DOLLARS AND SENSE ECONOMICS

IWF’s Dollars and Sense Economic project highlights the problems with costs of government overreach, including how government’s overspending impacts the economy and taxpayers and how programs that sound compassionate, such as extended unemployment benefits and generous welfare programs, can discourage work and ultimately harm those they are intended to help. IWF offers an alternative vision of how government can be scaled back, so that aid and intervention is targeted where it is really needed and a thriving private sector and civil society can emerge. IWF highlights ways that government could be streamlined (including reform of our entitlement programs) and how the tax code could be made fairer and less burdensome to encourage greater growth and innovation. IWF also explains how regulations are strangling the private sector, preventing job creation, and needlessly constricting Americans' private life.

Categories:  Budget & Spending,  the economy,  Energy,  Entitlement Programs (welfare, UI, Social Security, SSDI, etc),  Intellectual Property Rights,  Taxation, Technology

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Angry Father Confronts Elizabeth Warren on Her College Debt Forgiveness Plan

January 24 2020
by Charlotte Hays

Diners Don’t Swallow San Francisco Restaurants' New Climate Change Surcharge

January 23 2020
by Patrice Lee Onwuka

Why Do Elites So Love to Be Lectured by a Swedish Teenager?

January 23 2020
by Charlotte Hays

Mr. Trump Goes to Davos

January 22 2020
by Charlotte Hays

Two Truths and a Lie: The Stock Market

January 21 2020
by Hadley Heath

California’s AB5 Triggers Outcry From Independent Contractors

January 20 2020
by Patrice Lee Onwuka

Small College, Big Spender: A Case Study in Why College Costs Too Much

January 17 2020
by Charlotte Hays

Why Are Progressives Waging War on Private Charity?

January 9 2020
by Charlotte Hays

Policy Priorities for Women in 2020

January 3 2020
by Beverly Hallberg

Dear Mayor de Blasio, a $30 Domino’s Pizza on NYE is a Basic Lesson of Supply and Demand

January 2 2020
by Patrice Lee Onwuka

Video: Charitable Giving in the U.S.

December 26 2019
by IWF Staff

5 Tech Trends that Shaped Your Life Over the Past Decade

December 23 2019
by Patrice Lee Onwuka

Not Convincing: Talking Down the Robust Economy

December 23 2019
by Charlotte Hays

U.S. Economy Roars into 2020

December 16 2019
by Patrice Lee Onwuka

Two Truths and a Lie: Universal Basic Income

December 13 2019
by Charlotte Whelan

San Francisco: Have a New Tech Idea? Get a Permit!

December 11 2019
by Patrice Lee Onwuka

AOC Peddled Misinformation to Slam New Trump Food Stamp Reform

December 6 2019
by Patrice Lee Onwuka

3 Reasons to Give Before Midnight:

December 3 2019
by Carrie L. Lukas

There’s something magical about this time of year

December 3 2019
by Patrice Lee Onwuka

Unthanksgiving Day is a Thing and Not a Good One

December 2 2019
by Patrice Lee Onwuka

Writing From Hong Kong (Big Announcement)

November 28 2019
by Claudia Rosett

Giving Thanks for a Strong Economy

November 27 2019
by Julie Gunlock

A Strong Holiday Shopping Season to Deliver Workers a Big Pay Day

November 25 2019
by Patrice Lee Onwuka

Surprised? Cory Booker and Conservatives Actually Agree on Some Ways to Empower Black America

November 25 2019
by Carrie Sheffield

Freeloading Billionaires?

November 22 2019
by Charlotte Hays

LA Residents: No More Money to Fix Homelessness, Do Better with What We Gave You

November 19 2019
by Patrice Lee Onwuka

FCC’s Justified Campaign to Modernize Media Ownership Rules

November 11 2019
by Patrice Lee Onwuka

Key Indicators from a Terrific Jobs Report

November 5 2019
by Rachel DiCarlo Currie

Two Truths and a Lie: Public Charge

October 29 2019
by Patrice Lee Onwuka

A Taco Truck Learned that Caving to Anti-ICE Outcry is a Losing Strategy

October 29 2019
by Patrice Lee Onwuka

IWF Reads: The Case Against Socialism

October 25 2019
by Heather Madden

Video: Americans Are Better Off Now

October 24 2019
by Patrice Lee Onwuka

Capitalism Is Best Way to Combat Climate Change

October 23 2019
by Charlotte Hays

Target's Minimum Wage Hike Two Years Later

October 22 2019
by Charlotte Hays

Quiz: Are Americans Better Off Now Than We Were Three Years Ago?

October 21 2019
by IWF Staff

Video: Addressing America's Immigration Challenges

October 15 2019
by IWF Staff

Cato Survey: Young Resent Rich More than Previous Generations

October 9 2019
by Charlotte Hays

What the FCC’s Net Neutrality Repeal Court Win Means & Doesn’t Mean

October 2 2019
by Patrice Lee Onwuka

Two Truths and a Lie: Payroll Taxes

October 1 2019
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September 30 2019
by Patrice Lee Onwuka

More Good News! U.S. Households Hit Record-High Incomes in 2018

September 27 2019
by Patrice Lee Onwuka

A Strong Economy Benefits Low-Income, Less Educated Workers

September 26 2019
by Vicki E. Alger

Some Behaviors Can Make You Poor

September 24 2019
by Charlotte Hays

Millennials are Pessimistic about Retirement

September 23 2019
by Betsy Pearson

Is Capitalism the Key to Fixing Climate Change?

September 23 2019
by Charlotte Hays

Poor Women, Kids Need Food Stamps Not Millionaires, Lottery Winners

September 19 2019
by Patrice Lee Onwuka

VIDEO: 3 Common Budget Myths Debunked

September 13 2019
by Patrice Lee Onwuka

California Just Made It Harder for Americans to Access Credit, Short-term Loans

September 12 2019
by Patrice Lee Onwuka

California Bill AB 5 May Just Kill the Gig Economy -- And That’s the Point

September 12 2019
by Patrice Lee Onwuka

Big Labor’s Minimum Wage Blues

September 11 2019
by Charlotte Hays