Benjamin Giltner Last week, the Department of Defense released President Trump’s requested defense budget for fiscal year 2027. It’s a staggering $1.5 trillion and...
Thomas A. Berry There are currently two vacancies in the cabinet and two deputy secretaries acting as secretaries: Todd Blanche as acting attorney general...
Tad DeHaven Last week, I argued that a federal rescue of Spirit Airlines would be a disturbing escalation from government mistake to government ownership—a...
Clark Packard Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins made headlines last week when she called rising fertilizer prices an “overarching economic pending disaster” before...
Jeffrey Miron New research uses regional per capita tax burdens in 1780s France to examine the relationship between tax burdens and rioting. It finds...
Andrew Gillen With federal deficits at high and unsustainable levels, there is an urgent need to find ways to cut federal spending. Fortunately, new...
Jeffrey A. Singer Two recent Wall Street Journal editorials argue that the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) “inexplicable” rejection of RP1, an immunotherapy for melanoma, may cost...
Clark Packard and Chad Smitson A recent NBER working paper by Chang Ma and Shang-Jin Wei titled “The Chinese Current Account Imbalances: Puzzles, Patterns,...
Matthew Cavedon In March 2022, the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission directed member states to require that all federally permitted lobstermen affix GPS tracking...
Jeffrey Miron How do body-worn cameras affect the actions of police and prosecutors? A recent study of data from North Carolina suggests that introduction...
Jai Kedia Kevin Warsh. Americans are unhappy about the cost of living, and Washington knows it. Consumer prices have climbed nearly 25 percent in five...
Dominik Lett Republicans are preparing to spend up to $140 billion on immigration enforcement through reconciliation. Leadership claims that offsets are not needed because...