Jeffrey Miron The state of New York legalized recreational marijuana in 2021. Recent estimates, however, count 2,000 unlicensed vendors and only 100 licensed ones. Why did legalization...
Colin Grabow Some members of Congress believe that US servicemembers suffer from an excess of choice in the boots they use—and they’ve got the solution. Last month...
Justin Logan Fiscal hawk Brian Riedl, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, has an article in The Bulwark titled “In Defense of Defense Spending.” He argues that...
David Inserra Jack Dorsey, the founder and prior leader of Twitter, now X, had a remarkable conversation on how social media companies face massive pressure from governments around...
Jennifer Huddleston and Jack Solowey On May 15, a bipartisan group of senators led by Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D‑NY) released a long‐awaited roadmap for artificial intelligence (AI) policy (the...
Chris Edwards State and local subsidies and narrow tax breaks for businesses are growing. These benefits—called incentives—include grants, loans, tax credits, and tax exemptions to favored businesses...
Jeffrey Miron and Jacob Winter Standard economic reasoning suggests that prohibitions reduce the production and consumption of the outlawed good or activity. Penalties for possession shrink demand,...
Walter Olson In a pair of cases decided within weeks of each other in 2022, federal judges ruled that private schools’ tax‐exempt status under section 501 (c) (3)...
Colleen Hroncich Jeana Wilson didn’t plan to get into education. But her daughter has special needs that her local school district wasn’t able to meet. She spoke...
Nicholas Anthony Under the Biden administration, the government has launched an all‐out “war on junk fees.” This “war” has covered fees charged by airlines, concert venues, and...