Posts Tagged 'unemployment'

Look to States – not the White House or Congress – for Economic Innovation

Look to States – not the White House or Congress – for Economic Innovation

If your perception of this country’s economic outlook is based on the depressing news coming out of Washington D.C., you’re missing the big picture.

Innovation, job creation and statesmanship aren’t coming out of the White House — they’re coming out of states like Wisconsin and North Dakota, which are unencumbered by flawed federal policies and uninspired leadership.

I recently chatted with Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker on my radio show “Made in America,” and I came away with renewed respect for his leadership.

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Our Disappearing Labor Force

Our Disappearing Labor Force

The year 2014 is turning out to be a reincarnation of 1978, when we had an out-of-touch Democratic president who failed to spur the economy and help create jobs.

In fact, the labor force participation this year equals that of 1978, when only 62.8 percent of American civilians 16 or older had a job or actively looked for work, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

It is estimated that more than 11 million people have dropped out of the labor force ...

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Made in America Panel Proposes that Government has created a Culture of Dependency

Made in America Panel Proposes that Government has created  a Culture of Dependency

Neal Asbury began his nationally syndicated “Neal Asbury’s Made in America” show on Radio America (now on 46 stations) with the sobering news that after 50 years of waging the War on Poverty – begun under the Johnson administration—that the U.S. has nothing to show for the $20 trillion it has spent on this pressing issue.  Worse, there still are no real solutions.

Co-host Dr. Rich Roffman agreed, adding that the word “poverty” has such negative connotations that it is now ...

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The Assault on CEO Compensation

The Assault on CEO Compensation

Professional sports players are usually paid based on performance. The better they play, the more money they make.

In the business world, CEOs are usually compensated based on the performance of their company. The better the company performs, the more they are paid in salary and stock options.

One big difference is that professional sports teams work with a salary cap, which determines how much money they can spend on their players.

In the business world, most CEOs don’t have a salary cap ...

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Made in America Panel Proposes it’s Time to Dump the NLRB and Farm Bill Subsidies

Made in America Panel Proposes it’s Time to Dump the NLRB and Farm Bill Subsidies

Neal Asbury opened his nationally syndicated “Neal Asbury’s Made in America” show on Radio America (now on 45 stations) by expressing his astonishment that the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) admitted what most people have suspected all along, that their major job was to help workers unionize – one of the chief impediments to job creation.

Neal’s first guest was Trey Kovacs, a Policy Analyst at the Competitive Enterprise Institute. He focuses on economic impacts of labor and finance policy.

He is ...

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