Tag: Bethany Blankley
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Montana Ranks 16th: Freedom, Base of Economic Strength
By Bethany Blankley, Central Square Montana’s economic freedom demonstrated the very slightest of improvements over the past year, according to the 2019 Economic Freedom of North America report. Historically, economic freedom has been declining in North America, according to a new report published by the Economic Research Center at The Buckeye Institute in partnership with…
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Medicaid Expansion = “Medicare for All Lite”
By Bethany Blankley, The Center Square A new report by the nonpartisan think tank The Foundation for Government Accountability (FGA) says that Medicaid expansion through the Affordable Care Act is like “Medicare for All Lite,” which has created nothing but “disastrous results.” If the remaining non-expansion states were to expand Medicaid under Obamacare, FGA argues,…
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Americans’ View of Economy is Highest in 19 Years
Within a record-setting 24-hour period, the S&P 500 surpassed 3,000 for the first time since its founding in 1896, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average topped 27,000 for the first time since its founding in 1885. In the first six months of 2019, the Dow rose by 16 percent and the S&P 500 by 20…
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Grasping Size of US Economy
U.S. Worker Production Dwarfs Most Countries – big time! By Bethany Blankley, The Center Square American workers out-produce workers worldwide, a fact that is readily reflected in gross domestic product (GDP) numbers. The U.S. GDP is more than $21 trillion, dwarfing the economies of most other countries in the world. China’s GDP hovers over $14…