Heritage Explains

Unemployment is at a 17-year low and wages are rising faster than they have since 2009. But just as we're about to celebrate, sadly Congress is on it’s way to undo it all. This week, Adam Michel, a Policy Analyst in Heritage’s Thomas A. Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies, explains how Congress is ruining tax reform. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Isn't it time to talk about not just how to protect students from shooters, but also about what must happen so that fewer students become shooters in the first place? This week on Heritage’s “Mass Ave” podcast, Emilie Kao, director of Heritage’s Richard and Helen DeVos Center, explains why fathers matter when it comes to preventing mass school shootings. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As we search for ways to make schools safer, it is important to look at the facts about gun violence in America in order to find the right solutions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lt. Gen. Thomas Spoehr, director of Heritage's Center for National Defense, explains electromagnetic pulse attack, it’s aftermath, and what Congress should be doing to prevent them. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Lindsey Burke, director of Heritage's Center for Education Policy and Will Skillman Fellow, explains how school choice would dramatically help military families. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For years, analysts and advocates have talked about the revolutionary potential of drones. So what’s the hold up? This week Jason Snead, a policy analyst in Heritage’s Meese Center for Legal and Judicial Studies, helps us answer that question. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Nick Loris, Heritage’s Herbert and Joyce Morgan fellow in energy and environmental policy, explains the Jones Act and why repealing it could help speed up Puerto Rico’s recovery. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Mary Clare Amselem, a policy analyst in Heritage’s Center for Education Policy, talks why free college tuition policies don’t work and how to help Americans stop accumulating so much student loan debt. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Michael Sargent, a policy analyst in Heritage's Thomas A. Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies, talks about President Trump’s massive infrastructure plan and addresses the falsehood that America’s infrastructure is crumbling. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Norbert Michel, director of Heritage’s Center for Data Analysis, explains how Bitcoin works and how conservatives think about cryptocurrencies. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.