Diana Furchtgott-Roth
America’s Secure Energy Policy – At Home and Abroad
President Donald J. Trump has taken off the shackles of energy production by ending the Democrats’ war on fossil fuels. He is promoting oil and gas production, canceling the ban on new exports of natural gas, ending requirements for sales of electric vehicles and other electric appliances, and withdrawing from the Paris Agreement and other […]
Why Minimum Wage Laws Hurt America
States such as California and New York and cities such as Seattle, WA are raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour, and other states and localities are planning to follow. Unfortunately, these higher minimum wages will not move people out of poverty. Rather, they will have the opposite effect of depriving young and […]
Lessons on Job Creation for the 112th Congress
When the 112th Congress convenes in January, the first order of business should be to address what many Americans worry about more than health care, Afghanistan, or global warming—jobs. Americans are rightly concerned. Although the National Bureau of Economic Research announced that the recovery ended in June 2009, the unemployment rate is still at 9.6 […]
