Politics Tobacco Harm Reduction Opponents Should “Consider the Conterfactual” by August 23, 2024 by August 23, 2024 Jeffrey A. Singer A paper published in the journal Harm Reduction in June by Arielle Selya, PhD argues against the “gateway” hypothesis… 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Politics State Tax Cuts: Cheers and Jeers by August 23, 2024 by August 23, 2024 Chris Edwards State legislative sessions have wrapped up for the year, and taxpayers have once again gained ground. Budget surpluses are prompting… 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Politics Do Family Leave Policies Work? by August 23, 2024 by August 23, 2024 Jeffrey Miron Policies that subsidize or mandate family leave aim to reduce the gender pay gap, shrink the “child penalty,” and otherwise… 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Politics The Mississippi State Auditor’s Report “How Illegal Immigration Hurts Mississippi Taxpayers” Isn’t Serious by August 22, 2024 by August 22, 2024 Alex Nowrasteh The Mississippi Office of the State Auditor released a report that purports to show that illegal immigrants impose a cost… 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Politics Anti-Price-Gouging Laws Entrench Shortages by August 22, 2024 by August 22, 2024 Ryan Bourne Note: This is an excerpt from my book The War on Prices, made all the more relevant by Kamala Harris’s… 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Politics Five Reasons Why Social Security Is an Income Transfer Program, Not an “Earned Benefit” by August 21, 2024 by August 21, 2024 Romina Boccia It’s tempting to believe that Social Security is an “earned benefit”—after all, that’s a prevalent idea we’ve been sold for… 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Politics Reflections on the Libertarianism vs. Conservativism Debate by August 20, 2024 by August 20, 2024 Deirdre N. McCloskey On July 25, more than four years after the emergence of COVID-19 and the authoritarian reaction to it by… 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Politics Have We Learned Anything New About Who Pays the Corporate Tax? by August 20, 2024 by August 20, 2024 Adam N. Michel At the end of 2017, Republicans cut the federal corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 21 percent as… 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Politics Yard-Sign Libertarianism and Kamalamania by August 20, 2024 by August 20, 2024 Gene Healy The other week, I did some get-off-my lawn grumbling about “libertarians these days.” When Donald Trump came down that escalator, I… 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Politics Americans Paid for the Trump Tariffs—and Would Do So Again by August 19, 2024 by August 19, 2024 Clark Packard, Scott Lincicome, and Alfredo Carrillo Obregon During a campaign stop in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, over the weekend (Aug. 17–18), former President… 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
