Ryan Bourne Note: This is an excerpt from my book The War on Prices. High inflation and supply shocks in certain sectors since 2021 have helped revive the policy allure…
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Jeffrey Miron Politicians on both sides of the aisle, and much popular opinion, believe the government should subsidize having children. The latest such salvos come from Republican vice-presidential candidate JD…
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Jennifer Huddleston While Congress debates what, if any, actions are needed around artificial intelligence (AI), many states have passed or considered their own legislation. This did not start in 2024,…
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Norbert Michel and Jerome Famularo Last week, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D‑MA) went on X to promote her latest housing reform plan. She claimed the United States has a shortage of…
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Walter Olson If Donald Trump loses the 2024 election, it is a given that he will once again claim that he was cheated and should be inaugurated as the legitimate…
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Colleen Hroncich As someone who isn’t fond of cooking, I’ve always hoped one of my kids would get bit by the culinary bug. Though some of them had phases where…
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The Inflation Reduction Act after Two Years: Spending Estimates Reach New Heights, but Green New Deal Supporters Want More
Travis Fisher and Josh Loucks Today marks the second anniversary of President Biden’s signing of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) into law. Two years after its signing, we are learning…
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Jennifer J. Schulp and Jack Solowey Cryptocurrency skeptics often repeat the mantra that crypto is only useful for crime. While that claim is demonstrably false, there are legitimate questions about…
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Thomas A. Berry and Alexander Khoury Of the many abuses the Founders listed in the Declaration of Independence, the Crown’s unilateral creation of new offices was considered especially tyrannical. To…
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Walter Olson It seems the United Auto Workers union has something important in common with Elon Musk and Donald Trump: all three like to file dubious legal actions aimed at…