CFPB Threatens Consumer Credit

Walmart Walks

What If Renewable Energy Is A Racket?

How Many Regulators Does It Take to Change a Lightbulb?

Small Language Models Could Make AI More Accessible

$20 Minimum Wage for Restaurant Workers is Only the Beginning

Government Watchdog Finds IRS Has Not Properly Estimated Cost of Direct File

UK: The regulatory superpower next door

Cities can and should streamline housing approvals

Capitalism—The Best System on (and for) Earth

Report: Markets Facing Downward Pressure

Bees are flourishing again. Thanks, capitalism!

Government-Created Consolidation in Health Insurance Industry Hurts Hospitals and Patients

The High Price of Federal Agriculture Subsidies: What’s the True Cost of Farming as Usual?

SNAP Maximizes Consumer Choice, Government Shouldn’t Intervene

Five Questions for U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai

Innovation Crossroads: The 2024 Anti-Smoking Index Challenges the Global Mindset  

How Much Will Your Favorite Hamburger Cost After Minimum Wage Hike?

Airline Deregulation Made Air Travel Accessible

The Biden administration once again puts its climate agenda above home affordability

Canada Wallows On LNG Sidelines, Paralyzed By Ottawa’s Onerous Regulatory System

New Unrealistic NAAQS Standards Will Hamper Economic Growth

The Threat of Fiscal Dominance: Will the US Resort to Money‐​Printing to Finance the Rising Debt Challenge?

We the People vs the Elites

Ten Percent of a Market is Not a Monopoly

FCC Meddling Threatens the Economy and National Security

Reforming the Numbers Game: How the RSC Budget Aims to Improve CBO’s Fiscal Analysis

The Consumer Welfare Standard Should Remain America’s Antitrust Standard

Robert Genetski: Bull Market Continues, Inflation Persists, and Fed Sells Securities

Classifying regulations is now more confusing thanks to Biden administration

Cities should think twice before embracing ‘fare-free’ transit

Affordable Housing: Subsidies Raise Costs

Ma Bell Telephony Meets “Mother May I” Broadband

Streamlining Government with the Bipartisan Duplication Scoring Act

Junk Fees are Ill-Defined and the New Rule Will Hurt the Gig Economy

Is the Bell Tolling for EV Mania?

Yet Again, Less Power To The People

Beware the labor regs of March!

FDA Delays Patients Access to a New Alzheimer’s Treatment

From Censorship To Criminalizing Dissent

Consumers Caught in the Crossfire Between US and Canadian Trade Disputes

Navigating the Waters: The Jones Act Drives Energy Prices Up

Biden Administration Takes Steps to Reform ‘Prior Authorization’

The Piracy Website-Blocking Solution

Car-less cities campaign is the latest paternalistic fad

Juicing Nuclear Power the Right Way

Is There a Doctor in the House?

Worried about massive federal debt? Time to right-size the regulators

The SEC’s Market Surveillance System Implicates the Fourth and Fifth Amendment Rights of Investors

The Unfair Demonization of Plastic Bags

We Shouldn’t Scale Up Failed Policy Like AB-5

Big Labor’s death knell in Michigan

Large Companies Pivot Away from ESG

Meeting the Demand for Alzheimer’s Care

Urbanists to suburbanites: Stay out of our trendy ‘playgrounds’

The GOP is souring on free trade

Gaming Giants Aren’t Too Big to Fail

SAMHSA Finally Makes Permanent Its Eased Rules on Access to Buprenorphine and Take‐​Home Methadone

No Interest Rate Cut Unless Spending Slows

AI and Technologies of Freedom in the Age of “Weaponized” Government

Canada Should Follow New Zealand’s Fiscal Lead

Flashes of Freedom

FTC Click to Cancel is Too Broad and Would Impact Consumer-Friendly Policies

Groundhog Day All Over Again in Spite of Rising Pressures? USGS Releases Annual Mineral Commodity Summaries Report

Federal Government Abandons ARPA Appeal

The full Scope of problems with the SEC’s climate disclosure rule

Markets and subsidies: Exposing the delusions of urbanists

A Tentative Step Toward Local Government Accountability in NC

Hawaii offers a case study on the inadequacies of wind and solar

Automobiles, Human Nature, And The Challenge Of Building Cars That People Actually Want

New Year Offers Congress Second Chance to Extend ACP

Medicare Advantage Report Bears Additional Analysis from MedPAC

Study Finds that Outlawing Work Reduces Employment

Breaking the Law That Led to 7,739 Patents and 1,000 Startups in 2022 Alone

US Protectionism and Chinese Shipyards Keep Aging Ships Sailing

Dishwasher Ruling a Win for Consumers

It’s the Spending, Stupid!

Health Care Dysfunction

Washington Beyond The Headlines: Happy New Year. We Hope.

What Will Become Of Cities?

Power to the… regulators? That’s what new worker classification rule will do

Homeland Economics: Is The End Of The Age Of Globalization?

The Free Speech Recession Deepens Across the Democratic World

Climate Goals Undermining Global Poverty Reduction

An ode to the suburb

Without Section 230 Protections, Generative AI Innovation Will Be Decimated

National Lending Rate Cap Would Harm Consumers

Federal Register 2023 gives Congress 90,402 reasons to restrain the regulators

Beeper Mini Ban is Protecting Apple’s Customers, Not a Monopoly

Local Government Corruption

Congress Should Extend 100 Percent Bonus Deprecation

March-In Guidelines Are Marching in the Wrong Direction

Washington Beyond The Headlines: The End is in Sight

Congress’ War on Interchange Fees Is Bad for Taxpayers and Consumers

This is bigger than COVID: Why are so many Americans dying early?

Fighting for Truth in Climate Science Is Important

Biden admin: Taxpayers don’t need to know about ‘official time’

New EPA Rule Does More Harm Than Good

Pandemic Policymaking Warrants Narrower Fed Mandate

Washington Beyond The Headlines: Pardon Me…

Sorry, Urbanists, But Bicycles Will Never Save The Planet

Momentum Builds for an Important End-of-Year Tax Package

Europe: Fueling Academic Excellence Through Diet and Wellness

Americans Born Today Will Use Prescription Drugs for Half Their Lives–Study

Three Easy Ways to Improve Competition in Transportation Policy

Cold truth about government pushing electric: Natural gas is much cheaper

Mike Lee Reveals How Little Congress Cares to Govern

High Real Estate Commissions Raise Questions About the Need for Salesperson Licensing

Washington Beyond The Headlines: We’re Thankful For…

Milei’s Remarkable Victory in Argentina Paves the Way for a ‘Dollar Zone’

Why Is The European Chips Act Doomed To Fail?

