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July 11, 2019
The left love to complain that recent economic growth has only benefited people at the very top and left the middle class and the poor behind. The Wall Street Journal just found more evidence to the contrary.
"The fortunes of low-skilled…
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July 3, 2019
The left have cheered Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s (D-MA) rise in the polls after the Democrat debates. Now they have pronounced her Wall Street’s choice for the 2020 presidential election.
Bloomberg reporters Lananh Nguyen and Tyler Pager on July 3…
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June 28, 2019
CBS News online provided Democrats ammunition disguised as free advice and “facts” just ahead of their first debate.
Supposedly wondering how the economy is “really doing,” CBS journalists Aimee Picchi, Alain Sherter, and…
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June 20, 2019
One of the left’s favorite economic talking points is an obsession with income and “wealth inequality.”
In keeping with that trend, CNBC editor-at-large John Harwood offered five approaches to “fight” wealth inequality…
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June 14, 2019
Former Mayor Michael Bloomberg reannounced a $500-million effort to eradicate coal and natural gas use in the U.S. on June 6. ABC, CBS and NBC news didn’t even flinch.
That night the three broadcast evening shows made no time for the…
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June 13, 2019
The current economic expansion could “make history” if it lasts through July, but Bloomberg BusinessWeek pooh-poohed its 10th anniversary saying “no one’s partying” in the June 10 issue.
Economics editor Peter Coy…
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June 7, 2019
Shark Tank star Kevin O’Leary and CEO Gerald Storch brought a free market reality check to Democratic socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders’ (I-VT) arguments for a $15 minimum wage on CNBC’s Squawk Box June 6.
Sanders went to Arkansas to…
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May 31, 2019
Even liberal newsrooms have to grapple with economic realities, as Vox Media may be learning.
The left-wing outlet pursued unionization, even as digital media outlets were financially struggling. NiemanLab reported that Vox Media employees staged a…
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May 29, 2019
The New York Times continued the left’s efforts to pit the haves against the have-nots with a business section cover story complaining about CEO pay.
Times reporter Peter Eavis credited the “solid economy” for improving corporate…
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April 4, 2019
In spite of growing wages, extremely low unemployment and nearly 3 percent economic growth in 2018, the liberal media are becoming obsessed with recession. It didn’t matter that CFOs were confident the U.S. economy “will not experience a…