Clark Packard In a lengthy speech at last week’s Reindustrialize Summit in Detroit, MI, US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer expounded on the supposed benefits of industrial policy and protectionism. Featuring the usual laments about how the US doesn’t build anything anymore (never mind that the United States is the world’s second-largest manufacturing country) and the contributions of foreign subsidies and ...
Michael Chapman In a small but politically significant win for liberty, Congress has passed the 2025 Rescissions Act, eliminating $9.1 billion in previously allocated funds—including $1.1 billion for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), which helps fund NPR and PBS. President Trump is expected to sign the bill into law. This marks a hard-won victory for fiscal conservatives and libertarians, especially ...
Jeffrey A. Singer It has been more than seven months since Donald Trump took office as president, and the Senate still hasn’t held confirmation hearings for his nominee for surgeon general, Casey Means, MD. Dr. Means is a controversial choice because, despite her Stanford credentials, she never completed a residency, doesn’t hold a current medical license, and promotes trendy but unproven ...
Romina Boccia and Ivane Nachkebia Voter turnout has long been the highest among senior Americans, making them one of the most influential voting groups in the country. Politicians, well aware of this, often try to cater to their preferences. The latest example of this trend is Congress’s decision to expand the already larger standard deduction for seniors—who are the wealthiest ...
Michael F. Cannon I have a piece at the Wall Street Journal with the title, “Medicare and Medicaid Fail a Basic Scientific Test.” It explores the implications of the fact that Medicaid failed the test the federal government uses to determine whether new elixirs save lives. Basically, “If Medicaid were a drug, the federal government wouldn’t approve it—and could penalize ...
Jeremy Horpedahl Much has been made of the “China Shock,” or the impact on US manufacturing from two related trade policy changes: the US granting China permanent normal trade relations in 2000, and China’s accession to the WTO in 2001. As Scott Lincicome has pointed out, the policy discussion has strayed from the academic research on this topic in several important ...
Jeffrey A. Singer Dr. Leana Wen is an emergency physician, former Baltimore Health Commissioner, former president of Planned Parenthood, and a Washington Post columnist. In her Washington Post column last week titled “The New Nicotine Product Replacing e‑Cigarettes to Addict Teens,” Dr. Wen expressed concern that, as teen vaping has dropped to historic lows, many teens are instead turning to nicotine ...
Michael F. Cannon The New York Times has a fun article on the absurdity of the income tax. Superficially, of course, it is about greedy MAHA Republicans bending the tax laws to make a buck. But fundamentally, it’s about how taxes spur unproductive activities to avoid the tax. It’s also a good example of how academics and reporters (perhaps inadvertently) ...
Colleen Hroncich “We don’t want to be the only school that you ever go to,” says Margaret Creighton, President and CEO of Positive Tomorrows, a school and social services agency serving families experiencing homelessness. “We want to get the child up to speed academically and socially, that’s super important. And have the parent be stable for six months or more ...
Jeffrey A. Singer Governor Andy Beshear (D‑KY), a potential 2028 Democratic presidential candidate, told an audience of supporters yesterday that Democrats need to eschew “politically correct” language and “speak like humans.” “When we start changing and sanitizing our language, things have less meaning. And I’ll give you an example that’s personal to me: in Kentucky, we are hit by the ...