Fiscal Policy
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Should I Keep Fighting the Ex-Im Bank or Give Up?
This week, I was invited to testify before the Board of Advisors of The United States Export-Import Bank (EXIM). Whatever their reasons, I commend them for having me for a stimulating conversation. As many of you know, I have been and remain an advocate for the agencyโs termination. I have written extensively on why termination…
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A Swollen River of Indebtedness
The first book that Nobel-laureate economist James Buchanan wrote is titled Public Principles of Public Debt. Published in 1958, at the zenith of Keynesianismโs ascendancy among economists, this book exposed the elementary Keynesian fallacy that fueled the notion that internally held government debt is no burden for domestic citizens. Unfortunately, Buchananโs point is easy to…
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One Point Four Trillion Dollars
Future taxpayers will be getting lumps of coal for many Christmases to come. ๏ปฟ
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Government Spending is the Real Tax
If budgetary rules themselves are the products of the same political pressures and election dynamics that lead to growing debt and deficits, how can we get politicians to adopt strict and binding rules in the first place?
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Drain the Swamp but Spread the Stench
If we must continue to suffer the existence of a large administrative state, it would only be โdemocraticโ to ensure that every American has a chance to serve in it.
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If You Canโt Abolish the Ex-Im Bank, Reform It at Least
The Ex-Im Bank is a mercantilist New Dealโera agency that extends financial products to foreign companies so they will buy American products. It is one of the quintessential examples of cronyism.
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More Aid to Education Will Not Make It More Affordable
Far from improving college affordability, the empirical evidence reveals that federal student aid does not do much to make college more affordable and might actually be increasing costs.
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Andrew Yangโs Examples of Successful UBI are Privately Provided
Government has an uncanny way of taking a good practice in the private sector and ruining in.
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Payroll Tax Cut Won’t Stimulate the Economy
A payroll tax cut will not stimulate the economy. A better path is to stop the trade war and lift all the tariffs.
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Is It True That the Government Can Spend Before Taxing?
Whether the renegade claim is true depends on how you choose to define the word “government.โ
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Should I Keep Fighting the Ex-Im Bank or Give Up?
This week, I was invited to testify before the Board of Advisors of The United States Export-Import Bank (EXIM). Whatever their reasons, I commend them for having me for a stimulating conversation. As many of you know, I have been and remain an advocate for the agencyโs termination. I have written extensively on why termination…
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โข
A Swollen River of Indebtedness
The first book that Nobel-laureate economist James Buchanan wrote is titled Public Principles of Public Debt. Published in 1958, at the zenith of Keynesianismโs ascendancy among economists, this book exposed the elementary Keynesian fallacy that fueled the notion that internally held government debt is no burden for domestic citizens. Unfortunately, Buchananโs point is easy to…
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โข
One Point Four Trillion Dollars
Future taxpayers will be getting lumps of coal for many Christmases to come. ๏ปฟ
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โข
Government Spending is the Real Tax
If budgetary rules themselves are the products of the same political pressures and election dynamics that lead to growing debt and deficits, how can we get politicians to adopt strict and binding rules in the first place?
-
โข
Drain the Swamp but Spread the Stench
If we must continue to suffer the existence of a large administrative state, it would only be โdemocraticโ to ensure that every American has a chance to serve in it.
-
โข
If You Canโt Abolish the Ex-Im Bank, Reform It at Least
The Ex-Im Bank is a mercantilist New Dealโera agency that extends financial products to foreign companies so they will buy American products. It is one of the quintessential examples of cronyism.
-
โข
More Aid to Education Will Not Make It More Affordable
Far from improving college affordability, the empirical evidence reveals that federal student aid does not do much to make college more affordable and might actually be increasing costs.
-
โข
Andrew Yangโs Examples of Successful UBI are Privately Provided
Government has an uncanny way of taking a good practice in the private sector and ruining in.
-
โข
Payroll Tax Cut Won’t Stimulate the Economy
A payroll tax cut will not stimulate the economy. A better path is to stop the trade war and lift all the tariffs.
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โข
Is It True That the Government Can Spend Before Taxing?
Whether the renegade claim is true depends on how you choose to define the word “government.โ