray assuming the role of director at the CFPB, agency officials began exercising their newly expanded powers.Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:09:00 -0500{27029FCB-4005-4437-9182-4E1CB9521EAE}http://www.heritage.org/sitecore/content/home/research/reports/2012/01/governments-proper-role-in-creating-jobs-top-five-actions-to-takeCongress should take promptly five actions to get government out of the way of private sector job-creation: enact the New Flat Tax, free America’s energy markets, support free trade through international negotiation, halt unwarranted overregulation of markets, and repeal the government’s labor price-fixing for federal construction.Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:26:00 -0500{47DD5500-F24E-496F-BB11-05642DB1AC6D}http://www.heritage.org/sitecore/content/home/research/factsheets/2012/01/the-new-flat-tax-encourages-growth-and-job-creationThe New Flat Tax replaces today’s convoluted tax system with a simple, neutral, and transparent tax system that will allow America to achieve its full economic potential.Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500{DA5B9598-DB11-48B7-8F81-8A6E01BABB3E}http://www.heritage.org/sitecore/content/home/research/reports/2012/01/obamas-insourcing-agenda-would-hurt-economy-and-cost-jobsThe President’s call to tax more heavily U.S. businesses operating abroad would move in exactly the wrong direction.Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:28:00 -0500{22216F1E-F201-4B98-9EED-28DC818157BB}http://www.heritage.org/sitecore/content/home/research/reports/2012/01/impact-of-financial-transactions-tax-on-the-economy-and-jobsA financial transactions tax has always struggled to gain traction with Congress in the past, and that should remain the case.Wed, 11 Jan 2012 09:09:00 -0500{EDF80B67-A814-4259-BD8A-4675C4B534C8}http://www.heritage.org/sitecore/content/home/multimedia/audio/2012/01/heritage-in-focus-1-5-2012In this week's Heritage in Focus, Bill Beach discusses policy mistakes of 2011, and offers fresh economic principles to guide policy in 2012Thu, 05 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500{A1C91C89-6A3D-4AA2-A38B-26B936923602}http://www.heritage.org/sitecore/content/home/research/commentary/2011/12/from-time-to-trains-government-is-no-innovatorOn virtually every policy issue and in most sectors of the economy, the left’s solutions call for bigger government. The clear implication of that worldview: We should trust government bureaucrats more than private individuals to innovate, create and provide prosperity and general well-being.Fri, 16 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0500{19637AD9-70A6-49F6-A962-719D7794C243}http://www.heritage.org/sitecore/content/home/multimedia/audio/2011/11/istook908-people-outsmart-governmentIstook American people paying down debtMon, 28 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0500{6DDCD6F4-7AD3-416C-B3D2-737D582ECF8B}http://www.heritage.org/sitecore/content/home/multimedia/audio/2011/11/istook907-black-friday-beats-occupiersIstook Occupy Wall Street movement failSun, 27 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0500{179307EA-5997-4939-B7A4-62EF968963C8}http://www.heritage.org/sitecore/content/home/multimedia/audio/2011/11/wapshott-podcast-11-3-11In this week's Heritage in Focus podcast, author Nicholas Wapshott discusses the conflicting views of economists John Maynard Keynes and Friedrich Hayek. David Weinberger hosts.Thu, 03 Nov 2011 01:00:00 -0400{4A950F25-12E3-41E8-BF4E-CFEBD7DC429E}http://www.heritage.org/sitecore/content/home/multimedia/audio/2011/11/istook890-stimulus-fraudIstook Stimulus FraudWed, 02 Nov 2011 01:00:00 -0400{7BE0604D-A568-4DC8-918B-273DC56E1EEA}http://www.heritage.org/sitecore/content/home/research/reports/2011/11/true-tax-reform-improves-the-economy-does-not-raise-taxesThe heart of tax reform is to achieve a stronger economy through the adoption of a more economically neutral tax system featuring much lower marginal tax rates. But current discussions of tax reform have been mistakenly caught in the debate over how to cut current and future budget deficits. Wed, 02 Nov 2011 01:00:00 -0400{983206CC-855C-4E1A-B2D0-D23BF0E1AA68}http://www.heritage.org/sitecore/content/home/multimedia/audio/2011/10/istook888-depending-on-governmentIstook Government DependenceMon, 31 Oct 2011 01:00:00 -0400{90D427E7-D43A-498C-AE53-63D7D8F7A8E0}http://www.heritage.org/sitecore/content/home/research/reports/2011/10/avoiding-americas-lost-decadesJapanese-style long-term stagnation may well ensue in the U.S. unless a fundamental course correction is taken.Tue, 18 Oct 2011 15:36:00 -0400{B9394D46-E026-422E-A6AC-42B6074EB49C}http://www.heritage.org/sitecore/content/home/multimedia/video/2011/10/gardiner-fbn-10-11-11Nile Gardiner discusses jobs in America.Tue, 11 Oct 2011 01:00:00 -0400