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New Harvard Study: "A Troubling Divergence in the American Economy"

By Timothy H. Lee
Thursday, October 02 2014

What elements of American society boost our international competitiveness, and which ones weaken us? In the real world, what works in America and what doesn't? In our contemporary political climate, Americans of differing philosophies can argue until we're blue in the face about our various points of view. It reaches the point where our disagreements often more closely resemble fanatical sports loyalties or flashing of gang signs than they do enlightened, substantive debate. In such an environment, actual empirical studies and dispassionate surveys can provide much-needed…

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New Fed Court Strikes Down Key ObamaCare Subsidy

	This week, a federal judge in Oklahoma ruled that the IRS is violating the terms of ObamaCare by giving…
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Inversion: America Has Gone From Attracting Global Business to Penalizing It

	Throughout our nation's history, Americans have taken justifiable pride in cultivating a domestic climate…
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The Midterms in Prospect: The Senate (Part 3)

	Over the past two weeks, I’ve presented analysis of this year’s U.S. Senate races by region…
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Report: Obama Admin Can’t Say How Much It Spends To Promote ObamaCare

	A new Government Accountability Office report says the primary agency charged with ObamaCare’s…
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A New Inconvenient Truth: Antarctic Ice Levels Reach Record High

	For global warming alarmists, the inconvenient truths just keep accumulating. The unintentional…
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The Midterms in Prospect: The Senate (Part 2)

	Last week, I began a three-part series on this fall’s midterm races for the U.S. Senate, with each…
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What to Hope for If GOP Controls Congress

	Unless voters unexpectedly send Republican super-majorities to both chambers of Congress this November…
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The Midterms in Prospect: The Senate (Part 1)

	In a two-part series earlier this year, I provided a preview of the midterm Senate races, examining which…
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Senate Democrats and Scorched-Earth Judicial Politics

	Whereas Senate Democrats routinely employ scorched-Earth tactics in the realm of judicial politics, Senate…
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