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Americans Should Not Expect the Fed to Lower “Services” Inflation
Norbert Michel and Jai Kedia Testifying before the Senate Banking Committee last week, Fed Chair Jay Powell acknowledged inflation has...
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Implications of the Commercial Real Estate Collapse for Local Government Revenues
Marc Joffe Over the last year, news media have run numerous stories of offices, shopping malls, and other commercial properties...
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Should the Government Have the Power to “Turn Off Jobs”?
David J. Bier Last month, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Secure the Border Act of 2023. Among other...
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Book Review: The Menace of Fiscal QE
Romina Boccia The Menace of Fiscal QEBy George SelginThe Cato Institute, 2020, $14.95, 126 pages George Selgin’s book The Menace...
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Supreme Court Wrongly Upholds a Broadly Worded Speech Ban
Thomas A. Berry Today in United States v. Hansen, the Supreme Court upheld the federal criminal prohibition on encouraging or...
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Friday Feature: THRIVE Christian Academy
Colleen Hroncich Education entrepreneurs come from all walks of life. Monica Hall, founder of THRIVE Christian Academy near Atlanta, didn’t...
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North Carolina Legislature Cracks Down on Delinquent Local Governments
Marc Joffe On June 21, the North Carolina State Senate overrode Governor Roy Cooper’s veto of SB 299, which imposes...
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Understanding the State and Local Tax Deduction (SALT)
Adam N. Michel In 2017, Republicans passed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which cut taxes for the vast majority...
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The High Costs of a “Hard” Decoupling from China
Clark Packard There’s been a lot of very loose talk recently from the press, politicians and think tank wonks about “decoupling”—that...
Read moreHarsh Fentanyl Laws: Doubling Down on the Wrong Approach
Jeffrey Miron This article appeared on Substack on June 22, 2023 The New York Times reports that multiple states are...
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