Opinion
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The Economics of Population Decline
Opinion -Declining population or depopulation has emerged after years of warnings about overpopulation. While biologists see benefits from depopulation, some economists fear reduced investment, slower economic growth, and stress to social assistance systems. Is depopulation a cause for alarm? The demographic “transition” refers to a decline in death rates leading to significant population growth and then […] -
Jobs and Economic Policy
Opinion -Good paying jobs allowing people to support families should be the focus of economic policy. So argues Oren Cass of American Compass. In The Once and Future Worker, Cass discussed what jobs-centered policy might mean: “creating an economy in which workers of all kinds can sustain strong families and communities. And that requires a policy […] -
Government Ownership of the Means of Production?
Opinion -New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is a socialist true believer, one who still advocates for government ownership of the means of production. What are the economic consequences of government ownership? We must compare decision-making structures, since economics analyzes decisions. Ownership assigns decision rights; owners make decisions about the use of houses, land, or businesses. […] -
New Energy Policies in California Threaten America’s National Security
Opinion -California’s high regulatory burden and taxes have been the basis of corporate business decisions to leave California for more pro-business locations to run a business. The exodus from California includes Tesla, Oracle, Chevron, SpaceX, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Charles Schwab, and Yamaha, which have relocated their headquarters to states with lower taxes and regulations. An increasingly […] -
Life, Liberty, Property #138: Washington’s Millionaires-Tax Doom Loop
Opinion -Proponents said the tax would hit less than half of 1 percent of the state’s population, about 30,000 households. Soon there will be much fewer such households, you can be sure. -
New Heartland Book Warning That Americans Don’t Truly Own Their Investments Gains Significant Media Attention as States Consider Reforms
Opinion -Most Americans believe they own the stocks, bonds, and retirement assets in their investment accounts. Legally, they don’t. -
Electricity Is About to Become the Most Valuable Commodity on Earth
Opinion -For candidates who hope to lead—whether as mayor, governor, or president—energy wisdom requires comprehensive awareness that modern civilization is not powered by electricity alone; that materials matter; that oil underpins global logistics and manufacturing; that ethical mining must be part of any responsible strategy; that nuclear power is returning to the global stage; and that […] -
PRESS RELEASE: New Temperature Study in Reno Finds Urban Heat Island Bias at Official Weather Station
Opinion -Independent reference system shows airport station reporting temperatures up to 3°F warmer than nearby properly sited station SCHAUMBURG, IL (March 10, 2026) – A new analysis by The Heartland Institute finds that the official temperature station at Reno-Tahoe International Airport consistently records warmer temperatures than a nearby properly sited reference station, demonstrating how station placement […] -
Life, Liberty, Property #137: Supreme Court Struggles to Balance Process and Justice
Opinion -The fact that states have long engaged in tax foreclosures does not resolve the question of whether “just compensation” has to mean something other than “fair market value.” -
Climate Change Weekly # 573— Reliable Solar Has Larger Land Footprint Than Previously Thought
Opinion -Since its passage, the IRA resulted in billions of dollars being wasted on various green boondoggles. -
Heartland Institute Responds to American Homeownership Act
Opinion -‘Both parties need to learn that government intervention does not remedy government intervention’ -
America Literally Cannot Afford Democratic Socialism
Opinion -Despite the dire financial situation of the national government, democratic socialism is more popular than ever. -
Life, Liberty, Property #136: Are the Fears About the Economy Justified?
Opinion -Overall, the U.S. economy is not yet where it should be, though the doom talk today is overstated and politically motivated. What is most damaging about the mismatch between today’s economic myth and reality is the false conclusions about economic policy its advocates send. -
Degraded Schools
Opinion -Nat Malkus, a senior fellow in education policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute, oversees the Return to Learn Tracker, which monitors chronic absenteeism in U.S. schools. His latest report, released in early February, includes data from 39 states and Washington, DC. He states that after reaching a high of 29 percent in the 2021–22 […] -
Could California Be a National Security Risk For America?
Opinion -With no crude oil pipelines over the Sierra Mountains, California is an energy island separated from the crude oil supply, and the infrastructure of oil refineries from the other 49 States. Thus, all in-state California transportation fuel demands for ships, airports, cars, and trucks is stressing in-state refineries: Beyond chemistry, hydrocarbons underpin physical mobility. Collectively, […] -
Seattle Socialists Should Be Sleepless
Opinion -While New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has been in the national limelight for many months, his democratic socialist colleague in Seattle, Mayor Katie Wilson, has mostly remained under the radar. A few weeks ago, Mamdani released his Fiscal Year 2027 Preliminary Budget, which calls for $14 billion in new spending, even though New York […] -
State Education Standards Should Matter More
Opinion -In the United States, education is primarily under the purview of the states. Although the federal government has taken a larger role since the creation of the Department of Education in 1979 and the passage of laws like No Child Left Behind in 2002, education pedagogy generally remains under the sole discretion of state entities. […] -
Heartland Institute Experts Praise End of ESG at Vanguard
Opinion -Settlement of landmark lawsuit ‘a powerful blow against the runaway ESG agenda’ -
Climate Change Weekly # 572— Urban Heat Island Effect Is Real, University of East Anglia Admits
Opinion -Since its passage, the IRA resulted in billions of dollars being wasted on various green boondoggles. -
Global Elites Clinging to Green Policies Are Clueless
Opinion -Global elites who cling to “green” policies cannot explain how the more than 341,000 wind turbines currently on the planet will make: Wind turbines only generate electricity but cannot make any products for life as we know it. The world populated from one to eight billion in less than 200 years from the more than […] -
Mamdani’s Socialist Agenda Will Squeeze the Middle Class
Opinion -New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani released his Fiscal Year 2027 Preliminary Budget, which includes $14 billion in new spending, while warning that he might have to “ balance the budget on the backs of working and middle class New Yorkers.” Unlike the federal government, which can print money to cover budget deficits, states and […] -
Life, Liberty, Property #135: The Great Battle Behind the Trump Tariff Case
Opinion -The majority’s decision accords with the Court’s recent attention to its “major questions” doctrine and precedents, an ongoing effort to clarify the constitutional separation of powers under which the federal government is supposed to operate ... -
A Strong Economy Doesn’t Have a Citizenry That Is $18.8 Trillion in Debt
Opinion -Starting in the 1970s, the U.S. government began stupidly helping Big Business convert America into a 70 percent consumption economy. Which now means: For every $10 of U.S. economic activity, $7 is spending money. Which means any little economic hiccup – is awful for the U.S. economy. And explains why anytime there is even a little […] -
New York City Cannot Afford Democratic Socialism
Opinion -On February 17, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani released his Fiscal Year 2027 Preliminary Budget, which includes $14 billion in new spending, bringing the grand total of what he wants to spend in FY 2027 to more than $127 billion. Mamdani notes that he “inherited” a “fiscal crisis” “from the prior Administration,” which is […]
