Tag Archives : Economics
How to Talk about Public Policy and Why It Matters
Don’t fixate on partisan labels.
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The Economy Is Faltering and Trump’s Protectionism and Weakness on Spending Deserve Part of the Blame
Trump simply doesn’t understand that trade is good for prosperity.
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World’s Best Tweet about Socialism and Capitalism
Shouldn’t we learn something from the fact that “almost socialism” invariably produces awful results?
read more...Subsidies for Higher Education Are Emptying the Pockets of Students and Lining the Pockets of Bureaucrats
This is simply a story of “third-party payer.”
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World Bank Study Confirms the Ever-Increasing Damage of Ever-Increasing Tax Rates
This merits close attention.
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Trade and Creative Destruction
Creative destruction is the best part and worst part of capitalism.
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How Washington Profits from “Tax Extenders”
This debate over “tax extenders” is a sad illustration of why the tax system is such a mess.
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George H.W. Bush: Good Man, Bad President
Bush was not as good of a president as a man.
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Supply-Side Economics and the Post-Reagan Years
Steve Moore and Art Laffer are the authors of Trumponomics, a largely favorable book about the President’s economic policy. I have a more jaundiced view about Trump. I’m happy to praise his good policies (taxes and regulation), but I also condemn his bad policies (spending and trade). And as you might expect, some people are completely on the opposite side from Moore and […]
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