By Robert Romano A version of this article appeared at Forbes.com. Since 2008, the civilian non-institutional population has jumped by 11.9 million, yet the civilian labor force has only increased by 1.1 million, according to annual figures published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The above numbers speak to a pronounced drop in labor force […]

By Rick Manning Our nation continues to lose its economic freedom. That is the result of the just-released Heritage Foundation 2014 Index of Economic Freedom.   Since President Obama took office, the United States of America has slipped six spots in the Index with this year’s drop out […]

January 10, 2014, Fairfax, VA—Americans for Limited Government President Nathan Mehrens issued the following statement on December’s job numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics: “Another half a million people dropped out of the American labor force in December.  You can ignore every other statistic […]

By Robert Romano On Jan. 7, the U.S. Senate voted to proceed to legislation that would extend long-term unemployment benefits for another three months, at a cost of $6.4 billion to taxpayers. Supplying the votes necessary to help Senate Democrats get to the 60 vote threshold needed were six Senate Republicans: Kelly Ayotte (N.H.), Lisa Murkowski (Alaska), Susan Collins (Maine), Bob […]

By Robert Romano (Correction: A previous version of this article cited an Obama speech on Jan. 7 being on CEO pay. It was actually on the proposed unemployment benefits extension .) So long as there is money, there will be an economy composed of relatively free individuals making individual decisions about how to spend their money. […]

By Rick Manning A version of this article appeared at TheHill.com. I thought it was a joke. Stories started circulating over the past few months about various left-wing local and state legislators urging a ban on e-cigarettes. E-cigarettes? Why would anyone want to ban these tar-free nicotine fixes that give real cigarette smokers an effective […]

By Robert Romano According the Case Shiller Home Price Index , home values are up 13.6 percent year over year as of October. Similarly, the Freddie Mac Home Price Index shows a 10.5 percent gain year over year as of September. In 2013 alone, that index’s average monthly value is 12.27 percent above 2012, higher than even the bubble year […]

By Robert Romano In January, Janet Yellen will be easily confirmed to be the next head of the Federal Reserve. One question for the New Year that is certain to come up once every six weeks will be the Fed’s Open Market Committee, and specifically, whether there […]

By Robert Romano Stop the presses! Instead of adding $1.02 trillion of treasuries and mortgage bonds to its balance sheet a year, the Federal Reserve has announced starting in January it will just be adding a “mere” $900 billion. For that, headline writers the world over are […]

By Tom Toth A nation of the people, by the people, for the people. The United States — a constitutional republic designed over 200 years ago under the then-radical idea that every man and woman is equal under the law, regardless of color, creed, lineage, or wealth […]