Jeffrey Miron As of late 2025, more than two dozen US states had enacted laws that partially or completely ban gender-affirming medical care for minors; roughly half of all transgender…
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Ryan Chan-Wei In recent weeks, the Senate has received dueling letters on whether Americans should be allowed to earn rewards for holding stablecoins. The Blockchain Association urged Congress not to…
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Peter Van Doren Most of the claimed benefits of federal regulation stem from air quality controls. Between 2006 and 2016, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) accounted for 71 percent of the…
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Alex Nowrasteh Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Kristi Noem, Border Czar Tom Homan, and others have repeatedly stated that being an ICE or Border Patrol agent is…
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Scott Lincicome and Alfredo Carrillo Obregon Back in December, we created a flowchart to map out the US tariff regime, which has become increasingly complex and convoluted due to President…
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The current Washington tiff between Donald Trump and Jerome Powell is being reframed as Powell heroically defending the Fed’s “independence.” In truth, the Fed has always done the administration’s dirty…
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Thanks for government intervention, the US healthcare system has been breaking down. Unfortunately, with each healthcare setback, the prescription is for more intervention, which triggers even more crises.
Trump ways he wants to spend half a trillion more dollars on military spending, even as federal spending persists at Biden-Era levels and interest on the debt climbs ever upward.
This feud is little more than two factions within the Federal government fighting over how exactly to use the Fed’s many powers to inflate, exploit, and help fund an ever…
The 2025 G20 Global Inequality Report was a timely attempt to address inequality. However, one must be critically aware that government intervention could render matters worse.
