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Megan Rapinoe Understands Economics

Equal pay for women has been a roaring issue during the Women’s World Cup, reaching its peak when, during the U.S. women’s national team’s victory parade, fans began chanting “e-qual pay”to the same rhythm as the ever-popular “U-S-A.” This is nothing new. WNBA players have been demanding equal pay to their male counterparts for years, despite…

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Republicans Cheer for Hillary Clinton’s Positions When Delivered by Ivanka Trump

Republicans really don’t care about limited government anymore — at least, those who were in Cleveland for the RNC do not. Such facts became crystal clear when the droves of sycophantic followers cheered enthusiastically for a speech that sounded like it belonged at Hillary Clinton’s convention. Ivanka Trump used debunked liberal stats and talking points…

Women Choose To Make Less Money Than Men — And That’s OK

April 12th is Equal Pay Day, a day which marks when women have “caught up” to what men earned the previous year. This day is based on the oft-repeated statistic that women make 77 cents per every man’s dollar. Did you know that statistic only compares the median wages of all full-time male and female workers?…

Amy Adams On Pay Gap: Men and Women Negotiate Equally

USA Today is reporting that Amy Adams feels a little out-of-step with her fellow actress Jennifer Lawrence, who co-starred alongside Adams in the acclaimed film American Hustle back in 2013. You might recall then that Lawrence had made a big stink following a link of insider studio information regarding the discovery that she and Adams…

Top Economist Breaks Down the Truth About the Gender Wage Gap

Guy Bentley The 17 percent gender pay gap is almost entirely due to age, marriage and the different hours worked by men and women, according to a top economist at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI). The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) annual report on the “Highlights of Women’s Earnings” shows women’s in full-time work median…