Electric Vehicles Are Much More Costly than Commonly Claimed

Congress Should Act Immediately on NLRB Rule and Protect Small Businesses

Regulatory Roadblocks to Quitting Smoking

Car-free cities about social engineering, not public demand

Washington Beyond The Headlines: Ho Hum, Another Election Day…

5 bad appliance regulations Congress should reject with the Congressional Review Act

It’s Already Happening

New Cato Study Confirms Fed Cannot Control Inflation

AI Executive Order and the FTC’s War on Big Tech

Study Suggests Causes of Climate Change Beyond CO2

Revitalizing downtowns means focusing on the basics

Senators Attempt to Provide Cover for Incoming Carbon Tax

Washington beyond the headlines: Speaking of…

Issue at a glance: Blocking the Biden climate change slush fund

Debt Threat Denial on Full Display in Fiscal Commission Hearing

Why Are Death and Disability Rising Among Young Americans? | Opinion

Americans are from Mars and Europeans are from Venus When it Comes to Network Regulation

Access to Care Should Not Depend on Your Zip Code

Why Aren’t We Using More Nuclear Energy?

Focus on Health Costs

What you should know about the grid: A brief primer

Superstores Benefit Consumers Despite FTC’s Claims

Washington beyond the headlines: DC is a Mess

Markets Relatively Quiet Despite Inflation, Israel Crisis

The FCC Lacks Authority to Impose Net Neutrality Regulations

To Mask Or Not To Mask? The Answer Is In The Evidence

Nobel Prize Winner Claudia Goldin on the Gender Pay Gap

Does anyone want to talk about Brexit anymore? Not really

Breaking Down the FTC’s Case Against Amazon

Biden Administration Announces Additional $9 Billion in Student Debt Cancelation

New ‘Free Cities Index’ Ranks America’s Best and Worst Pro-Growth Cities

Florida, Physicians Push Back on COVID Shot Approvals

House Republicans try defunding the home appliance regulators

Kicking the Can on Government Funding with Emergency Aid

The ghost of net neutrality may soon return to haunt America

Fueling the Fires of Medical Inflation

At least we’re Not New York

Popularity is Not a Crime: The DoJ’s Case Against Google is Weak

Climate Alarm Is a ‘One-Sided Religious Story,” Not Science

Pollution and Economic Growth

Shareholder support for ESG proposals is falling

Rising Farm Incomes Underscore Need for Subsidy Cuts

Deal on Offshore Power is Latest Fool’s Game on Green Energy

Congress Should Ease the Sugar Blockade

Targeting Big Health Care

An FTC Challenge to Kroger-Albertsons Merger Seems likely to Fail

Economy Remains Precarious As Money Supply, Bond Yields Point to Coming Downturn

The SEC’s anti-competitive assault against private fund advisers

Time for Pandemic Emergency Spending to End

Lawmakers Push Yet Another Drain on California Employers Stretched to the Breaking Point

Miami-Dade Considers Ordinance That Would Harm Consumer Privacy

Unseen Harm

Bipartisan Support for Permitting Reform Could Unleash America’s Energy Potential

Biden Administration Working Overtime To Regulate Working Overtime

EV Drivers Should Pay Their Fair Share of Taxes

Bank Of Canada Bent On A Digital Currency Hard To Justify

Cato Report: Zero Chance of Being Killed by Terrorist Who Crossed U.S. Border Illegally, 1975–2022

With Current Economic Signals Clear As Mud, Markets Lack Direction

The European Stability Mechanism Hangs By A Thread – On France’s Credit Rating

Preventing the JetBlue Spirit Merger Will Not Benefit Consumers

Americans Satisfied with their Current Health Coverage, Lean Against Single Payer, Finds New PRI Survey

Inflation Reduction Act turns one, and wow that’s an ugly baby

Clean energy isn’t clean

Congress Should Expand Medicare Acupuncture Treatments – For Patients And Cost Savings

THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION’S DISCONCERTING BIAS AGAINST CANADIAN OIL

Economic Benefits of AI Today and Tomorrow

Will Bad Credit Affect U.S. Energy Subsidies?

Import Taxes Inflate Back-to-School Prices

Life Insurance Data Suggests Mass Covid Vaccine Deaths

Cutting Farm Subsidies

Europe Facing the Mirror: The Economic and Technological Decline in Comparison to the United States

Amazon doesn’t have a monopoly in everything

It’s Time to Broaden Our Broadband Wireless

A Battle Plan to Fight Obesity

Prominent Democrat Urges Biden Administration to Reform Medicare Policy

COWERING BEFORE ‘CARBON’

Biden Is Once Again Being “Generous” to Student Debtors with Taxpayer Money

Biden’s Chance to Reform Alzheimer’s Care

‘End Poverty in California’ Caucus Poised to Worsen State’s Poverty Problem

Medical Futures

Mandates kill innovation

The Jones Act Paradox: Why is a Law that is Deemed “Essential” So Frequently Waived?

Only in Washington Can $27 Billion Be Forgotten. How to Spend It Now

Biden Administration’s Possible Endangered Listing Threatens Oil and Gas Production

Actors and writers unions are fighting technological change. Expect change to win.

It’s like Lenin said: You ask who benefits, and, uh, you know

Wasn’t Lower Inflation Supposed to Be Impossible without Higher Unemployment?

Epic Errors

Americans Pay $1,300 ‘Tort Tax,’ Fixing Legal System Would Grow Economy by 2 Percent

Targeted Ads Hit the Mark  

Montana Passes Major Protection for Remote and Mobile Workers

China Imposes Export Restrictions on Key Semiconductor Materials, Ratchets Up Weaponization of Trade in the Context of T...

