Reports
by The Committee To Unleash Prosperity
Politics Over Pensions: The First Annual Report Card on Investment Fund Managers and Proxy Voting Behavior
Committee to Unleash Prosperity
Measuring the Death Toll from Non-Covid Causes
Casey B. Mulligan and Robert D. Arnott
Paying Americans Not to Work
Casey B. Mulligan and E.J. Antoni
Impact of Biden Economic Policies on Americans’ 401k and Other Retirement Plans
Stephen Moore and E. J. Antoni
The Cost of Biden’s War on Oil and Gas: Nearly $100 Billion a Year in Lost Output
Stephen Moore and Casey B. Mulligan
The Klobuchar Antitrust Bill Is Corporate Welfare that Will Harm Consumers
Arthur B. Laffer, Stephen Moore, John Barrington Burke
A Dagger in the Heart of American Competitiveness: Twelve Tragic Flaws in Senator Amy Klobuchar’s Antitrust Bill
Stephen Moore and Matthew Rees
Antitrust Laws Will Make Inflation Worse
Arthur B. Laffer, Ph.D. and John Barrington Burke
Final Report Card on State Responses to COVID-19
Phil Kerpen, Stephen Moore, and Casey Mulligan
Build Back Better Would Double the Cost of Childcare
Casey B. Mulligan
Build Back Better’s Hidden But Hefty Penalties on Work
Casey B. Mulligan
Reversing the Recovery: How President Biden’s “Build Back Better” Plan Raises Taxes, Kills Jobs, and Punishes the Middle Class
E. J. Antoni, PhD, Vance Ginn, PhD, and Steve Moore
Economic Impact of the Proposed Arizona “Flat Tax”
Stephen Moore and E. J. Antoni
Bonus Unemployment Benefits Are Causing Major Labor Shortage in America
Casey Mulligan, Stephen Moore and Erwin Antoni, PHD
One Million Fewer New Yorkers: New York’s Latest Tax Increase and Domestic Outmigration
Stephen Moore and Erwin Antoni, PHD
Biden’s Stimulus Plan Will Reduce Employment By Six Million Workers
Casey Mulligan, Stephen Moore and Erwin Antoni
Joe Biden’s “Georgia Tax”: Progressive Policies Will Cost the Average Georgia Family Over $3,900 Annually
Stephen Moore & Erwin Antoni, Ph.D.
Will the Last Taxpayer in Illinois Please Turn Out the Lights: An Economic Assessment of the Illinois ‘Fair Tax’
Arthur Laffer, Ph.D., Stephen Moore & Erwin Antoni, Ph.D.
Arizona’s Proposition 208 Tax Hike Loses Jobs and Harms Small Businesses
White Paper #9
Arthur Laffer, Stephen Moore, and Erwin Antoni
Grading Our Governors: A Report Card on Reopening States’ Economies
The Committee To Unleash Prosperity & FreedomWorks
When And Where Will The Recovery Happen?: A National and State by State Analysis of the Economic Response to Coronavirus
Arthur B. Laffer, Ph.D. & Stephen Moore
Suspending the Payroll Tax Will Increase Employment and Help Black Workers Most
Casey B. Mulligan & Stephen Moore
Fix Social Security By Creating Own America Personal Accounts for All Workers
Stephen Moore, Jeff Yass, Peter J. Ferrara and Steven J. Entin
Democratic presidential candidates like Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders and Cory Booker have made inequality a central issue in the campaign. But their plans for minimum-wage hikes, wealth taxes and income-tax rates of 50%-70% would restrain the economy and hurt all Americans.
The U.S. uranium mining industry is in crisis today due to certain foreign state-owned companies and entities undermining free-market uranium through predatory practices. U.S, uranium production has also suffered from years of anti-mining regulatory and environmental policies that have left the domestic industry dormant. As of 2019, more than 99 percent of U.S. uranium supplies are imported, much of it from Russia, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan. China is also ramping up its ability to supply more cheap uranium to the U.S. These are not friendly ally nations that America can depend on.
An America First Critical Mineral and Mining Strategy
Dr. Ned Namula
Arguably, no nation on earth has been endowed with a greater abundance of critical and rare earth minerals than the United States.
The National Mining Association estimates that the United States sits atop $6 trillion in mineral resources. We could be easily adding $50 to 100 billion to our GDP every year through a smart, pro-growth mining policy.
If all 17 rare earth elements were counted separately—as they should be—the United States is importing 37 minerals at 100 percent, for a total of 67 key minerals imported at more than 50 percent reliance.
Auto Tariffs Would Disrupt Trump’s Pro-Growth Agenda
Steven Moore and Phil Kerpen
Donald Trump ran for president promising a tougher stance on trade deals. He argued that many of these agreements were unfair to American companies and U.S. workers and promised to bring back jobs and factories that had fled these shores for nations like Mexico, China, and Japan. In particular he expressed concern for American steel and auto workers whose jobs were being lost due to “lousy trade deals.” This was often a popular position with blue collar union workers whose wages had been stagnant for nearly two decades.
Donald Trump ran for president promising a tougher stance on trade deals. He argued that many of these agreements were unfair to American companies and U.S. workers and promised to bring back jobs and factories that had fled these shores for nations like Mexico, China, and Japan. In particular he expressed concern for American steel and auto workers whose jobs were being lost due to “lousy trade deals.” This was often a popular position with blue collar union workers whose wages had been stagnant for nearly two decades.
Foreign Price Controls Raise Drug Costs for Americans
Steven Moore and Steve Forbes
Perhaps the most common complaint about the U.S. health care system is that Americans spend more on medical care than the citizens of any other nation without commensurate health benefits. While our health care delivery and insurance systems have many inefficiencies, one element that can drive up costs is global in scope: compared with citizens of other developed countries, Americans bear a disproportionate share of the hundreds of billions of dollars spent each year developing new drugs, vaccines,medical devices, and other life-saving health technologies.