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May 15, 2015
Blog

NYT Infrastructure Story Crumbles
Contrary to journalists claims, government spending on transportation infrastructure continues to rise, and the share of GDP devoted to transportation infrastructure is just off its ARRA-era peak.
By Chris Edwards
May 15, 2015
Blog

Time for Hillary to Speak Up on Trade
… to trade liberalization as a policy tool. Clinton is well aware that the most important aspect of U.S. foreign policy to most countries is our trade and commercial policy. So, unless the former top U.S. diplomat, as president …
By Daniel J. Ikenson
May 14, 2015
Blog

Luring in Foreign Investment with Subsidies
Foreign investment is great, but governments competing for it with massive subsidies makes absolutely no sense.
By Simon Lester
May 14, 2015
Blog

Too Big to Punish
… defeated when their case makes it to court. In fact, a striking statement on the discrimination inherent in Federal government policy towards commercial banks is contained in the conclusion of an order handed down by Judge Terence W. Boyle in …
By James Verbrugge
May 14, 2015
Forbes

Gulf States Undermine U.S. Interests, Demand Special Favors: Washington Should Tell Whiny Allies No
… that country said no, as it almost certainly would have. An American war against Iran actually is Riyadh’s preferred policy, since that would take out the latter’s most important rival. Second, even though forestalling development of an Iranian …
By Doug Bandow
May 13, 2015
Blog

Federal Spending Cut Plan 2015
The federal government is too big, too powerful, and too wasteful.
By Chris Edwards
May 13, 2015
National Interest (Online)

A Bad Idea: America Concluding a Defense Pact with the GCC
… to be unreliable allies, pursuing their own goals even when they conflict with U.S. interests. Many of their foreign policy actions are ill‐thought out, from the funding of extremist rebels in Syria, to the ongoing disastrous war in …
By Emma Ashford
May 13, 2015
Blog

Instead of the Fed
By George Selgin
May 13, 2015
The Hill

Two Years after Snowden, Congress Still Legislating in the Dark
The top lawyer for America’s Intelligence Community has admitted that no comprehensive review of the nation’s post-9/11 surveillance activities has ever been conducted.
By Patrick G. Eddington
May 13, 2015
National Review (Online)

De Blasio & Warren’s New Progressive Agenda
A potpourri of job-killing, economy-stifling ideas.
By Michael D. Tanner
May 13, 2015
Newsweek

The Amtrak Crash: Is More Spending the Answer?
Politicians prefer to spend money building new infrastructure over maintaining the old.
By Randal O’Toole
May 13, 2015
Blog

Rand Paul’s “No” on Trade Promotion Authority Gets It Backwards
If TPA fails to pass, we won’t see the TPP and we forgo the opportunity to pass a potentially good, net liberalizing trade agreement, which doesn’t come around all too often.
By Daniel J. Ikenson
May 12, 2015
Blog

Appealing President Obama’s Executive Action on Immigration
It would be great if this (or any) president could snap his fingers and fix our immigration system (or any other broken laws) but that’s not the way the Constitution works.
By Ilya Shapiro
May 12, 2015
Blog

Huckabee’s Support for Higher Taxes and More Spending
If elected president, Huckabee promises not to increase taxes and to control federal spending. However, given his proclivity for raising taxes and spending while governor, his promises ring hollow.
By Nicole Kaeding
May 12, 2015
Financial Times

After One Year Modi’s India Has Sparks but No Boom
The delay is rubbing the gilt off Mr Modi’s electoral image.
By Swaminathan S. Anklesaria Aiyar

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NYT Infrastructure Story Crumbles

Time for Hillary to Speak Up on Trade

Luring in Foreign Investment with Subsidies

Too Big to Punish

Gulf States Undermine U.S. Interests, Demand Special Favors: Washington Should Tell Whiny Allies No

Federal Spending Cut Plan 2015

A Bad Idea: America Concluding a Defense Pact with the GCC

Instead of the Fed

Two Years after Snowden, Congress Still Legislating in the Dark

De Blasio & Warren’s New Progressive Agenda

The Amtrak Crash: Is More Spending the Answer?

Rand Paul’s “No” on Trade Promotion Authority Gets It Backwards

Appealing President Obama’s Executive Action on Immigration

Huckabee’s Support for Higher Taxes and More Spending

After One Year Modi’s India Has Sparks but No Boom