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Daily Analysis
A Video Primer on How Taxes Reduce Economic Value and Cause Deadweight Loss
Now might be a good time to get back to basics.
A Modest Proposal to Reduce Income Inequality
Why some people worry about inequality and what we can do about it.
Grading the Rubio-Lee Tax Reform Plan
How does their plan stack up against these criteria for good tax reform?
The Potentially Big Downside Risks of Easy Money, QE, and Artificially Low Interest Rates
A London central banker was refreshingly candid about the dangers of easy money.
The Alberta Example: Spending Caps Are the Way to Prevent Unsustainable Fiscal Binges During Growth Years
We need a spending cap as constraint on the destructive behavior of politicians.
The First World War and the Costly Burden of Obamanomics
What does World War I have to do with Obamanomics?
The Laffer Curve, Tax Progressivity, and Government Revenue: What’s the Higher Priority for Leftists, Raising Revenue or Punishing Success?
A conundrum for the left: the best way of maximizing revenue is to minimize the economic damage of the tax system.
The Empirical Case for a Much Smaller Public Sector
The Rahn Curve shows the non-linear relationship between the size of government and economic performance.
The African Version of Free Markets vs. Statism
Botswana is one of the most pro-market nations in sub-Saharan Africa. Guess how it’s doing.