The excessive welfare state has greatly undermined incentives to be productive.
Daily Analysis
The Case for Entitlement Reform, Part II
We face an unavoidable choice.
Why Is Someone at AEI Proposing a Massive Tax Increase to Finance Ever-Growing Government, Part I?
They want to prop up a system that needs reform by double taxing savings.
The Right and Wrong Way to Reduce Poverty, Part II
The government penalizes productive behavior.
The Right and Wrong Way to Reduce Poverty, Part I
Was the War on Poverty a success?
Reagan’s Spending Victory over the Welfare State
There’s been a steady increase in the burden of domestic spending post-Reagan.
Hopes and Fears for 2024
Potential good and bad for the year ahead.
The Best and Worst News of 2023
The annual “best and worst” column features elections in Argentina and Colorado, positive education developments, and Chinese regression.
A Primer on Marginal Tax Rates, Part III: Hidden Taxes
Governments hide some taxes by ostensibly imposing them on employers.
Denmark and the Never-Answered Question
Did Denmark become a rich country with big government?