Jeffrey Miron For most goods and services, governments leave the production, distribution, sale, and consumption decisions to private individuals or groups. For gambling, however,...
Eric Gomez and Benjamin Faber In October 2024, Congress received notification of two new arms sales for Taiwan, and the Ministry of National Defense...
Colleen Hroncich Project-based learning sounds great … until you realize you have to find or create the projects for your learners. That’s where Rock...
Thomas A. Berry, Brent Skorup, and Nathaniel Lawson “Qualified immunity” is a special legal protection for government officials, but it is not absolute. Officials are...
Michael Chapman The minimum wage for most fast‐food workers in California went up to $20 per hour in April. Since then—no surprise—thousands of workers...
Romina Boccia House Representative Randy Feenstra (R‑IA). At a recent congressional hearing, Representative Randy Feenstra (R‑IA) grilled witnesses on one fundamental point of disagreement regarding...
Swaminathan S. Anklesaria Aiyar India’s Prime Minister and leader of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Narendra Modi (C). Viva Indian democracy! Opinion polls...
David J. Bier President Joe Biden announced today that he will impose a near‐complete ban on asylum for anyone who crosses the border illegally. He...
Thomas A. Berry and Christopher Barnewolt The government cannot force Americans to speak (or otherwise convey) messages with which they disagree. Such “compelled speech”...
Ian Vásquez and Daniel Raisbeck Claudia Sheinbaum. On Sunday, 58 percent of Mexican voters elected left‐winger Claudia Sheinbaum as president. A former head of government...
Nicholas Anthony For as long as governments have meddled with money, currency devaluations have been a phenomenon. Whether it be by debasing the purity of...
Andrew Gillen Note, this post updates last month’s post. The biggest changes from last month include: Updated total loan forgiveness figures ($167 billion for...