Fiscal Policy
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How About Improper Payments in the Military?
Imagine if a company behaved this way, and refused to get audited for 26 years straight and then failed its audit. How long do you think its investors would stick around?
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How $137 Billion Strangely Disappears
That number sums all the improper payments by what the government calls high-priority programs. If it makes your head spin, it should.
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How Modern Monetary Theory Could Become the Left’s Worst Nightmare
If those on the left who subscribe to MMT believe political history will end once they finally implement their enlightened government programs, they are guilty not just of bad economics but of astounding political naivete.
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The Myth of Spiraling Inequality
Conventional wisdom says that inequality in the United States is spiraling out of control. But what do the data actually say?
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Whose Economy is it, Anyway?
The essence of economics is far too complex to accredit to a politician.
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Making America Broke (More Than It Already Is)
Social Security is in the hole. It’s time to stop digging.
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Tyranny Can Be the Cost of Bad Public Policy
Coyne and Hall argue forcefully for cultivating a consistent anti-war ideology, one grounded in the economic analysis of the true costs of militarization.
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The Economic Realities of Democratic Socialism
The bottom line is that none of us can afford the true budgetary costs of the Democrat Socialist dream. And that’s just the financial costs. It says nothing about the stifling of innovation, of entrepreneurship, and of work under such plan. It’s amazing what twenty-five years can do to a political party’s ideology.
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Localize It
What would happen if local governments had a lot more control over policy? Some localities could lower taxes and provide fewer services, while others could do the opposite. Local school boards could have much greater control over curricula and measuring outcomes. And many aspects of the culture wars could be settled at a level where…
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The Real Losers In the Shutdown Fiasco
It’s time to put a final close on the era of government hegemony over our lives. There need never be another drama over closings of government offices. Shut them down for good. Sell the assets. Privatize the services.
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How About Improper Payments in the Military?
Imagine if a company behaved this way, and refused to get audited for 26 years straight and then failed its audit. How long do you think its investors would stick around?
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•
How $137 Billion Strangely Disappears
That number sums all the improper payments by what the government calls high-priority programs. If it makes your head spin, it should.
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•
How Modern Monetary Theory Could Become the Left’s Worst Nightmare
If those on the left who subscribe to MMT believe political history will end once they finally implement their enlightened government programs, they are guilty not just of bad economics but of astounding political naivete.
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•
The Myth of Spiraling Inequality
Conventional wisdom says that inequality in the United States is spiraling out of control. But what do the data actually say?
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•
Whose Economy is it, Anyway?
The essence of economics is far too complex to accredit to a politician.
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•
Making America Broke (More Than It Already Is)
Social Security is in the hole. It’s time to stop digging.
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•
Tyranny Can Be the Cost of Bad Public Policy
Coyne and Hall argue forcefully for cultivating a consistent anti-war ideology, one grounded in the economic analysis of the true costs of militarization.
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•
The Economic Realities of Democratic Socialism
The bottom line is that none of us can afford the true budgetary costs of the Democrat Socialist dream. And that’s just the financial costs. It says nothing about the stifling of innovation, of entrepreneurship, and of work under such plan. It’s amazing what twenty-five years can do to a political party’s ideology.
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•
Localize It
What would happen if local governments had a lot more control over policy? Some localities could lower taxes and provide fewer services, while others could do the opposite. Local school boards could have much greater control over curricula and measuring outcomes. And many aspects of the culture wars could be settled at a level where…
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•
The Real Losers In the Shutdown Fiasco
It’s time to put a final close on the era of government hegemony over our lives. There need never be another drama over closings of government offices. Shut them down for good. Sell the assets. Privatize the services.