Khan’s Omission on Ethics Shows a Larger Issue

FDA Approves New Alzheimer’s Treatment As Medicare Delays Access

Fannie Mae’s Ambitions Would Inject More Risk in the Housing Market

Adam Smith on how trade makes us better people

FTC’s Expansive Authority Undermines Consumer Welfare

A Giant Leap or A Misstep? EU’s Dive into Mental Health Initiatives

By managing growth, planners make cities less livable

House hearing warns of Biden’s admin’s ‘death by a thousand regulations’

Understanding SALT

Covid-era Dental Coverage Gone. Low-income Americans at risk

Let’s Learn from Canada

UN CLIMATE AGENCY DISTORTS SCIENCE, PROMOTES GREEN INDUSTRY LOBBY

Low-Energy Fridays: It Came from Outer Space

Solar Power Creates Waste and Pollution

New Biden White House Agenda shows 3,666 rules in regulatory pipeline

California Should Serve as a Warning

The Fed’s Questionable CBDC Campaign

Decoding Sweden’s Smoke-Free Revolution: A Model for Global Health

OECD’s Tax on American Sovereignty

The Biden Administration’s Mental Health Challenge

Your Drug Rebate Check Is in the Mail…to Switzerland

Medicare Doubles Down on Restricting Alzheimer’s Treatment

The Cost of Student Debt Cancelation: The State-By-State Impact on Taxpayers and Individuals Without a College Degree

AFSCME has lost 200K-plus members and fee-payers nationwide since Janus decision

Do more deregulation in debt limit deal

California Emphasizes The ‘DIE’ In Diesel

Supreme Court Clarifies Murky “Waters of the United States” Definition: It No Longer Includes Mud Puddles

Silicon Valley tech leaders promised to put people first. It didn’t happen.

Washington Isn’t Just Going After Your Gas Stoves

No Quiet Title for Innovators

Markets in Widespread Confusion Over Economic Conditions

Another USPS Financial Report Delivers Disappointing News for Taxpayers

Energy security and industrial strategy – UK and EU divergence

Immigrants & Their Kids Were 70% of U.S. Labor Force Growth Since 1995

New credit card late fee rule hurts folks who pay their bills on time

EU: HOW DO AGRICULTURAL SUBSIDIES IN WEALTHY COUNTRIES HARM LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES?

Punishing Business Size Punishes Value

Make It A Trifecta

Indiana House Passes Anti-ESG Pension Fund Bill

Canada: THE CLIMATE/ENERGY/ENVIRONMENT DEBATE IS COMPLETELY UNHINGED

How Are We Going to Build New Transmission Lines for Renewable Energy Transition?

SNAP and Obesity

Pruning the Biden Administration’s Green Subsidies

Has Gary Gensler turned the SEC into a regulatory ‘Hotel California’?

Time to Retire Medicare’s CED Policy?

SB 564 will hurt consumers and small retailers

Using AI To Assess the Impact of News on Markets

Brain drain hits the FTC

World IP Day Points to IP’s Role in Competitiveness

Trade in Real Life: How U.S. Sugar Farmers Snack on Americans’ Treats

Argentina – Crisis: When central banks do not learn from their history

Freelancers Find Little Sympathy from Left In Fight over Worker ‘Misclassification’

Biden Administration Takes California’s Electric Vehicle Mandate National

Report Confirms: Social Security Trust Fund to Be Depleted by 2034

A New Chapter in the Tech Wars? Weaponization of Trade Back on the Menu as U.S.-Chinese Tensions Soar

If You Want a Smaller Pension Invest in ESG Funds

Will Germany interfere in Brussels’ efforts to tame big tech?

Importance of Startup Businesses

Biden’s ‘Modernizing Regulatory Review’ Executive Order Will Undermine Review

Ideology over Education

AI-Induced Climate Anxiety Results in Suicide

Newsom’s California Labor Policy Will Go National Under Secretary Su

Wake Up, West – a New Energy World Order is Building, Fast

Driving down drug costs starts with PBM transparency

Self‐​defeating Protectionism Plagues Biden Administration’s “Invest in America” Tour

How Eminent Domain Obliterated the Character of Cities

New Research Shows Obesity’s Impact on Business

Three Important Policy Reforms in H.R 1

Freezing Innovation

Life, Liberty, Property: Note to Fed and Feds: Stop Helping

PBM Transparency Legislation Would Further Expand FTC’s Reach

Better Alzheimer’s screening will make a huge difference in people’s lives.

Canada: Who is Brave Enough to Enter the Oil Patch These Days? A Salute to the Few, Courageous and Needed

Biden’s Math of Just Taxing the Rich Doesn’t Add Up

Joe Biden’s Strawman War Against “Junk Fees”

FTC Budget Request: More Money, More Staff, and More Problems

CFPB ignores the data on late fees

SERA Smiles on Users, Frowns on Innovators

The Biden Administration Is At War With Itself Over Alzheimer’s Treatment

Canada – ESG: A Formula for Slower Growth, Lower Living Standards and Smaller Pensions

Slavery and Child Labor at the Core of Elites’ Green Energy Obsession

Taxpayer Concerns Grow Over Biden Administration’s Pharmaceutical Policies

Costly union-only agreements result in fewer city projects

House Hearing and FOIA Reveals Fed’s Stance on CBDC By Nicholas Anthony

Congress Hands Biden His First Legislative Defeat by Overturning DOL ESG Rule Affecting Retirees

Switch Gears

New poll finds bipartisan support for extending ACP funding; Congress must act now

Antitrust Concerns Grow Amid Proposed Rail Merger

UK: Five reasons why rejoining the EU is a difficult path to follow

When Science gets Mugged for the Media – a Case Study

Deficits and Debts Grow While Serious Accounting Deficiencies Persist Across the Federal Government

Don’t Push Crypto Offshore, Don’t Outlaw Disruptive Innovation

FTC should pursue a balanced role in data privacy

Medicare Hypocrisy

Shrinkflation, Slack-filling, and the Real Effects of Inflation

Green Technologies Are Dangerous, Not Ready for Prime Time

New Zealand: The Ardern Legacy

Hawaii’s Proposed Flavor Ban for Tobacco and Vapor Products Lacks An Understanding Of Reality

CBO on Medicare and Social Security

Court Slows The FAST Act, But Business Exodus Could Accelerate

Switzerland: Not Out of the Woods Yet

Fauci Failure to Acknowledge Limited Vaccine Protection Undermines Faith in Government Advice

Answering the Climate Inquisition

Just How Hard Were We Trolled?

