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September 19, 2018
Blog

Highways and Gas Tax Diversions
… to fund highways, and our highways do need more investment. But motorists should be skeptical of gas tax increases until policymakers stop diverting funds to inefficient transit systems with declining riderships. Many transportation experts say that the rise of electric …
By Chris Edwards
September 19, 2018
Forbes.com

Venezuela’s Retrogressing Economy – Exhibit 1, PDVSA
By Steve H. Hanke
September 19, 2018
National Review (Online)

Congress Finds a New Excuse to Avoid Balancing America’s Books
… austerian Dems.” And while it is difficult to picture President Trump spending his “executive time” pouring over tracts on monetary policy, there is more than a little MMT to his suggestion to former chief economic advisor Gary Cohn, reported in …
By Michael D. Tanner
September 19, 2018
City A.M.

Britain and the US Can Show the World What a Free Trade Deal Should Be Like
… Talking seriously about a possible UK-US free trade agreement may feel a bit premature. Yet that is precisely what policy experts from 11 think tanks on both sides of the Atlantic have been busy debating this year. The culmination …
By Victoria Hewson and Daniel J. Ikenson
September 18, 2018
Forbes.com

The Menace of Central Banks: Iran and Turkey Front and Center
… bank, has no discretionary monetary powers and cannot engage in the fiduciary issue of money. It has an exchange rate policy (the exchange rate is fixed) but no monetary policy. A currency board’s operations are passive and automatic. The …
By Steve H. Hanke
September 17, 2018
Cato Daily Podcast

Is Public Assistance a Subsidy or Tax to Employers?
Featuring Ryan Bourne and Caleb O. Brown
September 17, 2018
The Hill (Online)

Trump’s Great Trade Deals Better Get Here Soon
Amid the current trade policy maelstrom, President Trump has sought to reassure the American people that all is well — or soon will be. The administration, he says, is in the midst of making “great trade deals” that presumably will begin …
By Colin Grabow
2017-2018
Supreme Court Review

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Internet Sales Taxes from 1789 to the Present Day: South Dakota v. Wayfair
By Joseph Bishop-Henchman
September 16, 2018
Naples Daily News

Florida’s Freedom Advantage Benefits Its Economy
Sure, a favorable year-round climate and abundant coastline go a long way, but it takes economic and personal freedom for individuals to make the most of those advantages.
By William Ruger and Jason Sorens
September 14, 2018
Blog

Government Crowd Out in Transportation
Many airports, bridges, and urban transit systems in the United States used to be private, but during the mid-20th century entrepreneurs were squeezed out by governments.
By Chris Edwards
September 14, 2018
National Review (Online)

Tax Reform Forces States to Compete with Each Other
They no longer can hike taxes and expect federal deductions to make up part of the difference.
By Chris Edwards
September 14, 2018
Blog

The Narrow Bank: A Follow-Up
While the Fed may succeed in fending-off TNB’s attempts to give non-bank financial institutions’ access to IOER, it may find preserving its IOER-based operating system much harder.
By George Selgin
September 14, 2018
Reason (Online)

Here Are 202 Companies Hurt by Trump’s Tariffs
These companies have been forced to take cost-cutting measures such as laying off employees or forgoing expansion.
By Scott Lincicome
September 13, 2018
Cato Daily Podcast

Notions of (and Reactions to) Islam
Featuring Mustafa Akyol and Caleb O. Brown
September 13, 2018
American Conservative

Washington’s Influence in Syria Is Nowhere to Be Found
Yet we’re still there, threatening Assad as though we won the war.
By Doug Bandow

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Highways and Gas Tax Diversions

Venezuela’s Retrogressing Economy – Exhibit 1, PDVSA

Congress Finds a New Excuse to Avoid Balancing America’s Books

Britain and the US Can Show the World What a Free Trade Deal Should Be Like

The Menace of Central Banks: Iran and Turkey Front and Center

Is Public Assistance a Subsidy or Tax to Employers?

Trump’s Great Trade Deals Better Get Here Soon

Internet Sales Taxes from 1789 to the Present Day: South Dakota v. Wayfair

Florida’s Freedom Advantage Benefits Its Economy

Government Crowd Out in Transportation

Tax Reform Forces States to Compete with Each Other

The Narrow Bank: A Follow-Up

Here Are 202 Companies Hurt by Trump’s Tariffs

Notions of (and Reactions to) Islam

Washington’s Influence in Syria Is Nowhere to Be Found