Jeffrey Miron Women and minorities start businesses at significantly lower rates than men and whites.  One study examines whether this disparity reflects, in part, access to financing, which has long…

Chris Edwards Spending on farm subsidies is rising after a series of costly expansions in recent years. The subsidies are not an emergency safety net for poor farm families but…

James A. Dorn William McChesney Martin Jr. was chairman of the Federal Reserve Board from 1951 to 1970. He is perhaps best known for his “punch bowl” speech delivered on…

Colin Grabow Days after reports emerged that the Trump administration was considering a waiver of the Jones Act, the White House has now announced a 60-day suspension of the law…

Mike Fox Clarence Gideon. The courtroom is a solemn place, but the silence there is heavy. It’s the weight of a system refined over centuries, moving with a singular, crushing…

Patrick G. Eddington The periodic fight over the fate of the scandal-ridden Section 702 mass electronic surveillance program of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) intensified this week.  Yesterday, House…

Dominik Lett This week, the House is set to vote on H.J. Res. 139, a balanced budget amendment introduced by Rep. Andy Biggs (R‑AZ) in January. It is not perfect,…

David J. Bier The US government is taking fees from immigrants and US sponsors for services that it has no plans to provide. The government took their money, and now…

Mike Fox Travelers hitting the airports for spring break are being met with a grim reality: security lines stretching out the terminal doors and wait times exceeding three hours. With…

Thomas A. Berry, Dan Greenberg, and Alexander Xenos Like all states, New York prohibits the unauthorized practice of law (UPL). But New York’s overzealous application of its UPL laws could…