Policy
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Why Obamacare Is an Increasingly Bad Bargain for Young People
Younger generations, taxed heavily today, may inherit a hollowed-out system unable to deliver care.
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Partisans Miss the Point by Debating the Unitary Executive: Congress is the Problem and the Solution
Neither unchecked bureaucrats nor presidential power can replace what Congress has abdicated: an accountable legislative body.
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Dirty Hands vs. Decentralized Producerism: The Populist Logic Behind Trump’s Tariffs
The costs associated with “industry jobs” are high and tangible — and never paid by the elites who want to “bring them back.”
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A Better Way to Bring Large-Scale Manufacturing Back to the United States
If the goal is to strengthen the economy, the US must prioritize reducing barriers to innovation, expanding trade partnerships, and reforming workforce development.
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How Congress Created the Doctor Shortage
Why don’t we train more doctors? Congress froze medical training in 1997, intentionally creating artificial scarcity.
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Century-Old Anchor: The Cost of Keeping Up with the Jones Act
Requiring US-made, US-crewed ships for everything shipped between US ports makes life more expensive for every American.
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The Global AI Race: the US Creates, China Copies, and the EU Regulates
The global landscape for artificial intelligence is being shaped by three dominant forces, each with distinctly different agendas.
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The Trolley Problem of Taxation: Should DOGE Savings Go to Taxpayers?
The unfortunate reality is that someone must pay for the profligacy of decades of spendthrift politicians in Washington, DC. But the question of who must pay is an important one.
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Cuts to Indirect Federal Grants Could Change Research for the Better
The DOGE-inspired move to cut NIH indirect expense funding has the PhD class crying foul, but its benefits for public research could be big.
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$42 Billion Broadband Boondoggle Brought Internet to Zero Homes
Amid its waste and graft, the BEAD program actually slowed down private investment in rural areas.
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Why Obamacare Is an Increasingly Bad Bargain for Young People
Younger generations, taxed heavily today, may inherit a hollowed-out system unable to deliver care.
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Partisans Miss the Point by Debating the Unitary Executive: Congress is the Problem and the Solution
Neither unchecked bureaucrats nor presidential power can replace what Congress has abdicated: an accountable legislative body.
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•
Dirty Hands vs. Decentralized Producerism: The Populist Logic Behind Trump’s Tariffs
The costs associated with “industry jobs” are high and tangible — and never paid by the elites who want to “bring them back.”
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A Better Way to Bring Large-Scale Manufacturing Back to the United States
If the goal is to strengthen the economy, the US must prioritize reducing barriers to innovation, expanding trade partnerships, and reforming workforce development.
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How Congress Created the Doctor Shortage
Why don’t we train more doctors? Congress froze medical training in 1997, intentionally creating artificial scarcity.
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•
Century-Old Anchor: The Cost of Keeping Up with the Jones Act
Requiring US-made, US-crewed ships for everything shipped between US ports makes life more expensive for every American.
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•
The Global AI Race: the US Creates, China Copies, and the EU Regulates
The global landscape for artificial intelligence is being shaped by three dominant forces, each with distinctly different agendas.
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•
The Trolley Problem of Taxation: Should DOGE Savings Go to Taxpayers?
The unfortunate reality is that someone must pay for the profligacy of decades of spendthrift politicians in Washington, DC. But the question of who must pay is an important one.
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Cuts to Indirect Federal Grants Could Change Research for the Better
The DOGE-inspired move to cut NIH indirect expense funding has the PhD class crying foul, but its benefits for public research could be big.
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•
$42 Billion Broadband Boondoggle Brought Internet to Zero Homes
Amid its waste and graft, the BEAD program actually slowed down private investment in rural areas.