Review: The Upside of Inequality by Frank Hill for The North State Journal Many people hear the term “income inequality” and think: “We gotta do something to fix that!” Which almost always means pass more legislation and give more power to government officials. Ed Conard, former managing partner of Bain Capital, thinks differently. He sees rising income inequality as a good sign for an economy, not as a negative. As he writes in his eminently readable book, ... Read More
Two charts show income inequality hasn’t risen as much as we’ve been led to believe
Two charts show income inequality hasn’t risen as much as we’ve been led to believe. ... Read More
Read My Review of Andy Puzder’s “The Capitalist Comeback”
Edward Conard RealClearPolitics June 7, 2018 You’d be forgiven if you thought the tide of public opinion had turned against capitalism. As the news media eagerly report on polls showing that millennials increasingly reject capitalism, progressives energetically push the Democratic Party to the left. A forceful rebuttal has arrived in the form of a new book by Andy Puzder, the one-time nominee to be U.S. secretary of labor. Puzder, the former chief operating officer of ... Read More
Breakdown of Productivity Growth From 1990-2017
This chart shows the breakdown of productivity growth from 1990-2017. ... Read More
NYT Graph Shows GOP Tax and Budget Bills Will Have a Relatively Small Impact on the Deficit
A graph in the New York Times shows Republican Tax and Budget bills had a relatively small impact on the budget. ... Read More