Illinois Provides a Perfect Case Study on How Rate Caps Hurt Americans

Can a Seasonal Adjustment to Lost Jobs Justify a Tighter Fed?

Right Sizing the Federal Trade Commission Is Step One

UK: What could a closer EU relationship realistically look like?

IRA Sows Seeds of Socialistic Health Policy

The 2023 ROAM Index: How State Tax Codes Affect Remote and Mobile Workers

Setting the Record Straight on Ivermectin

The Chips Act: Joe Biden’s New Protectionist Policy

A Multi‐​State Wealth Tax Carries Budgetary Risks

Latest State Minimum Wage Hike Will Hurt Workers Far More Than It Helps

Agency Notices in the Federal Register Merit Close Monitoring by Congress

Economic Weakness Continues As Fed Keeps Slowing Money Growth

Better Trade and Regulatory Policies Are Key to Battling High Prices

Canada: 2023 Energy Predictions?

Build on Success

Should the EU enlarge even if it threatens its common values?

The West Needs Water Markets

ARGENTINA – IMF: To meet goals, the government used questionable accounting regarding “soy dollar”

Federal Reserves Declines to Become Climate Regulator

Urban flight: Removing cars won’t revive our cities

Nine Taxpayer-Friendly Changes to House Rules in 118th Congress: Here’s What You Need to Know

Biden EPA’s Waters of the United States Rule Limits Private Property Rights

The Collapse of the Progressive Economy

Commission caps produce higher prices, reduced choice for food delivery 

Study weighs economic benefits of new Alzheimer’s treatments

Fed Chair Powell’s Story about Service Price Inflation Is Untrue

Climate Fact Check 2022 Report Debunks Mainstream Media’s Tall Tales

Argentina: Volatility, ambiguity and anxiety: Three issues for 2023

Welcome to the Jungle: Did the Biden Administration Just Reverse 75 Years of Trade Progress?

Happy Holidays and…

Looking Forward 

Russia Sanctions: What Took Airbus So Long To Fall In Line?

How the Grinch Stole Christmas from Alzheimer’s Patients

What Congress Should Do about Crypto Exchanges

The Human Cost of Regulations and Some Possible Solutions

Energy Policy Should be Pragmatic, Not Political

The Federal Trade Commission Is in Dire Need of an Intervention

Canada: Grandma Will Freeze to Death on Current Energy Path

Eight Effective Policy Options for Reducing U.S. Government Deficits in 2023

U.S. land ‘shortage’ is result of artificial growth limits

McCaughey: Biden’s 401(k) Heist

Federal Taxes: 1958 and 2019

The EU Settlement Scheme – ongoing issues from the frontline

Fed Hikes Interest Rate: Bigger News on Bond Portfolio Mostly Neglected

IRA’s Price Controls Make False Promises, Will Deliver All Too Real Socialist Results

Wealthy Californians “Just Stop Oil” Campaign – Popular in Europe; has Anyone asked, say, Bangladesh?

To cap or not to cap: the deal Europe needs on energy prices

The Best Oversight is Insight: how to use combinatorial math to prevent the next FTX without strangling the blockchain s...

What do Ticketmaster and Pharmacy Benefit Managers have in common?

Income Inequality, Social Mobility, and Economic Freedom

Economic News Remains Mixed, Downturn Likely on the Way

Climategate 2.0: EPA’s New Social Cost of Greenhouse Gases Report

Tax Court Rules, 15-2, the IRS Must Comply with Basic Administrative Law

Escaping From the COP-27 Insane Asylum

The International Trade Commission and Patent Trolls An Ongoing Threat to Online Access for American Consumers

Solving Two Problems At Once: Desalination And Nuclear Go Hand In Hand

What Does It Mean to Say that a Job Is Underpaid?

We Need to Use the Business Cycle to Pay Down Debt

Poll Shows Limited Consensus on the Expected Impact of Climate Change

Would a Swiss “Debt Brake” Work for America? It’s Worth a Shot.

A Dose of Reality Over “Zero-Emissions” Electric Vehicles

Wrong Diagnosis + Wrong Prescription = Congressional Malpractice

Canada: A Year of LNG Royalties/Taxes from a Single Pipeline Could Pay for …

Lessons from the downfall of Truss for macroeconomic governance

The Monstrous Driver of Higher Halloween Candy Prices

The Latest (Useless) Addition To Municipal C-Suites

Green Energy Revolution Hits Energy Reality Wall

Our Deluded Leaders Ignore Reality and Ensure Disaster

Congress Should Exercise Caution as Antitrust Bills Gain Steam

Raising Awareness Is Key To Progress on Alzheimer’s Disease

Alzheimer’s Treatment Policy Will Restrict Access For Most People

A Tough Winter Ahead for Heating Bills, According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration

DoL’s Independent Contracting Proposal Endangers Both Freedom and Prosperity

Property Rights on Midterm Ballot

Another Government Program Won’t Ease The Burden Of High Gas Prices

The Lawlessness Continues

Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments in Important Dormant Commerce Clause Case That Could Strike Down Burdensome Californi...

Rent control is destroying a city near you

Government Student Loan Debt Worse Than It Looks

PayPal’s Terms and the Importance of Removing Barriers to Competition

Canada: In ESG Theology, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, ‘DEI’ is ‘God’

Economic Growth Signs Are Pressing Fed to Impose a Worse Recession

Questions the 118th Congress Should Ask OMB’s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs

Trussonomics: Credible and Sane

One Simple Transparency Reform Will Reveal the True Extent of Federal Spending

EU – DIGITAL AUTHORITARIANISM IS ON THE RISE: THE THREAT TO THE U.S DATA FREEDOM APPROACH

Positive Alzheimer’s Treatment Data Puts the Pressure on Medicare

Do States Need Income Taxes?

