By James D. Agresti March 20, 2020 The U.S. Treasury has published a major report revealing that the federal government has amassed $103.7 trillion in debts, liabilities, and unfunded obligations. To place this unprecedented shortfall in perspective, it amounts to: …
Vital Facts About Covid-19
By James D. Agresti March 17, 2020 Given the spread of misinformation about Covid-19, Just Facts is providing a trove of rigorously documented facts about this disease and its impacts. These include some crucial facts that have been absent or …
AOC’s Pitch for the Green New Deal Is Unhinged From Reality
By James D. Agresti March 4, 2020 Democratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez recently gave an impassioned pitch for her “Green New Deal” on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives. After stating that her opponents were misrepresenting the legislation, she …
Associated Press Twists the Facts About Democrats’ Impeachment of Trump
By Anna Lynn February 4, 2020 During the throes of the Senate impeachment trial, the Associated Press has published a fact check that claims President Trump is giving a “false account” and making “distorted statements” about “the circumstances that got …
Widespread Poverty Stats Greatly Overstate the Number of Americans Who Are Destitute
By James D. Agresti January 25, 2020 While pressing her agenda to expand means-tested welfare programs, Democratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is claiming that the federal government’s poverty statistics vastly undercount the number of Americans who are “destitute.” In reality, the …
Lack of Assimilation is Economically Harming Latino Immigrants and Society
By James D. Agresti December 13, 2019 Early in 2019, a firestorm of criticism descended upon veteran journalist Tom Brokaw because he said on NBC’s Meet the Press that Hispanics “should work harder at assimilation” and shouldn’t isolate themselves “in …
The School Funding Inequity Farce
By James D. Agresti November 25, 2019 Leading presidential candidates and media outlets are claiming that school districts with high concentrations of minorities and poor children generally receive less funding per student than other districts. That hasn’t been true for …
Climate Change Fears of Teen Activist Are Empirically Baseless
By James D. Agresti October 17, 2019 At a recent United Nations summit, 16-year-old activist Greta Thunberg claimed that the Earth is on the brink of destruction and that older generations are betraying younger ones by not doing enough to …
New York Times Spreads Falsehood That Motivated Murders of Police
By James D. Agresti August 8, 2019 This week, the New York Times published an article that gives credence to a fiction that stoked riots in Ferguson, Missouri, sparked the “Black Lives Matter“ movement, and provoked murders of police officers. …
Index of consumer confidence: July 2019
The monthly Index of consumer confidence is constructed from responses to four attitudinal questions posed to a random sample of Canadian households. Visit the Conference Board of Canada for the complete article
Canadian Outlook Economic Forecast: Summer 2019
This quarterly economic forecast presents the short-term national outlook. Visit the Conference Board of Canada for the complete article
Looking Ahead: The Future of Retirement Savings and Pension Plans
This briefing provides an overview of the retirement savings and pension plan practices in Canadian organizations and explores the future of pensions in Canada. Visit the Conference Board of Canada for the complete article
