Fiscal Policy
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Medicaid’s Structure Actually Invites Waste and Fraud
Medicaid’s size and complexity create endless opportunities for gaming the rules. Incentives are skewed and accountability is weak, and the taxpayer always foots the bill.
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The National-Security Exception to Free Trade Is Real. So Are Its Tradeoffs.
Today’s economic interdependence makes it surprisingly difficult to know when trade restrictions actually strengthen security — and when they backfire.
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Scott’s Tots, Trump Accounts, and What Washington Can Learn from ‘The Office’
If Social Security is any guide, Americans should treat long-term federal promises like “Scott’s Tots”: big applause today, awkward reckoning tomorrow.
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If Independent Agencies Are Unconstitutional, so Is the Fed
The Court says expertise can’t override separation of powers. So why does the most powerful independent agency — the Fed — get a carveout?
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Regime Uncertainty: a Drag on the American Economy
Dealmaking politics have left businesses unsure of the rules, holding back on investments, Tariffs can be priced in. Uncertainty can’t.
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401(k)s Built America’s Wealth and Proved All the Critics Wrong
The rise of defined contribution accounts has given workers portability, flexibility, and a stake in America’s capital markets.
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AIER Holiday Index: Pandemic Policies Still Raising Prices
Five years of interventionist policy, inflationary finance, and trade restrictions have steadily eroded consumers’ purchasing power.
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The UK Becomes a Case Study in How Not to Fix a Floundering Economy
Britain’s budget “fixes” reveal how fast a nation can worsen its finances by treating a supply-side problem as a demand-side one.
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AIER’s Thanksgiving Index Near All-Time High: Costs Rise Again As Inflation Persists
Turkey and trimmings will be at or near all-time price highs. New data reveal a slow reacceleration in food-at-home prices driven by energy, labor, and supply-chain costs.
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America’s Next Industrial Geography: Wherever the Power Is Cheap
Data centers will power the next century, but the grid isn’t ready. The quest for capacity is reorganizing political alliances and showing up in rate hikes.
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Medicaid’s Structure Actually Invites Waste and Fraud
Medicaid’s size and complexity create endless opportunities for gaming the rules. Incentives are skewed and accountability is weak, and the taxpayer always foots the bill.
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The National-Security Exception to Free Trade Is Real. So Are Its Tradeoffs.
Today’s economic interdependence makes it surprisingly difficult to know when trade restrictions actually strengthen security — and when they backfire.
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Scott’s Tots, Trump Accounts, and What Washington Can Learn from ‘The Office’
If Social Security is any guide, Americans should treat long-term federal promises like “Scott’s Tots”: big applause today, awkward reckoning tomorrow.
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If Independent Agencies Are Unconstitutional, so Is the Fed
The Court says expertise can’t override separation of powers. So why does the most powerful independent agency — the Fed — get a carveout?
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Regime Uncertainty: a Drag on the American Economy
Dealmaking politics have left businesses unsure of the rules, holding back on investments, Tariffs can be priced in. Uncertainty can’t.
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401(k)s Built America’s Wealth and Proved All the Critics Wrong
The rise of defined contribution accounts has given workers portability, flexibility, and a stake in America’s capital markets.
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AIER Holiday Index: Pandemic Policies Still Raising Prices
Five years of interventionist policy, inflationary finance, and trade restrictions have steadily eroded consumers’ purchasing power.
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The UK Becomes a Case Study in How Not to Fix a Floundering Economy
Britain’s budget “fixes” reveal how fast a nation can worsen its finances by treating a supply-side problem as a demand-side one.
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AIER’s Thanksgiving Index Near All-Time High: Costs Rise Again As Inflation Persists
Turkey and trimmings will be at or near all-time price highs. New data reveal a slow reacceleration in food-at-home prices driven by energy, labor, and supply-chain costs.
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America’s Next Industrial Geography: Wherever the Power Is Cheap
Data centers will power the next century, but the grid isn’t ready. The quest for capacity is reorganizing political alliances and showing up in rate hikes.