Fiscal Policy
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The Penny Problem Has a Third Option: Buy Them Back (With Interest)
The Fed could buy back 114 billion pennies already floating around in drawers and couch cushions across America — and for a fraction of the cost of making new ones.
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Populist Rage Against Credit Cards Will Backfire on Consumers
Attempts to cap prices without considering risk will just push credit further out of reach for new and low-income borrowers.
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Cash, Not Control: A Global History of Basic Income
The new book ‘Welfare for Markets’ contextualizes the centuries-long effort to disentangle social welfare investments from broken bureaucratic programs.
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PBS and NPR: A Free Press Doesn’t Need a Government Budget Line
“Public interest” media always sponsors a particular (state-approved) perspective at the expense of others. NPR’s voluntary donors can support a more ethical enterprise.
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SALT in the Wound: How Tax Deductions Reward Fiscal Irresponsibility
Allowing citizens to deduct state and local taxes effectively rewards high-spending states and punishes prudence.
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Should Economists Rule the World?
Mark Carney, an economist who served as the central banker of two G7 countries, is now the prime minister of Canada.
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The Techno-Industrial Policy Playbook Isn’t Conservative — It’s Central Planning
National conservatives want to grow the state to save the nation, but only liberty can do that.
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Can Bureaucracy Love Science? ‘Bethesda Declaration’ Reveals NIH’s Culture Crisis
“Dissent is the very essence of science” declare employees of NIH — but groupthink and replicability crises reign. Dr. Bhattacharya knows first hand what happens when curiosity meets bureaucracy. Can he change that culture?
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Deficits, Debts, and the Big Beautiful Bill
We have assigned far too many responsibilities to the federal government, several of which they have no business having in the first place. Overspending follows.
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The Resurgence of Do It Yourself Economics
Many national fiscal policies are steeped in lore and dogma, immune to the reasoned objections of actual economists.
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The Penny Problem Has a Third Option: Buy Them Back (With Interest)
The Fed could buy back 114 billion pennies already floating around in drawers and couch cushions across America — and for a fraction of the cost of making new ones.
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•
Populist Rage Against Credit Cards Will Backfire on Consumers
Attempts to cap prices without considering risk will just push credit further out of reach for new and low-income borrowers.
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•
Cash, Not Control: A Global History of Basic Income
The new book ‘Welfare for Markets’ contextualizes the centuries-long effort to disentangle social welfare investments from broken bureaucratic programs.
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PBS and NPR: A Free Press Doesn’t Need a Government Budget Line
“Public interest” media always sponsors a particular (state-approved) perspective at the expense of others. NPR’s voluntary donors can support a more ethical enterprise.
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SALT in the Wound: How Tax Deductions Reward Fiscal Irresponsibility
Allowing citizens to deduct state and local taxes effectively rewards high-spending states and punishes prudence.
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•
Should Economists Rule the World?
Mark Carney, an economist who served as the central banker of two G7 countries, is now the prime minister of Canada.
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The Techno-Industrial Policy Playbook Isn’t Conservative — It’s Central Planning
National conservatives want to grow the state to save the nation, but only liberty can do that.
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Can Bureaucracy Love Science? ‘Bethesda Declaration’ Reveals NIH’s Culture Crisis
“Dissent is the very essence of science” declare employees of NIH — but groupthink and replicability crises reign. Dr. Bhattacharya knows first hand what happens when curiosity meets bureaucracy. Can he change that culture?
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•
Deficits, Debts, and the Big Beautiful Bill
We have assigned far too many responsibilities to the federal government, several of which they have no business having in the first place. Overspending follows.
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•
The Resurgence of Do It Yourself Economics
Many national fiscal policies are steeped in lore and dogma, immune to the reasoned objections of actual economists.