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September 30, 2024
Abstract Gordon Tullock wrote that government economists found capable of “firefighting” are assigned to do more of it, “with the result that the higher ranks of government economists aren’t able…
September 27, 2024
…limitations on such claims, putting insurance companies on the hook for decades-old incidents. In fact, they may not have even been responsible for insuring the parties at the time but…
September 27, 2024
…Bureau released their annual report on income in the United States, in which they found strong income growth throughout the income distribution. So, at the same time that incomes were…
September 25, 2024
…friends. In 2024, that number has dropped to just 17 percent. Read the PDF. Executive Summary At one time, American social and civic life was characterized by robust networks of…
September 25, 2024
…payment assistance to 4 million first-time buyers over four years is almost certain to lead to higher home prices, thereby, more than eliminating the intended benefits. The millions of program…
September 24, 2024
…did not receive the emergency allotment. Looking at this over a longer time period, the increase in food insecurity rates among SNAP recipients from 2019 to 2023 was 0.6 percent…
September 23, 2024
…via a federal executive order in 2020, and former Maryland Governor Larry Hogan, via a state executive order in 2022. In just the couple of years since that time, 23 states have…
September 23, 2024
…spending is an enormous political challenge. So is increasing spending on programs that advance economic opportunity. Doing both at the same time could be more politically feasible than addressing them…
September 23, 2024
A signature feature of Kamala Harris’s housing plan is providing first-time home buyers with $25,000 in down-payment support, at a total cost of $100 billion over four years. Absent a severe…
September 21, 2024
…As Tucker notes, “I do not view my work as passing judgment or merely having an opinion. Instead, I view it as preserving Blackness.” Maybe it’s time Tucker found a…