These New York Agencies Benefit From Giving Away Taxpayer Money
A report from Good Jobs First found that 80 percent of state development agency revenue comes from fees: The more tax money they give out, the more they get to keep.
A report from Good Jobs First found that 80 percent of state development agency revenue comes from fees: The more tax money they give out, the more they get to keep.
Weather and climate disaster losses as a percentage of U.S. GDP have not increased between 1990 and 2019, a new study finds.
Let's just call this what it is: another gimmick for Congress to escape its own budget limits and avoid having a conversation about tradeoffs.
Banning noncompete agreements goes well beyond the FTC's legal authority.
In the Jim Crow South, businesses fought racism—because the rules denied them customers.
Plus: A listener asks the editors to steel man the case for the Jones Act, an antiquated law that regulates maritime commerce in U.S. waters.
We live in a world of abundance (when politicians don’t screw it up).
Banning companies for doing business with China is a bad path to start down.
Having someone take your fast-food order on a virtual call may seem strange, but the benefits speak for themselves.
There are many pervasive myths about the U.S. tax code. Here are a few.
If higher tariffs were the solution to anything, wouldn't there be evidence of that by now?
Money supposedly spent to help Americans may actually have done a lot of damage.
It's a good thing opponents of the move can appeal to the liberal values of free speech, free association, and equal treatment under law.
A Cato Institute policy brief found that while licensed occupations see a nice bump in pay, licensing requirements lower wages for other similar occupations.
The CDC’s numbers show that pain treatment is not responsible for escalating drug-related deaths.
Increased spending does not automatically equate to higher quality—something that is often lost in this debate.
Chasing Seattle's shadow, Minneapolis' new ride-share wage law threatens to derail the gig economy.
According to IRS guidance, any income derived from illegal activity is taxable, and there's no statute of limitations on when they can go after you.
The situation is more dire when you consider how much federal spending is financed by debt.
State Rep. Matt Haney says he wants to attract workers back to California. But his "right to disconnect" legislation would likely scare businesses away.
Despite their informal nature, those norms have historically constrained U.S. fiscal policy. But they're eroding.
Vance's latest gambit is pretty nonsensical, intellectually embarrassing, and obviously self-serving. But that doesn't mean that it's not dangerous too.
Consumer prices rose 0.4 percent in March and the annual inflation rate ticked up to 3.5 percent, the highest rate seen since September.
A similar law in California had disastrous consequences.
In a recent interview, the Argentine president said he would have ended up in prison if he dollarized the economy.
Sen. Tim Scott introduced a bill Monday to block the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's action by invoking the Congressional Review Act.
Sens. Dick Durbin and J.D. Vance want to put the Federal Reserve in charge of credit card reward programs.
The new plan is much less ambitious than the president's 2022 blanket forgiveness effort, mostly relying on an expansion of previous smaller-scale debt cancelation schemes.
As remote work becomes the new normal, Mississippi's insistence on an archaic 50-mile radius for real estate supervision faces scrutiny.
Did the Alabama legislature's response to a controversial state supreme court decision give a special interest special treatment?
A new movement promoting scientific, technological, and economic solutions to humanity's problems emerges.
Columnist Joe Nocera debates Soho Forum Director Gene Epstein.
A proposed ordinance would empower people to sue supermarkets that close without giving the city six months' advance notice.
Instead, the White House is pushing for similar job-killing regulations on the national level.
A locked-down high schooler started asking libertarian thinkers what people in her generation should know.
Breaking down Rubio's factually flawed and logically incoherent call for more government involvement in the economy.
These handouts will flow to businesses—often big and rich—for projects they would likely have taken on anyway.
Jackson County, Missouri, voted not to extend a sales tax that would have benefited the Chiefs and the Royals.
If drug warriors really wanted to punish "those responsible" for the transgender activist's death, they would start by arresting themselves.
The entrepreneur, who founded the Cicero Institute to fix government and the University of Austin to fix higher education, wanted space to flourish.
Governments around the world have been on a borrowing spree, and prosperity has suffered.
Free trade brings us more stuff at lower prices.
Requiring two-person crews on freight trains wouldn't have prevented the East Palestine disaster. It's simply a giveaway to Biden's labor union allies.
Plus: A listener asks if Trump or Biden have done anything to secure the blessings of liberty.
The Turkish opposition ran circles around President Recep Tayyib Erdogan's party in local elections. It could be the beginning of the end of his 20-year reign.