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The Future of American Freedom, Harrison Schmitt Addresses Heartland's 25th Anniversary Dinner

The Heartland Institute / November 02, 2009

Former NASA astronaut and former US senator Harrison Schmitt Oct. 29, 2009 told the annual dinner of the Heartland Institute, marking its 25th birthday, ... (read more)

The Supply-Side Revolution: 20 Years Later

Alan Reynolds

Joint Economic Committee / March 01, 2000

The U.S. suffered three increasingly painful episodes of "stagflation" in 1970, 1974-75 and 1980-82. That nasty combination of inflation and recession ... (read more)

Sarbanes-Oxley Role In Slowing Economy’s Recovery

John Berleau

YouTube Video / Competitive Enterprise Institute / June 10, 2009

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a challenge to a key part of Sarbanes-Oxley brought by CEI. John Berleau, director of the Center for Investors ... (read more)

Bailouts Likely to Result in Malaise

Robert B. Ekelund, Jr. and Mark Thornton

Finance, Insurance & Real Estate News / The Heartland Institute / June 01, 2009

Given all the “reforms,” bailouts, and planned regulatory and monetary machinations adopted since January 2008, can we expect a return to robust ... (read more)

Harvard Economist Rips Economic Stimulus Bill

Robert Carroll

Budget & Tax News / The Heartland Institute / April 01, 2009

Economist Robert Barro of Harvard University calls the stimulus bill “a terrible piece of legislation.”In a Tax Foundation podcast interview, ... (read more)

Will the $800 Billion-Plus Stimulus Plan Bring Economic Recovery?

Gerald W. Scully

Brief Analysis No. 643 / National Center for Policy Analysis / February 10, 2009

Among these policies, less stringent mortgage lending terms generated millions of subprime mortgages with a face value of several trillion dollars. Cheap ... (read more)

Obama’s Plan Could Lengthen Crash

Jim Waters

Budget & Tax News / The Heartland Institute / March 01, 2009

While President Barack Obama proposes to restart the economy via the largest public-works construction program since the inception of the national interstate ... (read more)

Offshored Money Could Spur Recovery

John Nothdurft

Letter to the Editor / The Washington Post / January 08, 2009

Three weeks ago, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was saying that the economy needed a stimulus package of $600 billion. Less than two weeks later, President-elect ... (read more)

World Nations Competing With Tax Cuts, Not Hikes

Steven Malanga

Budget & Tax News / The Heartland Institute / February 01, 2009

The election of Sen. Barack Obama to the presidency has elicited debate about whether he will drive America toward a European-style economy, one that is ... (read more)

The Anti-Technology Bail-Out

Thomas Hazlett

Financial Times / Financial Times / December 01, 2008

With Detroit's auto-makers flat on their financial backs, GM, Ford and Chrysler are begging for at least $25bn in public subsidies. They hold 250,000 auto ... (read more)