By JP Carroll Dead Socialist Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez was praised throughout his life by many figures in academia, journalism and Hollywood despite his brutal regime. This praise included Salon writer David Sirota’s piece after the leader’s death, titled “Hugo Chavez’s economic miracle.” In British publication The New Statesman, a headline as Chavez was nearing death in…
Juliegrace Brufke The Trans-Pacific Partnership would marginally boost job growth, income levels and exports in the U.S., according to a study published Wednesday by the International Trade Commission. The commission estimates the landmark trade deal negotiated between 12 Pacific Rim countries – signed by President Barack Obama earlier this month, but not yet approved by Congress – would increase real…
By Richard Pollock Three of the top four officials at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau have jumped from CFPB to lucrative posts representing financial services industry firms their former agency regulates, according to a Daily Caller News Foundation investigation. The latest of the departures is Quyen Truong, formerly deputy general counsel, who accepted a position…
By Kathryn Watson House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform members will mark up legislation Tuesday to give the Government Accounting Office (GAO) vastly expanded authority to conduct deep audits of the Federal Reserve System. The Federal Reserve Transparency Act sponsored by Kentucky Republican Rep. Thomas Massie directs the Comptroller General of the United States, who…
By Guy Bentley The gender wage gap is almost none existent in the developed world, according to a Korn Ferry Hay Group analysis of 33 countries around the globe. The study examined more than eight million employees across dozens of countries and found the pay gap between men and women working in same types of roles, with the same…
By Jeremy Beale Millennials are costing the U.S. economy more than $376 billion a year, according to a recent Gallup poll. The poll found that between 2008 and 2015, the economy lost approximately $949 million per day and $346.4 billion a year due to the lack of millennials spending money. An additional $30.5 billion was lost…
By Lee Enochs There is a “smoking gun” in Gary Johnson’s Presidential Campaign and it is his massive campaign debt… This is a matter of central importance to Libertarians who advocate free market capitalism, financial prudence, and have concern about America’s staggering national debt. Former Congressman and 1988 Libertarian Presidential candidate Ron Paul has spent…
By Michael Bastasch Christiana Figueres, the outgoing head of the United Nations Climate Change Secretariat, has put out a video asking people to buy UN carbon offsets to help fight global warming — it’s so easy, she says, she’s bought offsets for herself and her family. “I’ve offset all my emissions for myself and my…
By Connor D. Wolf The fast-food chain Wendy’s plans to start automating all of its restaurants in an effort to overcome recent minimum wage increases and a weak market, according to reports Thursday. Wendy’s will install self-serving kiosks at it’s over 6,000 locations later in the year, reports Investor’s Business Daily. Retailers and restaurants have…
By Ethan Barton White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said Thursday a recent oversight report exposing $35 million was spent on questionable, government-funded research is “pretty pathetic” compared to more serious issues like the Zika virus. “I think it’s pretty pathetic when we are facing a serious public health crisis, as described by our public health…