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Measuring Regulation
Teaser: How many regulations are there? Which industries have to jump through the most regulatory hoops? Which government agencies are most likely to pass new rules? The Mercatus Center at George Mason...
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Three Shaky Pillars of Obama Fiscal Policy
Teaser: Now in his sixth year in office, President Obama has made it clear he is not interested in serious reform of the major spending programs that are causing, and will continue to cause in the...
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Another Indictment of U.S. Corporate Taxes
Teaser: In their new release, the "2014 International Tax Competitiveness Index," Kyle Pomerleau and Andrew Lundeen of the Tax Foundation provide a holistic view of the 34 OECD countries' business tax...
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My Response to NYT Columnist Krugman
Teaser: On Friday, several friends told me that Krugman had criticized my published comments on inflation written several years ago. My position is this: yes, inflation is delayed, but the risk remains...
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Sorry NYT, the Medicare Cost Problem Remains Unsolved
Teaser: On August 28 the New York Times published a provocative article entitled “Medicare: Not Such a Budget Buster Anymore.” Its thesis was that Medicare no longer poses the budgetary threat it was...
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Women, Get Real: Here’s the New Feminists’ Manifesto
Teaser: This week marks the launch of Lean Together, a 221-page book that presents an economic agenda for women’s advancement. Hadley Heath Manning, IWF’s director of health policy, said: “The...
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Secular Growth, Not Stagnation
Teaser: Long historical experience suggests that for the United States, average growth between 3 percent and 3.25 percent per year will remain the norm. And given the amount of resource...
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Time for Wind to Stand on Its Own
Teaser: As the comptroller and chief financial officer of Texas, I worry about energy policy choices by policymakers that can have significant and adverse consequences. It seems to me that it is time...
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Metro’s Silver Line Won’t Shine
Teaser: Northern Virginia is growing, and its transportation infrastructure should grow with it. However, there are better, cheaper alternatives to the $5.7 billion Silver Line, and the savings can be...
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Federal Workers Are Rewarded When They Waste Your Money
Teaser: The federal government's fiscal year ends on September 30, concluding the month-long spending spree known as "use it or lose it" season in Washington--resulting in a slew of questionable...
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Nothing Unpatriotic About Doughnuts to Dollars
Teaser: Obama can threaten corporations ad infinitum, but he can only stop inversions by encouraging Congress to reform the code so that U.S. multinationals have the same tax and investment advantages...
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No, the Rich Are Not Taking All of the Economic Pie
Teaser: Let’s stipulate that income inequality is at staggering levels in the U.S., and that income concentration at the top has probably risen (probably). But is it true that the rich have “devoured...
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Where’s the Birthday Party for Healthcare.gov?
Teaser: I woke up this morning expecting to find the White House website celebrating Healthcare.gov’s first birthday. When I saw no mention, I checked Rep Nancy Pelosi’s website and Senate Majority...
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Political Correctness Endangers President Obama's Life
Teaser: Feminists like to pretend that men and women are the same. But when it comes to tackling an intruder racing through the White House with a knife, men have biological characteristics that make...
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A Wake-Up Call for Public Pension Systems
Teaser: A new study from Moody’s Investors Service, the bond credit rating business, reports that the level of unfunded liabilities for the 25 largest state and local U.S. public pensions is now more...
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e21 Welcomes New Contributor Caroline Baum
Teaser: Economics21 at the Manhattan Institute is glad to announce that Caroline Baum will be joining as an e21 contributor beginning in October, writing two columns a month. Sign up for the e21...
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The Inequality Non-Explainer, Explained
Teaser: Vox.com aspires, famously, to “explain the news” to its non-junkie readers. Matt Yglesias has written a response to my essay on inequality trends that is simply a bad-faith effort to discredit...
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Creator of Chart of Doom Defends Chart Badly and Casts Aspersions
Teaser: If you are going to accuse someone of cherry-picking data, you want to make sure your case is pretty solid. In particular, you don’t want to criticize them for being anti-empirical when your...
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Another Indictment of U.S. Corporate Taxes
Teaser: In their new release, the "2014 International Tax Competitiveness Index," Kyle Pomerleau and Andrew Lundeen of the Tax Foundation provide a holistic view of the 34 OECD countries' business tax...
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ACA Drags Down Hiring
Teaser: Though the Affordable Care Act is projected by CBO to cost nearly $1.5 trillion over the coming decade, it is important to keep in mind that the Act’s most serious costs might be found not in...
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