Inflation & Taxes
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Denying the Affordability Crisis Won’t Change the Data
American households are hurting. With wage growth lagging and inflation compounding, no amount of presidential bluster can mask the math.
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Bigger Government Means Bigger Fraud: Minnesota’s Billion-Dollar Lesson in Incentives
Minnesota’s largest-ever food-aid scandal reveals how weak incentives, political pressure, and lax oversight enable public-sector fraud to flourish — costing taxpayers billions.
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What the Economics of Envy Can’t Answer
Forced redistribution dominates public discourse about wealth inequality, yet much of the debate overlooks how people earn, trade, innovate, and create value.
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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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Data Centers Aren’t the Only Reason Electricity Prices Are Surging
Government regulations and new taxes are adding a hidden ‘policy premium’ to electricity costs.
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I Worked With Ronald Reagan. Here’s What He Really Thought About Tariffs
Ronald Reagan would have abhorred Trump’s tariffs. He believed presidents should rein in the Leviathan, not direct markets.
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Obamacare’s Costly Illusion of Affordability: From Subsidies to Serfdom
The ACA obscures the true costs of healthcare. The government shutdown revealed just how much.
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Milei’s Mandate: Argentina Bets on Austerity Again
Argentine voters handed Javier Milei a decisive win, rewarding his radical fiscal reforms. Now, the challenge shifts from crisis management to structural overhaul.
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One Vote Away: The Balanced-Budget Amendment That Almost Passed
Decades after Congress missed a golden opportunity, it’s time to get serious about controlling runaway federal debt.
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Frankenstein’s Money Press: How Washington Unleashed the Modern Monetary Monster
Governments thought they could summon endless wealth from thin air. Instead, Modern Monetary Theory unleashed inflation, eroded trust, and left the Fed cornered by its own creation.
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Denying the Affordability Crisis Won’t Change the Data
American households are hurting. With wage growth lagging and inflation compounding, no amount of presidential bluster can mask the math.
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Bigger Government Means Bigger Fraud: Minnesota’s Billion-Dollar Lesson in Incentives
Minnesota’s largest-ever food-aid scandal reveals how weak incentives, political pressure, and lax oversight enable public-sector fraud to flourish — costing taxpayers billions.
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What the Economics of Envy Can’t Answer
Forced redistribution dominates public discourse about wealth inequality, yet much of the debate overlooks how people earn, trade, innovate, and create value.
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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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Data Centers Aren’t the Only Reason Electricity Prices Are Surging
Government regulations and new taxes are adding a hidden ‘policy premium’ to electricity costs.
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I Worked With Ronald Reagan. Here’s What He Really Thought About Tariffs
Ronald Reagan would have abhorred Trump’s tariffs. He believed presidents should rein in the Leviathan, not direct markets.
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Obamacare’s Costly Illusion of Affordability: From Subsidies to Serfdom
The ACA obscures the true costs of healthcare. The government shutdown revealed just how much.
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Milei’s Mandate: Argentina Bets on Austerity Again
Argentine voters handed Javier Milei a decisive win, rewarding his radical fiscal reforms. Now, the challenge shifts from crisis management to structural overhaul.
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•
One Vote Away: The Balanced-Budget Amendment That Almost Passed
Decades after Congress missed a golden opportunity, it’s time to get serious about controlling runaway federal debt.
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•
Frankenstein’s Money Press: How Washington Unleashed the Modern Monetary Monster
Governments thought they could summon endless wealth from thin air. Instead, Modern Monetary Theory unleashed inflation, eroded trust, and left the Fed cornered by its own creation.