Finding Sources of Rare Earths beyond China
ChemInfo: Sterling Burnett outlines how to decrease America’s dependence on Chinese rare earth metals.
Real Final Sales Tick Up a Notch
Forbes: Bob McTeer says GDP numbers reflect a small increase in final sales.
Four More Years?
The Wall Street Journal: NCPA Board Chairman Pete du Pont on the economic impact of policy changes implemented under the Obama administration.
Four More Years?
The Wall Street Journal: NCPA Board Chairman Pete du Pont on the economic impact of policy changes implemented under the Obama administration.
Employment Dynamics–Gross Job Gains and Losses
Forbes: Bob McTeer says jobs numbers show a dynamic and evolving economy.
Are We Going Over a Cliff?
TownHall.com: Public policy uncertainty has slowed economic recovery, according to John Goodman’s latest Townhall.com commentary.
Avoiding a year-end fall from a fiscal cliff
The Dallas Morning News: Bob McTeer on his concerns about taxes, entitlements, and the looming fiscal cliff
Avoiding a year-end fall from a fiscal cliff
The Dallas Morning News: Bob McTeer on his concerns about taxes, entitlements, and the looming fiscal cliff
Priceless: Solving the Healthcare Debate Beyond Party Politics and Into the Marketplace
In the new book Priceless: Curing the Healthcare Crisis (The Independent Institute, June 2012), author John C. Goodman demonstrates how market forces have been driven out from the American healthcare system, making it nearly impossible to solve problems as effectively or efficiently as in virtually every other type of consumer marketplace.
John C. Goodman – Uncertainty and the CBO Report
FOX News Channel: John C. Goodman discussing economic uncertainty and the new CBO report.
John C. Goodman- Healthcare Lawsuits
FOX News Channel: John C. Goodman discussing the recent lawsuits filed by religious institutions against ObamaCare.
Romney Is About to Make Bush’s Health-Care Blunder
Bloomberg: John Goodman supports the use of tax credits in the expansion of health care coverage.
Energy Sec Chu takes to Facebook to review The Avengers and simultaneously tout clean-energy investment
Hot Air: NCPA report blames limited domestic access to rare earths on restrictive mining regulations.
Federal Task Force Mandates May Politicize Preventive Services
Heartlander: Devon Herrick explains that President Obama’s new task force may become politicized and cause higher premiums.
NCPA Study: U.S. Mining Policy Restricts Rare Earths Access
The U.S. could add jobs and strengthen national security by developing rare earth mining domestically and in other countries to break China’s 97% monopoly on the global supply of these critical minerals, according to a new report from the National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA).
Finding Sources of Rare Earths beyond China
The United States can create jobs, reduce reliance on foreign imports and improve national security by encouraging the domestic exploration and production of rare earth elements currently imported from other countries. While supplies of rare earths may not improve for several years, steps should be taken now to develop domestic mining and current policies should be changed to allow this growth.
New trend: Fewer teens are seeking employment
KTAR.com: NCPA data on teen unemployment mentioned on KTAR Newsradio.
Mining policies threaten national security and economy
The Hill: Sterling Burnett expresses concerns about increased U.S. dependency on imported rare earths resulting from tight government mining regulations.
Mining policies threaten national security and economy
The Hill: Sterling Burnett expresses concerns about increased U.S. dependency on imported rare earths resulting from tight government mining regulations.
Myths About Inequality
Townhall.com: In his latest Townhall commentary, John Goodman discusses economic inequality myths.
Wage Gap
FoxNews.com: Pam Villarreal explains that the wage gap between women and men may be a result of personal choice rather than gender discrimination.
Behind the numbers: Why do women earn less than men?
FoxNews.com: Pam Villarreal points out reasons for the wage gap between women and men, including personal choices and the number of hours worked.
Explaining the (Temporary?) Decline in Health Care Spending
Forbes: John Goodman is cited on a comparative analysis of the U.S. health care spending in relation to other developed countries.
Special Interests Stifle Medicaid Reform
US Daily Review: NCPA study concludes that lobbyists play a major role in driving up Medicaid drug program spending.
Power to the patient
The Daily Caller: John Goodman explains why patient-controlled health care is critical for cost control and quality care.