Commentary - America's Future

By Claire Kittle • Apr 22,2013

Talent Tip: You Can’t Always Get What You Want: Advanced Degrees, Higher Salaries, and Marrying Orthopedic Surgeons

As a follow-up to last month’s tip about graduate degrees, I wanted to tackle the topic of how advanced schooling affects salaries in the free-market nonprofit community. When I inquire...

By Joseph Hammond • Apr 19,2013

Argentina Might Lead A Wave Of Resource Nationalism

Despite the Arab Spring, it was not a Middle Eastern country which grabbed biggest headlines for resource nationalism in 2012. It was Argentina, where populist President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner proposed a...

By J. Cal Davenport • Apr 18,2013

Presidential Candidates Should Take A Page Out Of Rand Paul’s Playbook

All presidential candidates should learn at least one lesson about their foreign policy platform: for purposes of the campaign, it is not only about the position you take or the...

By AF Editors • Apr 17,2013 Career Advice

Top Five Qualities of Effective Communicators

There are five qualities that are essential to being an effective communicator. First and foremost, you have to be accurate. You must always be truthful and build a reputation with...

By Jarrett Skorup • Apr 16,2013

Subsidies For Big Hollywood Hurt Middle Class

Along with 43 other states, Michigan offers a government incentive program for movie producers. The Great Lakes State has one of the nation’s most generous programs – subsidizing up to...

By AF Editors • Apr 16,2013

After the Welfare State: AF-Chicago Welcomes Tom G. Palmer

The welfare state is bankrupt. It’s not just the ballooning government debt. It’s the unfunded liabilities – trillions and trillions and trillions of dollars. It’s the crumbling currencies of governments...