Incentives
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Mississippi’s Literacy Miracle: How Holding Students Back Moved a Whole State Forward
Despite its persistent poverty, Mississippi dramatically improved literacy outcomes — offering a case study in high-impact, low-cost reform.
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Immigration Arrest Quotas Undermine ICE’s Mission
Numerical targets predictably distort enforcement priorities, ignoring local knowledge, undermining both public safety and economic stability.
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Census Migration Data Show the Value of Freedom
Americans prefer to live where they can keep what they earn and be left alone — even if the freebies are better elsewhere.
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Warsh or Not, The Fed’s Next Chair Will Inherit Too Much Power
“Emergency” powers, half a trillion in daily liquidity, and ever-expanding authority create far too much discretion for one individual.
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Don’t Push the Policy Button!
Economists design “optimal” interventions with caveats and disclaimers. Politicians treat them like irresistible big red buttons.
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Social Security Isn’t a Retirement Account — and Congress Must Stop Pretending It Is
Social Security is pure welfare, not an individual savings program. Denying that only makes reform more difficult.
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The Fed Should Hold Steady in January
Cutting rates further risks overstimulating demand, when inflation remains stubbornly above the Fed’s two-percent target.
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Capping Card Interest Rates Won’t Make Credit Cheaper
APR caps may sound consumer-friendly, but price caps just serve to cut off vulnerable households from legitimate lenders.
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The High Minimum Wage Blues
If the goal is higher take-home pay, wage subsidies beat wage mandates — without putting mom-and-pops out of business or marginal workers out of a job.
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The Public School Shell Game Makes Phantom Daycares Look Tiny
Adults siphon off taxpayer money earmarked for kids, and no one is held accountable. Teachers’ unions share the same dysfunctional incentives as headline-grabbing fraudsters in Minnesota.
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Mississippi’s Literacy Miracle: How Holding Students Back Moved a Whole State Forward
Despite its persistent poverty, Mississippi dramatically improved literacy outcomes — offering a case study in high-impact, low-cost reform.
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•
Immigration Arrest Quotas Undermine ICE’s Mission
Numerical targets predictably distort enforcement priorities, ignoring local knowledge, undermining both public safety and economic stability.
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•
Census Migration Data Show the Value of Freedom
Americans prefer to live where they can keep what they earn and be left alone — even if the freebies are better elsewhere.
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•
Warsh or Not, The Fed’s Next Chair Will Inherit Too Much Power
“Emergency” powers, half a trillion in daily liquidity, and ever-expanding authority create far too much discretion for one individual.
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•
Don’t Push the Policy Button!
Economists design “optimal” interventions with caveats and disclaimers. Politicians treat them like irresistible big red buttons.
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•
Social Security Isn’t a Retirement Account — and Congress Must Stop Pretending It Is
Social Security is pure welfare, not an individual savings program. Denying that only makes reform more difficult.
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•
The Fed Should Hold Steady in January
Cutting rates further risks overstimulating demand, when inflation remains stubbornly above the Fed’s two-percent target.
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•
Capping Card Interest Rates Won’t Make Credit Cheaper
APR caps may sound consumer-friendly, but price caps just serve to cut off vulnerable households from legitimate lenders.
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•
The High Minimum Wage Blues
If the goal is higher take-home pay, wage subsidies beat wage mandates — without putting mom-and-pops out of business or marginal workers out of a job.
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•
The Public School Shell Game Makes Phantom Daycares Look Tiny
Adults siphon off taxpayer money earmarked for kids, and no one is held accountable. Teachers’ unions share the same dysfunctional incentives as headline-grabbing fraudsters in Minnesota.