Moral panics are not a recipe for good policy.
Daily Analysis
Elizabeth Warren’s Reckless Scheme to Expand the Social Security Burden and Undermine American Competitiveness
A President Warren would make a bad situation even worse.
The “Trump of Brazil” Has a Much Better Understanding of Trade than the Trump of America
The “Brazilian Trump” isn’t so Trump on this issue.
Basic Income, Public Choice, and the Slippery Slope
Proof of the slippery slope.
The IMF, State Capacity, and Spurious Correlation
The weak relationship between taxes and growth.
To Help the Poor, Focus on Poverty Reduction Rather than Inequality
The left gets so fixated on inequality that they are willing to deprive the poor.
A $3.12 Billion Suggestion for Bill Gates
We’ll take him seriously when he walks the walk.
The Looming Threat of Higher Capital Gains Taxation
Penalizing saving and investing is misguided.
The Left’s Class-Warfare Numbers Don’t Add Up
Lower-income and middle-class taxpayers are the ones with bulls-eyes on their back.
The Predictably Perverse Impact of Greek Bailouts
Tax increases always make a bad fiscal situation worse.