AI data centers are key: Data centers are expected to consume anywhere from 6.7% to 12% of total U.S. electricity by 2028, up from 4.4% in 2023.
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A vacancy tax is a charge imposed on property owners who leave residential or commercial properties unoccupied for a specified duration. As usual, a statist violation of property rights.
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Regulatory Preemption or Patchwork? What’s at Risk for AI Innovation and Consumers
Jennifer Huddleston To date, states have considered over 1,000 bills about artificial intelligence (AI). More than 160 state-level laws have been passed, including everything from model-level regulations in Colorado to…
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The excitement of DOGE’s early days has mostly dissipated, in large part because Republicans still completely accept the fallacious paradigm of their progressive opponents about how all these government programs…
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The excitement of DOGE’s early days has mostly dissipated, in large part because Republicans still completely accept the fallacious paradigm of their progressive opponents about how all these government programs…
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In a recession or a crisis, the right approach for individuals is to save. So too for the national economy. Saving does not cause the economy to fall into recession…
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Starving for Accountability: Aligned Incentives, Not Mass Recertification, Will Fix SNAP
Romina Boccia and Tyler Turman US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Brooke Rollins made headlines last week after proposing that all 41.7 million beneficiaries of the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program…
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America’s Children Are Unwell, Says NYT—School Choice Should be Part of the Solution.
Colleen Hroncich When millions of children struggle to sit still, focus, and conform to rigid classroom expectations, it’s become an epidemic of ADHD and other disorders. The New York Times…
Travis Fisher The need for speed is more than just a cool line from the movie Top Gun (the original)—it’s the overwhelming focus of people in the electricity sector today.…
Jeffrey Miron New research reminds us that policies designed to improve national security have costs, even if the policies have good intentions: Although the US was already an industrial nation…