Record 47 Million Americans Now Receive Food Stamps

By Matt Cole

10/09/2012

Although food stamp participation rates typically increase during a recession, a new study demonstrates that the rate of growth between 2008 and 2012 is unique.

TAGS: Diana Furchtgott-Roth, food stamps, Louisiana, Manhattan Institute, Obama, SNAP, Stimulus, USDA

One in Five Louisianians Now on Food Stamps

By Fergus Hodgson

10/13/2010

State has 3rd highest recipient rate in nation NEW ORLEANS – The latest data from the United States Department of Agriculture shows that 852,000 Louisiana residents receive food stamps, up by 12.1 percent since July of 2009. Recipients now account for 19.0 percent of the state’s population, well above the current national average of 13.6...

TAGS: food stamps, poverty, SNAP

Antitrust & Enforcement: Letting Markets Work without Empowering Government

In their report “Antitrust & Enforcement: Letting Markets Work without Empowering Government,” Ted Bolema, Ph.D., J.D., Antitrust and Competition Fellow at the Innovators Network Foundation, and Vance Ginn, Ph.D., Chief Economist at the Pelican Institute, write that while the current frustrations with the size of large tech companies and censorship practices may be warranted, giving...

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