Senator J.D. Vance of Ohio needs to be on the Senate Finance Committee for the good of the country. Even if Senator McConnell, the top Republican in the Senate, isn’t convinced about the good of the country part, he should see that not assigning Vance to Finance will surely doom Republicans to minority status in…
Most people think that when a drug is recalled by the lab, it is pulled from pharmacy shelves. It’s not. Here’s how drug recalls really work.
Investment managers say they have a fiduciary responsibility to be in China. Here’s why they need to seriously rethink this.
A new International Trade Commission (ITC) report on the distributional effects of trade points out that import competition has negative and disproportionate effects on minority workers, workers without college education, and workers in manufacturing. In October 2022, the ITC published a report entitled “Distributional Effects of Trade and Trade Policy on U.S. Workers.” (https://www.usitc.gov/publications/332/pub5374.pdf)…
WASHINGTON — The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) today announced that the U.S. Private Sector Job Quality Index (JQI) rose by a slight 0.03% 81.03 in September as both low-quality and high-quality jobs rose. Low quality jobs, i.e. jobs that pay weekly wages below the national average for all production and nonsupervisory workers, increased in the latest…
The theory of free trade is so familiar and so often quoted, you might think there is ample evidence proving its accuracy. But there isn’t. In fact, there is scarcely any evidence at all. On the other hand, there is abundant evidence showing the theory is wrong. In an academic article recently published in the…
“U.S. investors are inadvertently subsidizing Chinese companies involved in activities that are contrary to the national security, economic security, and foreign policy interests of the United States. We are also subsidizing the economic growth of the United States’ top global adversary.” — CPA Chief Economist Jeff Ferry WASHINGTON — Jeff Ferry, Chief Economist for the…
WASHINGTON — On Wednesday, November 9 at 6:30 pm CT, the Coalition for a Prosperous America’s (CPA) Chief Economist Jeff Ferry will participate in a debate hosted by the University of Wisconsin’s Intercollegiate Studies Institute (ISI) titled, “Should American Economic Policy Embrace Free Trade?: A Debate.” According to ISI, the debate will focus on the…
WASHINGTON — The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) today announced that the U.S. Private Sector Job Quality Index (JQI) rose by a slight 0.03% 81.03 in September as both low-quality and high-quality jobs rose. Low quality jobs, i.e. jobs that pay weekly wages below the national average for all production and nonsupervisory workers, increased in the latest…
By Jeff Ferry and Amanda Mayoral Can tariffs can be effective at raising domestic output and income? We introduce real-world factor supply elasticities to the standard Global Trade…
A new International Trade Commission (ITC) report on the distributional effects of trade points out that import competition has negative and disproportionate effects on minority workers, workers without college education,…
In 2019 the U.S. trade deficit with China hit its lowest point in three years. This was in due to the trade policies enacted by the U.S. government that have been championed by CPA for years. CPA understands what policies are necessary to balance out trade defecit with foreign nations and grow our manufacturing base. I am proud to be a member of this strategic and tactical coalition.
Paul Wellborn, Wellborn Cabinet
