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  • December 8, 2020
    Blog
    State and Local Budgets Are Not in Crisis
    … impulse to spend seems insatiable, and Congress is crafting another huge aid package that will put us further into debt. Policymakers are considering providing further aid for state and local governments, no doubt prompted by off‐​base stories such as …
    By Chris Edwards
  • December 8, 2020
    Real Clear Policy
    President Biden Must Restore American Trade Leadership
    In January, President Joe Biden will inherit a trade policy that has left the U.S. role as a leader of the world trading system in grave doubt. After World War II, the United States helped construct a carefully balanced …
    By Simon Lester
  • December 7, 2020
    National Interest (Online)
    Our National Debt Denial
    … The U.S. has avoided a debt crisis for decades. That doesn’t mean it can’t happen, absent real policy changes. Yet an end to big borrowing is not in the cards. The federal government borrowed nearly $1 trillion …
    By John H. Cochrane
  • December 5, 2020
    The Hill (Online)
    The Real Threat Posed by COVID-19 Lockdowns
    … flout their own rules whenever the mood strikes.  Government messaging around the disease has been deeply misleading and irresponsible, and policy responses — namely, lockdowns — have been disproportionate, authoritarian and fundamentally inconsistent with core American legal principles. Whether or not one …
    By David S. D’Amato
  • Winter 2020-2021
    Regulation
    Markets, State, and People
    Markets, State, and People
    Diane Coyle describes herself as “a British economist and policymaker.” In her current book on microeconomic policy, her essential question is, “Which activities should be done by the government, which by the market, or in some other way?” To answer …
    By Phil R. Murray
  • December 3, 2020
    Blog
    The Wide World of ESG
    … with the debates about the underlying policies. To some that argue that the business world must lead the charge on policy change, that’s the point. But, by and large, muddling policy discussions with various securities and corporate law concepts …
    By Jennifer J. Schulp
  • December 3, 2020
    The American Conservative
    The Blob Is Back and It’s Ready for War
    On foreign policy, Joe Biden promises that ‘America is back.’ What that means in practice is likely to be bad for Americans, and the world.
    By Doug Bandow
  • December 2, 2020
    Research Briefs in Economic Policy
    No. 242
    Transportation Infrastructure in the United States
    Transportation Infrastructure in the United States
    Massive investments in transportation infrastructure seem to draw support from across the political spectrum. These policies are often motivated by claims that our current infrastructure is crumbling or that such investments will spur economic growth. The available evidence does not support these claims.
    By Gilles Duranton, Geetika Nagpal, and Matthew Turner
  • November 13, 2020
    Blog
    No, The Presidential Election Was Not Rigged by Hacked Voting Machines
    When the President of the United States irresponsibly amplifies unfounded conspiracy theories, the stature of his office guarantees that many citizens will, at least initially, give these claims a weight they do not merit. That’s corrosive of democracy and civic trust, but also, in this case, of good cybersecurity policy.
    By Julian Sanchez
  • November 11, 2020
    Blog
    Biden Appoints Congestion Supporters
    The appointment of LA Metro CEO Phillip Washington to Biden’s transition team shows that Biden supports social-engineering policies that will make urban traffic congestion worse in order to force people out of their cars and onto transit.
    By Randal O’Toole
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