Reallocating Spectrum Would Benefit 5G Networks 

Study: Regular Use of Ivermectin Prevented COVID-19 Deaths

The Jones Act vs. Puerto Rico, Again

The energy crisis demands more action from the UK

Union power makes urban reform nearly impossible

TDC Asks Supreme Court to Hear Two Cases Protecting Taxpayers from Greedy State Revenue Agencies

Russian Oil Price Controls: How They Would Work and What They Might Do

America Needs an Emergency Declaration to End All Emergency Declarations

Lawmakers provide crypto clarity

Making It Worse

Traffic Deaths Rising: U.S. Transportation Department Has a Plan

Canada: Farmers as Enemies of the State – The Black Art of Wedge Politics

EU: Why gas price caps and consumer subsidies are both extremely costly and ultimately futile

California’s Continued War on Plastics is just Political Grandstanding

Biden Administration Keeps Trade Taxes in Place Indefinitely Pending Further “Review”

Zombie Spending That Just Won’t Die

Stablecoins could make greenback the internet’s reserve currency

Student Loan Forgiveness Treats the Symptoms and Not the Disease

This Week in Ridiculous Regulations

Climate Absolutism Works Against LNG, East Coast Pipeline Debate

Newsom Dives In The Deep End

California Faces First Challenge to Income Tax Grab At Out-of-State Businesses

National Microschooling Center

U.S. Economy Shrank Two Quarters

Time for a reset: Could a new prime minister repair the EU–UK relationship?

Ensuring Seniors Can Access New Alzheimer’s Medicines

Canada: Policy on the Frontier – Why Net-zero and ESG Matters to You with Bette Grande

Prominent Short Sellers Target ESG-themed Firms

CPAs Licensed to Kill?

The Latest Form of Discriminatory Digital Tax — Streaming Taxes

Perception and Challenges of Mining in LatAm

Chile’s Left-Wing Constitutional Suicide Pact

The Bond Market Can “Fight the Fed” (And Sometimes Win)

Politically Connected Piggies at the Trough for ‘Inflation’ Bill

European Central Bank’s Gaslighting Defies EU Energy Shortage

California Continues to Push Renewables Despite Energy Storage Problem

Proposed Clean Vehicle Subsidies: Protectionism Trumps Environmentalism

This Week in Ridiculous Regulations

Telecoms Mega-Merger Demonstrates the Need to Balance Profit and Job Creation

EU: Unpacking the sense and nonsense behind energy price caps

Four Challenges for Electric Mobility in LatAm

CFPB Has Overstepped its Authority

Sharding and Small-world Networks: the golden needle in the blockchain haystack

The FTC’s Bizarre Move Against Meta’s Purchase of Within

Russian Metal Next Target of Sanctions

U.S. Surface Station Network Is Fatally Flawed, Heartland Report Shows

CBO Issues Warning on Rising Debt, Set to Nearly Double Over 30 Years

This Week in Ridiculous Regulations

EU: Managing the energy and food crises: Exceptional times call for exceptional measures

Using the USPS Monopoly as an “Antimonopoly Tool” is a Bad Idea

After Five Months of Bare Infant Formula Shelves, Congress Finally Does the Bare Minimum

Biden’s Inflationary Goal

Weakness of Euro, Pound, Yen, Loonie Are Ominous Signs

Do’s and Don’ts for Policymakers as They Address Inflation

A Closer Look at the Drug Pricing Scheme

Desperate maneuvering

Federal Bureaucracy Threatens 5G’s Future

Certification Program Goes Bananas

FDA to Put ‘Grandfathered’ Drugs Through the Regulatory Wringer

Switzerland: Do We Really Want to Work Less?

Egregious Licensing Rule Holds Working Mothers Back in Tennessee

Summer Forecast: Eastern Europe’s resilience likely to fade as war and inflation pressures mount

Student Loan Forgiveness Would Be Costly and Regressive

Canada: Stagflation Begs for less Government not More

294 Costliest Rules in Biden’s Spring 2022 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulations

Argentina: How to Fight School Indoctrination

UK Referendum bill: the logic behind Nicola Sturgeon’s strategic gamble

Congress is Considering a Federal Data Standard, What Consumers Need to Know

More Junk Science 

CBO’s Misleading Description of the Tax Exclusion for Employer‐​Sponsored Health Insurance

Argentina: The effectiveness of the State guides the lives of the population.

Colorado Moves the Ball on Housing Affordability Reform—Will Other States Pick It Up?

Supreme Court Reins in the Administrative State in West Virginia v. EPA

Medicare to Limit Payment for New Alzheimer’s Drug

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Continues to Attack the Financial Industry

Housing is Not Health Care and Medicaid Must Not Pay Rent

Economists Still Believe in The Price Mechanism

Fintech Faces Regulatory Peril

Competition Policy and the Infant Formula Market

IS IT POSSIBLE TO ABOLISH POVERTY BY ONE SINGLE LAW? THE CASE OF THE ITALIAN UNIVERSAL MINIMUM INCOME PROJECT

The Many Arbitrary and Capricious Aspects of SEC’s Climate Risk Disclosure Rule

No Evidence of Climate Crisis

Congress Explores Relief for Small Businesses Impacted by SCOTUS Wayfair Decision

Journalistic Misunderstandings About the PPI

What Can California Do About Dead Malls?

Why Elon Musk’s war on ESG matters—and How Republicans Can Win It by defunding ESG

How Washington makes it worse

Ninth Circuit Ruling Against Washington State Couple Opens Door to Wealth Taxes

Are Hospital Mergers Good for Patient Care? Or Just Good Business?

GAO Report Shows a Dizzying Array of Federal Broadband Programs

Seniors Pay for Medicare’s Mistake

Wildfires Are Exacerbated by Poor Forest Management Practices

Healthcare: Two bad ideas

Canada: People, Vote for Better Energy Policy, Fast

Eleven Lousy Tech Bills from the 117th Congress: Fair Repair Act

Shipping Protectionism Undermines U.S. Efforts to Address Brewing Food Crisis

Eradicating the “Conscience Rule” Will Worsen the Doctor Shortage

Greening the Australian party system

SEC’s Climate Rule Would Harm Small Businesses

The United States applied the highest interest rate hike in 20 years: how does it affect the Argentine economy?

