We estimate that public-school teachers receive total compensation roughly 50 percent higher than they would likely receive in the private sector.

Response to Jeffrey Keefe’s review of “Assessing the Compensation of Public School Teachers.”

At this event, Legatum Institute senior vice president William Inboden and senior fellow Ryan Streeter will present the findings of the 2009 Prosperity Index.

Diplomats must move quietly but quickly to coordinate a regional response to Chávez’s death that will press for a genuine democratic transition, and not the succession Chavistas have in mind.

If the United States continues to become more like Europe, there will be no nation left for others to free-ride off of.

Research suggests that on average-counting salaries, benefits, and job security-teachers receive about 52 percent more than they could in private business.

Whatever happens to the ailing leader, the fact remains that Chávez's regime has outlived its viability, and no Venezuelan should waste a moment pretending that they will mourn its passing.

Americans work more than Europeans, but they are not unhappierbecause ofit.