Continuing on the Recovery Summer and Stimulus: State by State , we head to Alaska. Quick Alaska facts: In January of 2009, the unemployment rate in Alaska was 7.1%. As of July 31, 2010, the unemployment rate was 7.7% (Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics ) According to Recovery.gov, Alaska has received only 2,555 awards. This has […]

When the October 8th unemployment report is released, it will likely show that it has now been 17 straight months with unemployment at or above 9.4 percent . That would make this the worst period of sustained high unemployment since the Great Depression. Many Americans rightly fear that a double-dip recession may be upon us. […]

Continuing on the Recovery Summer and Stimulus: State by State , we head to Arkansas. Quick Arkansas facts: In January of 2009, the unemployment rate in Arkansas was 6.5%. As of July 31, 2010, the unemployment rate was 7.4% (Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics ) According to Recovery.gov, Arkansas has received only 2,699 awards. This has […]

By Kevin Mooney — What may be economically unsound is often politically expedient, which helps to explain why government agencies continue to mandate job-killing minimum wage laws.  Self-described champions of the poor who advance these policies are rarely called out for their perfidy in the […]

By Kevin Mooney — Several businesses have filed a lawsuit against the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) over a “proxy access” rule that opens the way for political activism at odds with investor interests. Free market advocates have good reason to be alarmed and should line […]

By Kevin Mooney — JD Norman Industries, of Addison, Ill., planned to purchase a General Motors parts supplier so it could continue producing fenders, hoods and other metal parts for the company. Norman also offered to bring in new orders from other automakers. Motors Liquidation […]

Continuing on the Recovery Summer and Stimulus: State by State , we head to Vermont. Quick Vermont facts: In January of 2009, the unemployment rate in Vermont was 6.2%. As of July 31, 2010, the unemployment rate was 6.0% (Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics ) According to Recovery.gov, Vermont has received only 1,399 awards. This has […]

By Kevin Mooney — Is the U.S. Climate Action Partnership (USCAP) starting to unravel? Deere and Co. very quietly dropped out of this coalition earlier this year that includes green pressure groups and corporate sellouts to big government. The company, which is the world’s largest […]

The stimulus worked! Just not here. The irony for central planners never seems to cease. The U.S. and other developed nations, by spending and printing too much money — designed to fuel their own economies — are instead stimulating growth and inflation in emerging economies […]

Continuing on the Recovery Summer and Stimulus: State by State , we head to Tennessee. Quick Tennessee facts: In January of 2009, the unemployment rate in Tennessee was 9.1%. As of July 31, 2010, the unemployment rate was 9.7% (Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics ) According to Recovery.gov, Tennessee has received 5,170 awards. This has resulted […]