The Fed Minutes Add New Humility and Flexibility

More Staycations This Summer, Thanks to Biden’s Gas Price-Raising Agenda

President Biden Approves Summer Sales of E15

Retail Pharmacy Paranoia Is Understandable–But Patients Are The Real Victims

New Congressional Effort to Crack Down on Big Tech

Canada: Via Rail, a Business That Would Not Be Created Today

EU: The good, the bad and the ugly of the Conference on the Future of Europe

Ninth Circuit Reverses Federal Win on Challenge to Ban on State Tax Cuts

Baby Formula and Regulatory Failure

What $300 Million for Two Pizzas Might Mean for Blockchain Legislation and Regulation

Fed’s Monetary Stimulus Continues Despite Claims to the Contrary

To endure global crises, the United States needs to better protect domestic innovation

California, Sunny With A Near-100% Chance Of Blackouts

China Competition Bill Shouldn’t Punish U.S. Farmers, Manufacturers, and Workers

EU: Digital product passports: What does the Sustainable Products Initiative bring?

Ten Terrible Tech Bills from the 117th Congress: Platform Competition and Opportunity Act

“Call for a vote, Mr. Chairman!”

Yellen, Crypto, and Risk of Loss

Proposed Mergers Act Codifies Big Is Bad

Nomad Visa in Argentina: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Public trust, safety, and genetic engineering

Why Did the IRS Destroy 30 Million Paper Records Before Processing Them?

EU: Mélenchon may prove to be the real challenger to Macron’s presidency

McCaughey: Biden’s Rising Food Prices

Argentina: Six proposals to create productive jobs and generate higher income

Distinguishing Home‐​Grown Inflation from Global Inflation

Ten Terrible Tech Bills from the 117th Congress: EARN IT Act

Renewable Energy Prices Are Rising

Canada: Cheap Coal Could Pay for Greenhouse Gas Remediation

Gas Price Shenanigans Won’t Help Consumers

Antitrust Shows That Bad Policy Is Bipartisan

James Madison and … Cryptocurrency? 

Fiscal support and monetary vigilance: economic policy implications of the Russia-Ukraine war for the European Union

This Week in Ridiculous Regulations

Markets Show the Perils of Arbitrary Antitrust Legislation

A Bad Day for Incandescent Light Bulbs – and Freedom of Choice

Canada, U.S. Cities With Largest CBDs Lost Population

Postal Banking Still Lingers, It’s Time to Close the Loophole

EU: Equal taxes? Lower taxes!

The Updated Case for Free Trade

Would Microsoft’s Proposed Activision Merger Be Positive for Consumers?

‘State of the Planet’ Is Good, No Climate Crisis in Sight

EU: New Tax Slovakia Has Had for Long Time

Countering Civil Forfeiture Myths with Facts

UK: How can we tame the inflation tiger?

Myopic IRIS Program Could Blindside Taxpayers

EU: The moral cost of ‘social peace’ in Germany

ECASH?

Celebrate What Earth Has Given Man

New Inflation Numbers Show Folly of Price Controls

Disqualify Sanction-Busting Airbus From U.S. Defense Contracts Now

Canada: The Federal Climate Plan – Far Out of Touch with the World, with First Nations, with its Regions, and the Feds J...

Global inequality at lowest level for 140 years

Fuel Producers, States Challenge New EPA Rule Effectively Mandating Electric Vehicles

Free Labor Markets Benefit Workers and Businesses

Medicare: Illegal “Fix”

EU: HOW DOES GLOBAL MINIMUM TAX HURT DEVELOPING NATIONS?

Remember When Critics Said We Rely on China for Pharmaceuticals? Not so Fast

‘ESG’ Efforts to Rid the World of Fossil Fuels Will Drive Humanity Back to Medieval Times

Argentina: Inflation in food does not cave: It has already risen 4,6% in March

Elon Musk’s Purchase of Twitter Stock Is an Important Reminder of How Capitalism Works

Ignore the Union Siren Song

The CFPB Has a Dim View of Other Federal Regulators

Delusional Climate Extremism, Reliance on Autocracies, and Vapid Leadership Equals War

Back to the Future or Back to the Past? The Implications of Revisiting the Gas Tax

Georgia’s Social Media Regulations Would Make Things Worse, not Better

New FERC Guidance Adds Climate Considerations to Natural Gas Pipeline Approval Process

New Report Highlights Importance of Mergers and Acquisitions

With an early Alzheimer’s diagnosis, my wife might still be living at home

Biden’s Budget Deficits

EU: One-Dimensional Healthcare COVID-19 Policy

How Congress Can Boost Ocean Shipping

Rent Control Can’t Stop Soaring Housing Rents

The Patent Eligibility “Quagmire” 

Former IRS Heads Ought to Know: Don’t Rush Into a Gov’t-Run “Return-Free” Scheme

UK: Is it too late to save the economy?

Cap On Travel Nurse Pay Is Bad for Patients

Case Studies on Smart Zoning Reforms, Part Four: Removing Parking Requirements in Buffalo, New York

Government and Business Leaders Must Step Up to Stem the Healthcare Worker Shortage

The Iron(y) in Steel Protectionism

Russia’s War on Ukraine Hits Critical Mineral Supply Chains: A Look at Nickel

Alternative Technologies Will Not Provide Budget Relief to Hard Working Families

Switzerland, the Land of Subsidies

Refreshing real-world facts

Canada: The Failed Economics of Carbon Taxes

Antitrust Bill Puts Consumer Data At Risk 

Congress Tried Fiscal Responsibility for Once. It Lasted About 16 Hours.

Cereal exports: Ukraine default hits African countries hard

U.S. EPA’s Revised Water Rule Expands Federal Control over Private and State Lands

The Unintelligible Psaki‐​Biden Theory of Oil Prices

Case Studies on Smart Zoning Reforms, Part Two: Portland, Oregon’s Accessory Dwelling Units

How to Retain U.S. Foundational R&D Leadership Over China

Wealth Taxes Are Economic Failures

American Consumers Find Savings in High-Speed Internet but GONs Threaten to Erase Progress

Switzerland: When Politicians Pull the Plug

Fiscal Illusion

How Did COVID-19 Impact the Canadian Manufacturing Sector?

