Daily Economy
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Improving on the One Big Beautiful Reconciliation Bill
Preserving the de minimis tariff exemption for low-cost imports would save low-income households billions.
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Republican Antitrust Officials Shouldn’t Behave Like Progressives
Trump’s DOJ and FTC are borrowing talking points from their progressive predecessors… are there any defenders of markets left?
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Xi Jinping Braces For Struggle
China’s strongman leader is purging his advisors again, looking politically insecure amid demographic and economic decline.
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Taking Government Out of GDP, An Update
Government spending comes at a cost to our standard of living: it’s time to stop counting weapons systems as citizens’ economic welfare.
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Is the EU a Free Trade Zone?
Despite promises of integration, the European Union remains riddled with costly trade restrictions, including tariffs as high as Trump’s.
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Want to Fix Medicaid? Look to Milton Friedman
Friedman introduced the idea of using vouchers with respect to education 70 years ago. A voucher program would redirect government power to unleash market competition among healthcare insurers and among healthcare providers.
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Relative Drug Pricing is Bad Medicine
Drug price discrepancies reveal the complications of state intervention: quasi-monopoly, patents held hostage, and years-long wait times.
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The Spiritual Battle Between Communism and Capitalism
Like Elijah and the prophets of Baal, these two competing systems brought irreconcilable spiritual roots to the fight.
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Can Florida Eliminate Property Taxes?
The measure, if passed by voters, could make the state more attractive, while imposing much-needed fiscal discipline on state spending.
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The Rent IS Too High: Blame Zoning and Supply Caps, Not Rental Apps
Central planners regulate, central bankers inflate, and both try to scapegoat AI software for the sky-high rents that result.
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Improving on the One Big Beautiful Reconciliation Bill
Preserving the de minimis tariff exemption for low-cost imports would save low-income households billions.
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•
Republican Antitrust Officials Shouldn’t Behave Like Progressives
Trump’s DOJ and FTC are borrowing talking points from their progressive predecessors… are there any defenders of markets left?
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Xi Jinping Braces For Struggle
China’s strongman leader is purging his advisors again, looking politically insecure amid demographic and economic decline.
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•
Taking Government Out of GDP, An Update
Government spending comes at a cost to our standard of living: it’s time to stop counting weapons systems as citizens’ economic welfare.
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•
Is the EU a Free Trade Zone?
Despite promises of integration, the European Union remains riddled with costly trade restrictions, including tariffs as high as Trump’s.
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Want to Fix Medicaid? Look to Milton Friedman
Friedman introduced the idea of using vouchers with respect to education 70 years ago. A voucher program would redirect government power to unleash market competition among healthcare insurers and among healthcare providers.
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•
Relative Drug Pricing is Bad Medicine
Drug price discrepancies reveal the complications of state intervention: quasi-monopoly, patents held hostage, and years-long wait times.
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•
The Spiritual Battle Between Communism and Capitalism
Like Elijah and the prophets of Baal, these two competing systems brought irreconcilable spiritual roots to the fight.
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•
Can Florida Eliminate Property Taxes?
The measure, if passed by voters, could make the state more attractive, while imposing much-needed fiscal discipline on state spending.
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•
The Rent IS Too High: Blame Zoning and Supply Caps, Not Rental Apps
Central planners regulate, central bankers inflate, and both try to scapegoat AI software for the sky-high rents that result.