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Shutting Down Future US Jobs

Shutting Down Future US Jobs

As usual, President Obama fails to think about long-term solutions to our economy. His role in the shutdown is one example, but a far more dangerous decision was his willingness to cancel his trip to Indonesia for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit (APEC). The outcome of this decision could stop the creation of millions of good-paying American jobs.

According to data from APEC, its members — including the United States and China, Russia, Mexico, Canada and 16 other countries — account ...

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Innovation Drives Our Economy

Innovation Drives Our Economy

The Business Roundtable recently proposed that the United States is the world’s innovation leader because of a commitment to basic research, a world-class workforce and a climate that rewards innovation.

This sense of pride has been eclipsed by a feeling of economic pessimism manifesting itself in a perceived lack of innovation from our private sector, and especially by our entrepreneurs.

Let’s look back to one of America’s greatest entrepreneurs: Henry Ford. He revolutionized automobile manufacturing and helped turn Detroit into the envy ...

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A Bill More Unpopular Than Obamacare Is

A Bill More Unpopular Than Obamacare Is

You don’t have to go too far to find someone vehemently opposed to Obamacare. What is new these days is that former enthusiastic supporters are now among its biggest critics. From business and union leaders to Republicans and Democrats, to conservatives and liberals, they all finally have something in common: they want Obamacare trashed.

The last time a president introduced a bill this contentious was in 1969, when President Nixon had the distinction of introducing the $2.5 billion Family Assistance Plan ...

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Economic Pessimism Evokes Great Depression

Economic Pessimism Evokes Great Depression

A new story from The Associated Press stopped me in my tracks. The gap in employment rates between America’s highest- and lowest-income families has stretched to its widest levels since officials began tracking the data a decade ago.

Rates of unemployment for the lowest-income families — those earning less than $20,000 — have topped 21 percent, nearly matching the rate for all workers during the Great Depression. U.S. households with income of more than $150,000 a year have an unemployment rate ...

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Too Much War — Not Enough Trade

Too Much War — Not Enough Trade

In my book, Conscientious Equity, I discuss the fact that when nations have free trade agreements with each other, they have historically not gone to war. Once the road for negotiations is open to trade, it remains open for other serious considerations.

Equally important is that free trade agreements benefit not only businesses, but also a country’s entire population. Global trade leads to economic freedom, which helps address poverty and minimize corruption.

So it was with great interest that I found a ...

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