Romina Boccia and Dominik Lett The United States has been experiencing remarkable economic growth, even as debt and deficits soar to unprecedented heights. The economy has benefitted...
Walter Olson In testimony before a House committee, a Republican witness recently cited as credible claims by researcher James Agresti that “10% to 27% of non‐citizens are illegally registered...
David Kemp The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently finalized a rule imposing new carbon dioxide emissions controls on fossil fuel power plants. The rule requires that all coal...
Adam N. Michel I recently testified before the Senate Finance Committee on the importance of personal savings and how poorly designed tax systems and social welfare programs...
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...