These 3 charts show the importance of economic freedom
Three charts highlight some of the abundant fruits economic freedom brings to people fortunate enough to live in countries where it is cultivated.
‘Pay gap’ myth ignores women’s intentional job choices
Statistics matter, and they can help households, businesses, and governments make informed decisions. But statistics — particularly selective and incomplete ones — can also be misleading, and even detrimental. The pay gap is the perfect example of statistics gone awry.
Central Vermont Chamber sounding alarm on bills affecting commerce
We are concerned about six weeks of paid family leave, we continue to oppose increasing the minimum wage, and we’re against transferring partial funding of education to a new income tax surcharge. We also oppose broad liability for toxic substances.
Moore: International trade important to Vermont, but trade imbalance about $740 million
How important is international trade to Vermont’s economy? According to a report from the Business Roundtable, international trade, including exports and imports, supports 92,502 Vermont jobs – more than 1 in 5.
New study shows minimum wage puts a damper on long-run earnings
Higher minimum wages actually reduced the long-run earnings of teenagers who were exposed to the higher minimum, according to a new study from the Mercatus Center.
Survey: Small businesses down about Vermont’s economic climate
Small business owners in Vermont are feeling the effect of strict tax laws and regulations, according to findings from a recent economic outlook survey.
Vermont meat processing company offering $13 starting wage without government mandates
While state lawmakers in Montpelier are pushing to make a $15 minimum wage mandatory for all businesses, one small Vermont business is showing that successful companies can offer higher wages without government intervention.
To promote human flourishing, economic freedom must be increased
The real magic of the market, described by Adam Smith and the economists who have followed him, is that individuals, by exercising the freedom to pursue their own goals and ambitions, have made possible the rapid economic development of society as a whole.
Moore: Entrepreneurship is alive and well in central Vermont
One of the most essential elements of entrepreneurism is being able to put a vision on paper. In other words, before anything else, successful entrepreneurs create a business plan.
Roper: To turn around, you have to change direction
Vermont is a wonderful place to live. But despite everything our state has to offer, ours is one of only three states since 2010 to have actually lost population. What is happening that fewer people want to live in the greatest place there is to live?
Black unemployment rate falls to record low 6.8 percent under Trump
That’s the lowest black unemployment has been since the Bureau of Labor Statistics began tracking unemployment in 1972.
Moore: Chamber’s position on energy, health care, permitting and transportation
The fact is that “profit” is not a four-letter word. Free enterprise is what built the world’s biggest economy, and it is free enterprise that has provided the means for success of individuals and businesses. Burdensome taxation, employer mandates and over-regulation of business stifles business expansion and economic growth.