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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...
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Harsh 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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The Consequences of Regulation: How GDPR Is Preventing AI
Jennifer Huddleston Recently, the Irish Data Protection Commission halted the launch of Google’s new artificial intelligence (AI) product, Bard, over...
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Nicotine E‑Cigarettes Might Do More than Save the Lives of People with Schizophrenia
Jeffrey A. Singer Mental health practitioners have long known that cigarette smoking is prevalent among people with schizophrenia. Research estimates...
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There Are Limits to What Testing Tells Us, But The Latest Scores Are Troubling
Neal McCluskey Today we received the latest National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Long‐Term Trend results, this time for 13‐year‐olds...
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Modi’s India Is Better in Economics than History
Swaminathan S. Anklesaria Aiyar Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in the United States for a state visit that is expected...
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ICE Has Increased Enforcement Since Trump Left Office
David J. Bier President Biden has received significant criticism from people who want to see more immigration enforcement for supposedly...
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Three Reasons to Be Very Skeptical of U.S. “Carbon Tariffs”
Gabriella Beaumont-Smith Senators Christopher Coons (D‑DE) and Kevin Cramer (R‑ND) introduced a bill, the PROVE IT Act, on June 7, 2022,...
Read moreDisbarment, Attorney Discipline, and Occupational Licensing
Walter Olson In the aftermath of Donald Trump’s efforts to remain in office notwithstanding the 2020 election, many lawyers who...
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For Spending Cuts, How about the EDA?
Chris Edwards The recent debt‐ceiling deal put caps on discretionary spending for 2024 and 2025. But House conservatives want larger...
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