Politics Trump Policy Once Again in Budget Debate
The Trump administration just delivered a massive budget to Congress. A look at the numbers and the talking points drafted to defend it confirms that budgets favor politics over policy. ...
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Statewide Rent-Control Laws Cannot Escape the Law of Supply and Demand
Rent control never delivers on the promise that it will multiply the affordable housing in high-value markets to serve middle- and lower-class families. It also always has negative consequences. ...
Trump Paving the Road to Overtime Pay With Good Intentions
The Trump administration has spent months re-examining the issue of overtime-pay regulation and seems close to a final decision. ...
Here We Go Again — Another Chaotic Christmas for Congress
The primary job of Congress is to pass a budget. Yet year after year, its members fail to do their job. This year is no different. ...
A Deficit-Happy Government May Lead to a Debt-Driven Financial Crisis
There are milestones you celebrate: a kid's first step, a round-numbered birthday, a marriage anniversary. And then there are the milestones you dread: Reaching $22 trillion in national debt is one...
Will Uprisings Thwart Green Central Planners?
It's clear that many ordinary people aren't willing to pay higher costs just to fulfill the grand visions of central planners. ...
Giving Thanks for Technology — and Air Taxis
On this Thanksgiving weekend, I thought it would be appropriate to remind Americans about some of the tremendous technological advancements we should be thankful for: better cellphones, safer cars, Lasik eye...
Digital Tax Fight Not Yet Over
There is something masochistic about the United States being the OECD's largest contributor, providing over 20 percent of the organization's annual budget only to have it consistently work to undermine market...
Another Republican Capitulation on Health Care
Republicans have established a clear pattern on health care. First, they rail against whatever big-government scheme Democrats propose. Then, after a half-hearted and incompetent effort to convince the public of the...
Extending the Electric Vehicle Tax Credit Undermines Tax Reform
Simplification of the tax code was one of the objectives of tax reform. Yet many special provisions and exemptions remain. Among them is the tax credit that comes with the purchase...
Think Your State Is Fiscally Sound? Think Again
It's that time of the year again when we find out how deep in the red our country is thanks to the 2018 edition of the Mercatus Center State Fiscal Rankings....
Thinking Broadly About Parental Leave Policy
In recent months, a vocal group of conservatives has joined with Democrats in arguing that it's time for the government to correct a blatant market failure: the private sector's inability to...
Bad Bills Come From Those Who Wait
If there's something the government does well, it's spend money. It does it with great fervor, no matter who's in charge of Congress or the White House. ...
State Migration Increasingly Driven by Taxes
Americans move from one state to another for a variety of reasons. They move to retire, to find jobs, to lower their housing costs or to enjoy nicer weather. While experts...
Universal Savings Accounts a Silver Lining in Tax Reform
The idea is to encourage savings by granting taxpayers a tax incentive to save, with total flexibility over the timing and use of the money saved. ...