Daily Policy Digest
Economic Issues
| Asset Bubbles and Supply Failures Housing prices have a difficult time falling to new equilibrium prices primarily because of high loan-to-value mortgages and costly foreclosures... |
| The Dodd-Frank Act versus the Rule of Law The Dodd-Frank Act increases the instability of financial institutions, rather than reducing it, says Roger Koppl, a senior fellow with the National Center for Policy Analysis... |
| The Impact of Federal Regulations on U.S. Manufacturing The U.S. manufacturing sector has slowly decreased its share of the gross domestic product from 27 percent in 1957 to 12.2 percent in 2011... |
| The Food Stamp Recovery In 2012, 47 million people receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits -- nearly 15 percent of the population, or one in seven Americans... |
| Uncertainty and the Economy The most important sources of economic uncertainty stem from taxes, government spending and fiscal policy... |
| Missing in Action: Growth Surrounding debates over economic policies are two issues: the growth of the national economy and the growth of federal debt; however, neither is talked about together... |
| The Case for Abolishing the Economic Development Administration The Economic Development Administration is poor at reading market signals to know where to make wise investment... |
| Flaws in U.S. Trade Laws Discourage Trade and Foster Protectionism While the United States touts its free trade policies, there are serious flaws in the nation's laws that discourage trade and foster protectionism... |
| Regulation and the International Competitiveness of the U.S. Economy In 2005, the United States was ranked best in terms of financial freedom according to the Heritage Index of Economic Freedom; in 2011, nine countries ranked higher... |
| Government a Barrier, Not a Help, to Economic Growth Sixty-nine percent of small business owners and manufacturers polled say President Obama's regulatory policies have hurt their businesses... |
