Instead of Vote-Buying Tax Promises, Let's Have Real Plans for Tax Relief
Lower taxes are better taxes, but they should be part of well-considered plans.
Lower taxes are better taxes, but they should be part of well-considered plans.
Libertarian ideology remains generally sound. But I argue it could use a few updates.
Reason's Nick Gillespie asked former President Donald Trump about how he plans to bring down the national debt.
Other things less popular with American voters than capitalism: Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, J.D. Vance, and socialism.
Columnists keep trying to find a coherent philosophy behind Harris' confused and contradictory policy agenda.
Two former Republican staffers, David Stockman and Stephen Moore, debate the state of the party.
Politicians are always trying to control what they can't understand.
One thing seems clear: Drug warriors do not deserve credit for the turnaround, although they deserve blame for the previous explosion in fatal overdoses.
The America of the past grew in spite of tariffs, not because of them.
Plus: The Federal Reserve cut interest rates, Congress still isn't cutting spending, and more....
Neither Harris nor Trump has a plan to address national debt, but they dramatically differ on taxation.
Oshkosh Defense’s USPS van is thousands of dollars more expensive than the industry standard.
Plus! Robots doing math, New York’s top cop resigns, election gambling is legal.
Unions and other special interests seem to get what they want before many urban residents get basic services.
Both party leaders are selling the idea of a sovereign wealth fund, but it’s more political fantasy than fiscal fix.
The costs of steep tariffs and a higher corporate income tax extend far beyond the advertised targets.
From salt riots to toilet paper runs, history shows that rising prices make consumers—and voters—grumpy and irrational.
Corporate subsidies and regressive tax breaks show who really benefits from Harris' agenda.
His new stance could encourage Vice President Kamala Harris to emphasize her opposition to federal marijuana prohibition.
Democrats' aggressive antitrust agenda threatens to upend Google's ad tech business—and make U.S. markets less free.
From salt riots to toilet paper runs, history shows that rising prices make consumers—and voters—grumpy and irrational.
Good intentions, bad results.
From overspending to the state's overly powerful unions, California keeps sticking to the taxpayer.
Economist Bob Murphy explains the technical details of government debt and why Modern Monetary Theory is so dangerously wrong.
American firms are not responsible for how the taxes they pay are spent.
Season 2, Episode 1 Free Markets
Cuban's Cost Plus Drugs project brings a bit of free market flair to the health care industry, but the lack of meaningful price signals is only part of the problem.
In Pax Economica, historian Marc-William Palen chronicles the left-wing history of free trade.
Housing costs, job availability, energy prices, and technological advancement all hinge on a web of red tape that is leaving Americans poorer and less free.
The host of Why We Can't Have Nice Things returns to discuss the podcast's second season, which focuses on how government makes Americans poorer and sicker.
Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, and J.D. Vance agree that U.S. Steel needs to be controlled from Washington. They are all wrong.
Both propose awful economic policies that appeal to public ignorance.
At least he draws the right conclusion from this imaginary hazard, acknowledging the dangers created by prohibition.
Labor Day is the right time to remember that we can make workers vastly better off by empowering more of them to vote with their feet, both within countries and through international migration.
Autonomous vehicle developer Waymo is at the center of a fight between labor unions and venture capital that's dividing the populist right.
The Federal Aviation Administration has called an unnecessary halt on launches following the Falcon 9 mishap on August 28.
Gas prices in California are exceptionally high because of the state's high taxes and anti-oil regulations, not because gas station owners there are greedier.
Since when do government officials get to decide that a market is “oversaturated”?
Economist and author Kyla Scanlon discusses inflation, economic narratives, and the housing market.
As conservatives push for cuts, lasting reform will require closing accountability gaps and restructuring entitlements.
Vice President Kamala Harris would add about $2 trillion to the deficit.
One official was concerned that lifting tariffs would lead to "lots of questions from domestic dairy producers."
Producing plastics from fossil fuels emits a lot of carbon dioxide, but a new study finds the life cycle emissions are actually lower than glass and aluminum.
As with Trump and his tariffs, Harris appears unwilling to acknowledge the obvious consequences of hiking taxes on businesses.
That’s the Fruits of Their Labor Clause of the North Carolina Constitution.
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