Daily Economy News
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Do or Die: We Need a Corporate-Tax Face-Lift
The United States does not live in an institutional vacuum; her citizens respond to tax incentives just like they do with prices. As a result of America’s onerous corporate taxes, many corporations choose to establish their headquarters in low-tax countries and also invest abroad.
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Update: Social Security Cost of Living Adjustment Is 2.0 Percent
This morning, the Social Security Administration announced a cost of living adjustment for 2018 of 2.0 percent.
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How America’s Roads Became More Valuable than Ever
What caused this run-up in road asset values is a mystery, but there is good reason to believe that America’s increasingly urban mix of roadways could explain some of the disproportionate growth in road value.
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Public Choice: The Antidote to Faith in State Monopolies
That understanding makes laughable any call for professional monopolies to police themselves, and it behooves editorial boards like that of the Times Union to show a bit more intellectual courage, call out the elephant in the room, and advocate for competitive forces.
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Endangered Species: States without Income Tax
Do taxpayers facing a new income tax have good reasons to believe that their states will have a brighter fiscal future? History suggests otherwise. Plain and simple, jobs migrate to where taxes are low, away from where taxes are high. And people follow.
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The Farm Bureau Is the Swamp
This policy study explains what I have now come to expect: ballooning and outlandish costs, impenetrable and overlapping complexity, double-dip cronyism, market distortions to give you a headache, no transparency, and, perhaps worst of all, an embedded special-interest group with an entitlement mentality, accompanied by a few spineless politicos.
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Dockless Bike Shares Win with Innovation, Not Subsidies
Dockless bike-share companies are showing that a service that was considered by many to require a subsidized monopoly need not necessarily be so.
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Canada’s Campus Censorship Makes American Universities Look Good
St. Francis Xavier University in Nova Scotia received an F for both campus and student-union policies, and their administrators reserve “the right to cancel events if they cause considerable ’emotional harm’ to others.”
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AIER Celebrates Teaching Freedom with TFAS
The Fund for American Studies is 50 years old and throughout its history has focused solely on engaging students in a spirited examination of the values of a free society.
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A Stealth Tax Hike in Trump’s Plan
Trump’s plan cuts rates for most taxpayers, but one seemingly innocuous sentence actually means the cuts will decrease over time.
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Do or Die: We Need a Corporate-Tax Face-Lift
The United States does not live in an institutional vacuum; her citizens respond to tax incentives just like they do with prices. As a result of America’s onerous corporate taxes, many corporations choose to establish their headquarters in low-tax countries and also invest abroad.
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Update: Social Security Cost of Living Adjustment Is 2.0 Percent
This morning, the Social Security Administration announced a cost of living adjustment for 2018 of 2.0 percent.
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How America’s Roads Became More Valuable than Ever
What caused this run-up in road asset values is a mystery, but there is good reason to believe that America’s increasingly urban mix of roadways could explain some of the disproportionate growth in road value.
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Public Choice: The Antidote to Faith in State Monopolies
That understanding makes laughable any call for professional monopolies to police themselves, and it behooves editorial boards like that of the Times Union to show a bit more intellectual courage, call out the elephant in the room, and advocate for competitive forces.
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Endangered Species: States without Income Tax
Do taxpayers facing a new income tax have good reasons to believe that their states will have a brighter fiscal future? History suggests otherwise. Plain and simple, jobs migrate to where taxes are low, away from where taxes are high. And people follow.
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The Farm Bureau Is the Swamp
This policy study explains what I have now come to expect: ballooning and outlandish costs, impenetrable and overlapping complexity, double-dip cronyism, market distortions to give you a headache, no transparency, and, perhaps worst of all, an embedded special-interest group with an entitlement mentality, accompanied by a few spineless politicos.
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Dockless Bike Shares Win with Innovation, Not Subsidies
Dockless bike-share companies are showing that a service that was considered by many to require a subsidized monopoly need not necessarily be so.
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•
Canada’s Campus Censorship Makes American Universities Look Good
St. Francis Xavier University in Nova Scotia received an F for both campus and student-union policies, and their administrators reserve “the right to cancel events if they cause considerable ’emotional harm’ to others.”
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•
AIER Celebrates Teaching Freedom with TFAS
The Fund for American Studies is 50 years old and throughout its history has focused solely on engaging students in a spirited examination of the values of a free society.
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•
A Stealth Tax Hike in Trump’s Plan
Trump’s plan cuts rates for most taxpayers, but one seemingly innocuous sentence actually means the cuts will decrease over time.