Manufacturing

Larry Mishel, the former president of the Economic Policy Institute, and Jared Bernstein, created a chart which asserted that productivity was rising faster than hourly compensation. But Paul Krugman, the famous economist (pictured center), had written about the errors of this idea before. (Franck Robichon/Pool Photo via AP)

Beltway Confidential

Why one famous chart liberals love is flat-out wrong (as explained by Paul Krugman)

Tim Worstall · January 6, 2018 5:01 am

Politicians and journalists remain weirdly fixated on the closure of the few remaining coal mines, shipyards, and steel mills, but many more jobs are disappearing in the services sector. What has happened to all the video rental employees? Or to the travel agents, or the secretaries, or the archivists, or the newspaper reporters? Turnover in services is far higher than in the remaining manufacturing jobs, though it receives nothing like the same attention. (iStock)

Hannan: Capitalism is a win, even for the losers

Dan Hannan · December 18, 2017 5:01 am

Supporting misguided stall tactics in sugar policy like "zero-for-zero" effectively hands over control of U.S. economic policy - and Americans' wallets - to corrupt foreign governments like that of Thailand. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)

Big Sugar’s ‘zero for zero’ scam

David Williams · December 16, 2017 5:01 am

The World Trade Organization has ruled against the U.S. in every safeguard measure the latter has imposed since 1994, but now President Trump is being asked to consider two additional safeguard measures. (iStock)

Beltway Confidential

Suniva and Whirlpool trade cases clearly show safeguard laws are broken

Clark Packard · December 5, 2017 3:44 am

Linda Kelly, the National Association of Manufacturers' senior vice president and general counsel, says the intention of the Manufacturers' Accountability Project "is to push back on the use of lawsuits funded by activists to target manufacturers for a variety of problems, including ... the climate lawsuits." (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Energy and Environment

Manufacturers push back against environmentalists’ climate court strategy

John Siciliano · December 4, 2017 5:01 am

Common sense legislation that sets American workers and consumers first, like the Sugar Policy Modernization Act, might just get the bitter taste of crony capitalism out of our mouths. (Eduardo / Wikimedia Commons)

Sugar policy reform: Stop paying off the plantation owners

Ted Ellis · December 4, 2017 5:01 am

Sens. Sherrod Brown (left), D-Ohio, and Rob Portman (right), R-Ohio, debated whether tax reform would actually benefit American workers. (AP Photos)

Sherrod Brown, Rob Portman square off over whether Republican tax plan would worsen offshoring

Joseph Lawler · November 14, 2017 6:00 pm

Carrier plant Trump promised to save delays plans for layoffs

Caitlin Yilek · November 9, 2017 5:11 pm

Ex-Im shouldn't exist. If it does exist, it should be run by Scott Garrett.

Beltway Confidential

Actually we need more nominees like Scott Garrett who oppose the agency they head

Timothy P. Carney · November 1, 2017 7:26 pm

The group is made up of a diverse array of manufacturers like Caterpillar, agriculture, and energy industry groups, as well as environmental conservation groups. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Energy and Environment

Energy alliance kicks off campaign to counter ‘anti-energy’ environmentalists

John Siciliano · October 31, 2017 12:47 am

Can we make things in America anymore?

Can we make things in America anymore?

Scott Paul and vincent-vittorio · October 25, 2017 4:01 am

"I don't know what Plan A is, which is a little frustrating," Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., said. "It's been a year since the election. I don't know what our tax plan is yet." (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Sen. Ron Johnson lays down a marker on tax cuts for non-corporations

Joseph Lawler · October 25, 2017 4:01 am