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March 29, 2024
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More on Free Trade’s “Pro-Poor Bias”
If an across‐the‐board 10 percent reduction in US trade costs generates outsized gains for America’s poor, what does an across‐the‐board 10 percent increase in those same costs—say, via the universal tariff proposed by Donald Trump—do?
By Scott Lincicome
March 29, 2024
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Ninth Circuit: Prop 65 Warnings Can Count As Compelled Speech
A panel of the Ninth Circuit ruled in November that California may be barred from requiring businesses to “disclose” through labeling scientifically dubious and misleading allegations about their products.
By Walter Olson
March 29, 2024
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Friday Feature: Eyes and Brain STEM Center
Former public school teacher Eric Eisenbrey started a microschool in rural West Virginia because he wanted to help children in an individualized, not standardized, way.
By Colleen Hroncich
March 29, 2024
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Are Policy Nudges Cost Effective?
A key question, however, is whether nudges achieve their goals, and at what cost. On that score, the evidence is mixed.
By Jeffrey Miron and Jacob Winter
March 28, 2024
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States Pursue Alternative Licensing Pathways for Lawyers
Some parts of America face a shortage of lawyers rather than the surplus that those critical of the profession might expect. So-called legal deserts are especially common in rural areas, where children and less affluent adults may find it difficult or impossible to secure representation. States could alleviate the shortage by providing alternative paths for individuals to begin practicing law in underserved communities.
By Marc Joffe
March 28, 2024
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The Case Against Antitrust
The threat of abusive public power is far larger than the threat of private market power.
By Robert A. Levy
March 28, 2024
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Who You Calling Far Right?
Libertarians are not far right; true liberalism is the opposite of illiberalism on both left and right.
By David Boaz
March 27, 2024
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Idaho Slides Backwards by Prioritizing Abstinence over Preserving Life
By recriminalizing SSPs, Idaho lawmakers appear to prioritize preventing people from using illicit drugs over preventing them from dying due to illicit drug use.
By Jeffrey A. Singer
March 27, 2024
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Biden’s Corporate Welfare Bonanza
President Biden signed into law three massive bills handing out hundreds of billions of dollars of narrow tax breaks and spending subsidies to big corporations. It is the biggest gusher of corporate welfare ever.
By Chris Edwards
March 27, 2024
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Powell’s CBDC Puzzle: Deciphering Where the Fed Stands
As I recommended last year, the Federal Reserve should issue a statement addressing where things currently stand.
By Nicholas Anthony
March 26, 2024
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WSJ Ed Board Knifes Fourth Amendment, Betrays Journal’s Reporters and Readers
I’ve been in Washington over 30 years, but sometimes even I can be stunned by the short memories and shortsightedness of members of the Fourth Estate. Today’s example is the editorial board of the venerable (and usually pretty sane) Wall Street Journal.
By Patrick G. Eddington
March 26, 2024
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New Survey: Private School Enrollment Grew from the Last to the Current School Year, But the COVID Boost Might Be Ending
In our latest national survey of private school enrollment—released today—46 percent of schools reported enrollment increases between the 2022-23 and current school year, 30 percent reported no change, and 25 percent reported decreases.
By Neal McCluskey
March 26, 2024
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Energy Tax Subsidies Could Top $1.8 Trillion
Congress should repeal the IRA and the pre-IRA energy credits. As a whole, these tax credits are a highly inefficient and expensive system of subsidizing energy from some politically popular low greenhouse gas emitting sources
By Adam N. Michel
March 25, 2024
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State Officials Can’t Appoint Federal Officers in Gulf Coast Fishing Case
State governors have been given the power to nominate as few as three options for membership on a federal rulemaking body. But the Constitution does not allow state officials to wield such power.
By Thomas A. Berry and Alexander Khoury
March 25, 2024
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Cato’s Erec Smith: ‘DEI is Built Upon a Foundation Whose Very Mission Is to Perpetuate Racism’
DEI is built upon a foundation whose very mission is to perpetuate racism.
By Michael Chapman