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

Coming This Holiday Season: New Perks for Retail Workers Courtesy of the Economy

September 17 2018
by Patrice Lee Onwuka

On Jobs and Poverty, the New York Times Willfully Gets It Wrong

September 14 2018
by Charlotte Hays

‘Cosby Show’ Star has a Message About Work Everyone Should Hear

September 5 2018
by Patrice Lee Onwuka

No, Our Growing Economy Is Not A "Sugar High"

August 24 2018
by Charlotte Hays

Unreliable Metro System Always Has the Tin Cup Out

August 22 2018
by Charlotte Hays

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Favorite Coffee Shop Closed Because of Minimum Wage Hikes

August 22 2018
by Charlotte Hays

Trump EPA Rolls Back Costly Obama-Era Energy Regulations

August 21 2018
by Patrice Lee Onwuka

College Loan Debt Said to Be Key Factor in One In Eight Divorces

August 16 2018
by Charlotte Hays

Net Neutrality is Dead and the Internet is Getting Faster

August 15 2018
by Patrice Lee Onwuka

Millennial Monday: Another Poll Finds Millennials Prefer Socialism But Can’t Define It

August 13 2018
by Betsy Pearson

NYC’s Vote to Curb Uber, Lyft Growth is About Saving Taxis, Transit Not Helping Passengers

August 9 2018
by Patrice Lee Onwuka

Small Business Owners are Sitting Pretty in Today’s Economy

August 8 2018
by Patrice Lee Onwuka

2.8 Million Fewer Americans on Food Stamps Since President Trump Took Office

August 6 2018
by Patrice Lee Onwuka

The Left Admits Americans Want Opportunities Not Handouts

July 30 2018
by Patrice Lee Onwuka

Millennial Monday: A Generation of Entrepreneurs Will Keep America Great

July 30 2018
by Betsy Pearson

Commerce Department Shows that U.S. Economy Is On A Roll

July 27 2018
by Charlotte Hays

Millions of Americans are Unbanked Just Like This TV Talk Show Host

July 26 2018
by Patrice Lee Onwuka

Look at What Tax Reform 2.0 Promises for Women and Families

July 25 2018
by Patrice Lee Onwuka

Millennial Monday: When should a millennial start saving for retirement?

July 23 2018
by Betsy Pearson

San Francisco Has a Crappy Problem on Their Hands, but Will the City Do Anything About It?

July 20 2018
by Patrice Lee Onwuka

Four Blue States Sue to Preserve Tax Loopholes for the Rich

July 19 2018
by Charlotte Hays

Here’s Why Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Is Wrong on Unemployment, Capitalism

July 18 2018
by Patrice Lee Onwuka

The Democratic Fight Against $15

July 16 2018
by Charlotte Hays

Good News: Americans Quitting Their Jobs at Record Rate

July 10 2018
by Charlotte Hays

Crumbs II: Pelosi Calls Strong Jobs Report "A Raw Deal"

July 6 2018
by Charlotte Hays

Some People Are Buying Houses without Saving for the Down Payment

July 3 2018
by Arrah Massimini

Millennial Monday: Stronger Job Market Helps Millennials Move Out of the Basement

June 25 2018
by Betsy Pearson

Majority of Americans Approve President Trump's Handling of the Economy for First Time

June 25 2018
by Charlotte Hays

Claims for Social Security Disability Benefits Are At a 15-Year Low

June 22 2018
by Charlotte Hays

Making Kids Programming Better Through Common-Sense Broadcast TV Reforms

June 22 2018
by Patrice Lee Onwuka

How to Create Broad-Based Prosperity

June 20 2018
by Rachel DiCarlo Currie

D.C. Will Kill Tips with New Minimum Wage

June 19 2018
by Patrice Lee Onwuka

Optimism Among Small Business Owners Skyrockets Thanks to Tax Cuts

June 13 2018
by Patrice Lee Onwuka

Seattle Reverses Job-Killing Head Tax on Big Employers After Residents Speak Out

June 12 2018
by Patrice Lee Onwuka

Net Neutrality Ends Today. Here's Why It's Not the End of the World.

June 11 2018
by Patrice Lee Onwuka

More Good News about the Unemployment Rate

June 7 2018
by Rachel DiCarlo Currie

A Populist Government After All

June 6 2018
by Rachel DiCarlo Currie

About that Alarming U.N. Report on Poverty in the U.S.

June 3 2018
by Charlotte Hays

The Benefits of a Tight Labor Market

June 1 2018
by Rachel DiCarlo Currie

May Jobs Report: Full Steam Ahead

June 1 2018
by Rachel DiCarlo Currie

Terrific Jobs Report: Headline Writers Blindsided

June 1 2018
by Charlotte Hays

A Euro Exit Strategy for Italy: No Planning Allowed?

May 31 2018
by Rachel DiCarlo Currie

John Cochrane vs. Larry Summers

May 30 2018
by Rachel DiCarlo Currie

Italian Elites to Voters: Drop Dead

May 29 2018
by Rachel DiCarlo Currie

NFL Finally Takes a Stand for the National Anthem

May 25 2018
by Patrice Lee Onwuka

Americans Report Doing Better Financially Under Year 1 of Trump

May 24 2018
by Patrice Lee Onwuka

Billionaire Michael Bloomberg Admits He Wants to Raise Taxes on the Poor

May 23 2018
by Ericka Andersen Sylvester

Consumers, Small Banks to Gain Relief from Bi-Partisan Roll Back of Dodd-Frank Banking Regulations

May 23 2018
by Patrice Lee Onwuka

A DC City Councilman Calls New Taxes to Help Our Bloated Metro System "Exciting"

May 21 2018
by Charlotte Hays

3 Things to Know About the Senate Vote on Net Neutrality

May 17 2018
by Patrice Lee Onwuka