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The Social Security Trustees’ Respectable Projection Record (Part 1)
Teaser: The Social Security annual trustees' report has become increasingly telling of the program's financial condition. This piece reviews some of the critiques pertaining to the trustees' projection...
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A Conservative Opportunity Agenda
Teaser: There is an emerging consensus from both political parties that Washington needs to address economic opportunity in the form of public policy. Yet, conservative approaches to this country's...
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Cuomo’s Fishy Fast Food Wage Board
Teaser: While Venezuela and Russia might be candidates for such a country, we Americans need look no further than New York to find our home-grown politically corrupt Wage Board. Governor Cuomo has...
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Maryland Should Let HBO’s Veep Go to Hollywood
Teaser: States that choose to enter the competitive arena of film tax credits are set up for losing battles. Unless they continually increase their incentives, film companies will simply pack up and...
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Conservatives Are Wrong About NSA Spying
Teaser: I am surprised that so many traditional conservatives are putting aside their normal defense of civil liberties and distrust of the government to support the NSA’s activities. Historically,...
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The Case For Legislative Impact Accounting
Teaser: Estimates of the total cost of regulations vary widely, but by any account, they represent a significant cost to the economy. We propose reforming the legislative and regulatory processes to...
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Going for the Golden Climate Change Dollars
Teaser: In 1848, the discovery of gold in California lead to one of the most dramatic population shifts in US history. Today, there is another gold rush taking place in Washington D.C. as political...
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Old Money: How the Fed’s Actions Harm Millennials
Teaser: In monetary policy, Washington is playing favorites and the young are the losers. They do not benefit from the decline in mortgage rates because they cannot afford home ownership. While some...
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Uncle Sam’s Assault on the Suburbs
Teaser: This week the House of Representatives passed Rep. Paul Gosar’s (AZ-04) amendment to the Transportation and Housing and Urban Development Departments’ appropriations bill. Its passage...
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Nevada Passes School Choice For All
Teaser: Nevada has joined four other states in implementing the next generation of school choice programs. Governor Brian Sandoval signed a bill into law that instituted an Educational Savings Account...
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Better Times are Ahead for the Eurozone
Teaser: The Eurozone’s own previous experience suggests strongly that policies directed at increasing the rate of money growth have had exactly those effects predicted by theory.Faced with very low or...
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The QE Trap
Teaser: QE cannot solve the main problems of the eurozone.This article originally appeared in IntereconomicsQuantitative easing (QE) is the latest central bank fad. After years of QE by the US Federal...
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American Action Forum Grades the FCC’s Internet Regulations
Teaser: For over a decade now, the FCC has tried to implement strict regulations for the Internet. Twice before, the courts ruled these efforts unlawful because they overstepped the bounds of...
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Encourage Innovation in America With a Startup Visa
Teaser: A combination of reforming the H-1B visa program, implementing a startup visa, and selling tradable permits would improve immigration policy. It would free up resources to combat illegal...
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Uber and the Sharing Economy Under Fire
Teaser: The California Labor Commission has ruled that Uber drivers are not independent contractors, as the company insists, but instead employees. The commission’s decision could hamper Uber’s ability...
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The State of America’s Auto Union
Teaser: The American auto industry and the UAW have had a long-standing relationship. Yet, with labor agreements set to expire this September, it might be time for the UAW to move in a new direction....
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Repealing Obamacare Would Lower Federal Deficits
Teaser: The CBO has reported that repealing the Affordable Care Act would help the American economy. Additionally, analysis has revealed that the revoking the ACA would lower federal deficits.The...
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Testimony on Raising the Minimum Wage for Fast-Food Workers
Teaser: An increase in the fast food minimum wage to $15 an hour, as the Wage Board is considering, represents an increase of 66 percent. According to the Bureau of Economic Analysis, labor costs...
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The Carbon Tax Is Not a Charade: A Response to Oren Cass
Teaser: One need not buy into the idea that global temperatures are rising, or that any rise is caused by carbon emission, to favour a carbon tax.Dear Mr. Cass, I must confess to some disappointment –...
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Millennials and the GOP: The Need to Restore Lost Economic Opportunity to...
Teaser: Testimony Submitted to the House Republican Policy Committee. The political party that can brand itself as the party of entrepreneurs and innovation is the party that will make headway towards...
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