Policy
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Affordable Broadband is a Local Victory
Competition, deregulation, and innovation are giving consumers faster internet at lower prices.
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The $46 Trillion Price of Avoiding Social Security Reform
Delaying Social Security reform would spare politicians difficult choices today while leaving taxpayers with a much larger bill tomorrow.
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Will Trump Accounts Make Every Kid a Millionaire?
The $1,000 seed can grow substantially, but seven-figure wealth requires decades of compounding, continued contributions, and strong market returns.
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What Makes Pharmaceutical Speaker Programs Illegal?
The missing consumer in health care helps explain the strange economics — and legal risks — of drug companies paying doctors.
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When Government Separates Choices from Consequences
From tariffs to “free” public services, government policies routinely transfer the costs and consequences of individual choices onto someone else.
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America’s Public Schools Have an Empty-Desk Problem
Chronic absenteeism is soaring. The government school monopoly has few incentives to change.
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America Can’t Revive Manufacturing by Shunning Robots
America won’t outcompete China by restricting imports on robots. It will win by becoming the best place in the world to build and deploy them.
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What Slaughtered Pigs Can Teach Us About Europe’s Wine Policy
There’s a senselessness to Europe’s attempt to manage wine supply and dictate prices that echoes the New Deal’s effort to alleviate poverty by destroying millions of pigs.
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The Price of Fed Silence
When the Fed withholds information, markets don’t stop searching — they simply reward those with privileged access.
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How Congress Turned Budget Reconciliation Into a Tool for More Spending
A process designed to overcome political obstacles to deficit reduction is now helping Congress avoid the reforms that matter most.
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Affordable Broadband is a Local Victory
Competition, deregulation, and innovation are giving consumers faster internet at lower prices.
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•
The $46 Trillion Price of Avoiding Social Security Reform
Delaying Social Security reform would spare politicians difficult choices today while leaving taxpayers with a much larger bill tomorrow.
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•
Will Trump Accounts Make Every Kid a Millionaire?
The $1,000 seed can grow substantially, but seven-figure wealth requires decades of compounding, continued contributions, and strong market returns.
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•
What Makes Pharmaceutical Speaker Programs Illegal?
The missing consumer in health care helps explain the strange economics — and legal risks — of drug companies paying doctors.
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•
When Government Separates Choices from Consequences
From tariffs to “free” public services, government policies routinely transfer the costs and consequences of individual choices onto someone else.
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•
America’s Public Schools Have an Empty-Desk Problem
Chronic absenteeism is soaring. The government school monopoly has few incentives to change.
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•
America Can’t Revive Manufacturing by Shunning Robots
America won’t outcompete China by restricting imports on robots. It will win by becoming the best place in the world to build and deploy them.
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•
What Slaughtered Pigs Can Teach Us About Europe’s Wine Policy
There’s a senselessness to Europe’s attempt to manage wine supply and dictate prices that echoes the New Deal’s effort to alleviate poverty by destroying millions of pigs.
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•
The Price of Fed Silence
When the Fed withholds information, markets don’t stop searching — they simply reward those with privileged access.
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•
How Congress Turned Budget Reconciliation Into a Tool for More Spending
A process designed to overcome political obstacles to deficit reduction is now helping Congress avoid the reforms that matter most.