Corn Ethanol More Environmentally Harmful than Gasoline, Says Study

Antitrust Legislation Needs to Weigh the Benefits of Big Tech

Argentina: Inflation is the main income source of the National Treasury

Case Studies on Smart Zoning Reforms, Part One: Houston, Texas

U.S. Protectionism Gives Boost to Russian Energy Imports

The Stakes Just Got Higher – The State of U.S. Critical Mineral Resource Security

California Should Embrace Nuclear in Race to Meet All Renewables Mandate

Canada: How Long Will Investor Confidence Last?

Investors Are Increasingly Shunning Green Energy Stocks and Funds

The Big Tech Self-​Preferencing Panic

UK: Appeasement and the Ukraine crisis: the whiff of Munich?

EU: Deregulate to Boost the Economy

Economic Forces Are Competing; Inflation Will Win

Living With The Climate Karens

FCC & NTIA Agreement Is a Step In The Right Direction

Buttigieg’s Latest Scheme to Shut-down Your Family’s Car

VA Gov. Youngkin Takes Steps to Remove Virginia from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative

The Empty Case for Stakeholder Capitalism and ESG Investing

Empowering Government to “Fix” Big Tech is a Cure Worse Than the Disease

DOE’s War on Career Colleges Will Harm the Very Students it Seeks to Help

The Fed Doesn’t Rule the Stock Market

States Have Until April 1 to Use UI Funds Without New Federal Conditions

An Economy on the Rebound: What Next?

UK: Unchecked inflation: will restaurants pay the price?

Biden Administration to Scrap Trump-era Plan to Expand Drilling in National Petroleum Reserve

Argentina: Another government chooses gradualism

IRS Train Wreck

Is Space the Final Frontier – Imagine?

An Environmental Assault By Batteries

Biden Climate, Energy Policies’ Costs: High and Rising

A Primer on Inflation and Fiscal Policy

In 2022, Will Congress Pass an Agenda that Hurts Small Businesses and Their Workers?

UK: Average household will pay over £1 million in tax in a lifetime

Real Earnings Should Stop Falling If Energy Prices Stop Rising

A Better Way to Go After Big Tech

EURO FINANCING, A STRATEGY FOR EU SURVIVAL

Canada poised to join expanding number of countries endorsing crop gene editing. That’s encouraging – but global reform ...

Washington State Adds Further Complexity to the Privacy Hodgepodge

UK: Inflation: the tax imposed without representation

Already, IRS Miscues Are Making a Complicated Tax Filing Season More Complicated

On the European Union’s Digital Markets Act, “Fair Access”, and Vertical Integration

Americans Mainly Reject Labor Unions

Argentina: “New taxes on personal assets reduce economic freedom”

A Failing Grade

Dozens of Natural Gas-Fueled Power Plants Are Under Construction in the United States

Let the Sun Set on Solar Tariffs

UK: Transatlantic security cooperation: another stalemate?

The Search for Workers is Complicated by New Businesses Taking Flight

Bringing Britain’s woes to North America?

South Carolina Regulators Reject Duke Energy’s Coal Closure Plan

EU: Decarbonisation of the energy system

A Pandemic Broken Windows Fallacy?

Universal Health Care Back For Another Try

IRS Faces Skeptical Questioning from Supreme Court in Boechler “One Day Late” Case

Priorities

The bioengineered food label is not expected to have any benefits to human health or the environment

GOP and Democrat Antitrust Focus Unwittingly Helps China

Argentina: Can we afford not to export?

OSHA Vax Mandate on the Ropes

EUROPE: NO MAGIC WAND FOR PUBLIC DEBT, EXCEPT…

Businesses Sue Over California Animal Welfare Law

The U.S. Should Evaluate Safety Concerns While Avoiding Unnecessary 5G Delays

Fostering a Constructive, Business-Friendly Regime Sustains Innovation, Not Government Money

The Profound Junk Science of Climate

SALT Cap Constitutional Challenge Faces Long Odds at Supreme Court

British Antitrust Reforms are Bad Example for U.S.

Arizona Republic Report Leaves Out Important Details and Context On Universal Licensing

The Nuclear Alternative

Farmers and Ranchers – The Unsung Heroes of 2021

The Produce Cartels

Director Chopra’s FDIC Power Grab Yet Another Reason to Rein-in the CFPB

The FDA Should Provide Guidance Based on Sound Science

Antitrust Proposals Could Leave Consumers Vulnerable

Biden Administration to Overturn Trump Water Quality Rules and Revive WOTUS

Producer Prices for Goods Rise and Fall with Oil Prices

Biden Administration Takes on the “Cozy Sugar Industry” — Or Does It?

The Renewable Part of Hydrogen is the Hype

Covid’s Gales of Change: A Golden Age for Entrepreneurs?

Congress, Again, Lacks Any Fiscal Fortitude on Sequestration and PAYGO

Patent Trolls Hurt Consumers and Access to Broadband Connectivity

Biden’s Climate Policies Damage America, Democrats, and the Climate

Dying Transit Industry Grasps for Solutions

UK: Voters’ evaluations of the impact of COVID-19 and Brexit

Policymakers Must Recognize Mergers Can Benefit Consumers

Senator Warren’s Corporate Minimum Tax Analysis Is Deeply Flawed

‘Side Issues’ Result in Much Higher Costs to Our Health and Social Systems

The Rock Hardness Of California Climate Imagery

Merck Antiviral Drug Moves Closer to Approval

Why is Congress About to Declare War on Seniors? – Commentary

Argentina: Deal with the IMF: An opportunity to remedy inflation-driven instability?

On China’s Trade Practices, the United States Is Ramping Up Efforts with Allies

Has the Pandemic Shifted the Labor Market to a New Normal?

The (missing) link between temperature and economic growth

IRS Announces Inflation Adjustments to 2022 Tax Brackets

Global Minimum Tax Is Cartel Scam with Loopholes

Michigan Gov. Whitmer Sparks an International Pipeline Dispute between the United States and Canada

The Midwest Rail Plan: A Disaster Waiting to Happen

The first panacea for a mismanaged nation is inflation

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch Twice the Size of Texas is Fake

UK: A tax on responsibility?

The Consumer Welfare Standard Does More to Promote Competition Than Overzealous Antitrust Legislation

Close the Digital Divide with Private Investment and Competition

Research & Commentary: Michigan House Considering Harmful Minimum Wage Hike

Germany in the EU after Merkel: A view from Italy

Germany in the EU after Merkel: A view from the Nordics

More Regulation Will Not Improve Port Efficiency

NZ: Housing Crisis Solved?

