Any journey begins with a first step.
Daily Analysis
Three Great Moments in Regulation
There’s an ever-growing burden of red tape.
Administrative Law Is the Real “Deep State”
The structure of the Washington bureaucracy that gives it dangerous powers.
Everything You Need to Know about the Budget Deal in One Image
Trump and Congressional Republicans are all to blame.
A Primer on Debt, Deficits, and Public Finance
Feeling like Goldilocks on this issue.
Seven Adverse Consequences of Big Government
This is “goldfish government”
The (Highly Implausible but Theoretically Attractive) Case for Import Taxes
The strongest case for trade taxes still comes up short.
Fiscal Fights with Friends: Should there Be a Federal Program for Paid Parental Leave?
An idea that sounds nice, but won’t work.
Entitlements: The “Most Predictable Economic Crisis in History”
Can’t fix this spending problem with tax hikes.
Everything You Need to Know about Federal Spending in Five Charts
How we got into our current mess.








