By Jeff Ferry, CPA Chief Economist On October 25th, America’s largest steelmaker Nucor opened a new steel mill in Hickman, Arkansas. The mill will employ about 100 workers at an average salary of $80,000 a year. A jubilant Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson attended the opening and told the crowd: “I am thrilled that Nucor chose…
Supports permanent tariffs on subsidized imports from China Washington. As the Trump administration considers potential cuts to the tariffs it has imposed on China since 2018, the Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) is making clear that the tariffs must continue. Not only have the tariffs reduced China’s exports to the US, but domestic producers…
The US has long provided measures of the quantity of jobs created, but not the quality of those jobs. Our new index (JQI) answers many important questions including why the Philips Curve is not working, why global trade and deindustrialization deteriorate the quality of the employment. Please join us! We’re pleased to announce the following…