Argentina: A long story of price controls and inflation

What Would You Do With a $20 Tax Cut?

Global inequality at lowest level for 140 years

As Inflation Hits 30-Year High, Chinese Economic Problems Could Hammer U.S. Economy

USPS Need Changes as Fiscal Chaos Deepens

International Declaration on Market Environmentalism

Penalties for Violating OSHA’s Proposed “Vaccine Mandate”

UK-Canada Nuclear Fusion Project Could Generate Jobs, Unite Climate Alarmists and Skeptics

EU enlargement to the Western Balkans – Three observations

Critical Mineral Shortages Threaten to Undermine the Political Drive for Electric Vehicles

Proprietary Colleges Crackdowns Will Harm Students

Steel and Tariffs: How Bad Trade Policy Hurts Americans

Why Millennials Prefer DIY Investing

The UK’s Greening Finance Roadmap

Should the Bankrupt Feds Subsidize Cash‐​Flush States?

Getting the Drug Spending Facts Right

IRS Wants Data on Your eBay Sales

Lawmakers Break Free from Logic with Anti-Plastic, “Climate” Legislation

Monstrous Sugar Program Costs Americans Billions

UK: Taxpayers deserve a level playing field between HMRC and Jobcentre Plus

Washington beyond the headlines: Democrat Civil War?

Making the Child Tax Credit an Annual Extender Would Be a Fiscal Disaster

FDA to Consider Pricier Alternative to COVID-19 Early Treatment Drugs

Federal Subsidies for Electric Cars Should Not Be Increased

FDA Quietly Changed Ivermectin Warning After Criticism – Commentary

Beijing’s Minions Don’t Belong on Canadian Stock Exchanges

Gas-Powered Lawn Equipment Ban Another Major Burden on Minority Entrepreneurs

EU crash course in geopolitics: Navigating the transatlantic minefield

Tax Rates on the Rich

The Real Estate Exposure of the Bank of England Questions its Independence as Rate Setter

Read the Bill!

Washington beyond the headlines: Feeling the Debt Ceiling

Moderna Suspensions Raise Alarm

The new German government faces the challenge of a hollowed-out political system

More Certainty Still Needed Before Implementing Global Tax Agreement

Immigration Law Creates a Lose-Lose Scenario for America

Canada: Toxic Plastiphobia

China’s CPTPP membership bid

New Analysis Shows Build Back Better Could Put American Companies at a “Meaningful Competitive Disadvantage”

Market Economy Beats Planned Economy

Central Banking and Climate Change

Washington beyond the headlines: More Government? What is this, China?

Antitrust Reform Would Harm Workers, Not Help Them

Medicare for “Y’all” Means Better Deal for Some, Not Others – Commentary

Mexico: Gender Roles In The Wage Gap

Medicaid Blowout

Why Cash is Still King in Switzerland

California Desperate for Fossil Fuel to Keep the Lights On

Washington beyond the headlines: Death, Covid and, of course, Taxes

Everything We Don’t Need to Know about How the Economy Works

Chile: Back to Normal

Environment: Computer Models, Like “Selfies,” are not Reality

Congress Shouldn’t Let the IRS Snoop on America’s Bank Accounts

Biden Urges OPEC to Increase Its Oil Output to Offset Rising Prices

Girl Power in Pakistan

Washington beyond the headlines: Red Menace, and Teacher Menace

Explaining the International Tax Provisions in the House Reconciliation Bill

Germany: Air pollution reduces electoral support for government parties

Austria: Risks of an antitrust turn in the U.S

Blaming U.S. Passenger Vehicles for Climate Change Is Ignorant but Lucrative

Big Tech’s Big Consumer Wins

The Case for Electric Vehicles Is Losing Its Charge

Washington Beyond The Headlines: Dang, Taxes Again

New IRS Rule on Small Businesses Sends Them to Bizarro World

The Compelling Case for Selling Canada’s Water to the U.S.

Confiscating Entire Wealth of All US Billionaires Couldn’t Pay for Democratic Spending Plans

High Prices, Competition, and the Biden Administration

CAPITAL IDEAS: California’s Slow-Built Rail

Back To School Season Highlights Heavy Burden of Tariffs on Families and Students

Facebook is Back in Court

Biden’s American Families Plan Poised to Harm Families through the Death Tax

France — Afghanistan: Joe Biden has bet on the American defeat from the start

Critical Economic Theory

UK: The European Central Bank’s revised monetary policy strategy

The FTC’s Absurd Attempts At Defining Facebook’s Product Market

The Political Pill for COVID

Washington Beyond The Headlines: Bigger Brother Watching You

Focus on the Problem, Please

Denmark: The Danish economy needs reforms, dynamism and reality checks

Should the Government Tell Americans What Kind of Car to Drive?

Chile: Mining royalty and its consequences

Republicans Should Defend the Consumer Welfare Standard 

Washington Beyond The Headlines: It’s the Infrastructure, Stupid

Apple’s iPhone: Now With Built‐​In Surveillance

What could explain the gender pay gap in the labor market?

As Postal Losses Grow, Regulatory Scrutiny Reaches a Boiling Point

Restaurants Are Winning the Fight With Cities Trying to Ban Gas-Powered Stove

Irish economy to record double digit growth as exports surge

Too Many Rules Block DPC – New Report

Flawed New Carbon Tariff Bill Belongs in the Dustbin

Creating Two-Part Drug Pricing System Would Ensure Prices More Accurately Reflect How Patients Value a Drug

Washington Beyond The Headlines: Special Not-Olympics Edition

How Profits Created the Prosperity We Enjoy Today

How to Increase Housing Flexibility for Low-Income Americans

Argentina: Restrictions to the right to choose union health care insurance are once again applied to the detriment of wo...

Wasteful Corporate Subsidy Programs Should be Eliminated

House Passes Bill Requiring U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to Create ESG Disclosure Regulations

Washington Beyond The Headlines: Surviving Summer in the Swamp

EU–South Asia relations in the 21st century: Rethink, reimagine, reshape

Review of the Emerging Evidence on Ivermectin