Topic: Policy

Free Markets, Government, Policy, Regulation

Questioning Policy Miracles

– March 21, 2022

“Proponents may be so committed to their policy conclusions (typically because they advance their own self-interest) that they go to great lengths to avoid careful thinking about the supposed miracles their arguments need.” ~ Gary M. Galles

Economic Education, Government, History, Policy

The Democracy Illusion

– February 20, 2022

“America is already far beyond what can be justified as advancing our mutual well-being. And our government seems determined to double down on how far it oversteps, a strategy which necessarily shrinks liberty, and the benefits only liberty can provide.” ~ Gary M. Galles

Crisis, Government, Policy

Gut and Amend Goes to Washington

– February 11, 2022

“This is the opposite of what would define ‘public servants’ in any other role than in a farce. It seems like the Democratic leadership at both levels has given up on even pretending otherwise.” ~ Gary M. Galles

Crisis, Government, Policy

Filibuster Chatter Speaks to Problems With Policy, Not Institutions

– January 28, 2022

“The answer to a stalled agenda isn’t tearing up the rule book and drawing a new one that suits you better. The answer is better policy. It’s not easy, but that’s the job Biden set out to do.” ~ Dan K. Eberhart

Art and Culture, Government, Policy

Political Preferences and Public Policy

– January 24, 2022

“Citizens and voters have less influence over public policy than a romantic notion of democracy would suggest. The political elite tells voters what to think, and they fall in line behind their leaders.” ~ Randall G. Holcombe

Crisis, Government, Policy

Institutions, Incentives, and the Impending Death of the Senate Filibuster

– January 14, 2022

“If the old rules failed to function as intended, there would be more justification for junking the filibuster altogether. That would be a sad day for the republic, but at least we would have tried to save it.” ~ James E. Hanley

Books, Economic Education, Government, Policy

Resolving to Reduce Policy Failures

– January 9, 2022

“Each of these issues–underselling self-government while overselling the state, lax language, numbers you can’t count on, combined with erroneous logic–put public policy on a path toward failure.” ~ Gary M. Galles

Crisis, Government, Policy

A Path Forward in Policing in 2022

– January 6, 2022

“May 2022 be the year we finally lean into law enforcement as a collaborative and complex undertaking that requires an investment in meaningful engagement.” ~ Rev. Markel Hutchins

Crisis, Education, Government, Policy

The Shady Side of Student Loan Forgiveness

– December 10, 2021

“There are better solutions to address this debt than pushing the burden into taxpayers through loan forgiveness schemes. Instead, policymakers should address the rapidly rising costs of college by closing the loopholes within Borrower to Defense Repayment.” ~ Elizabeth Hicks

Fiscal Policy, Government, Policy

Democrats’ Minimum Tax Proposal Won’t Force Amazon to Pay More In Taxes

– November 12, 2021

“A domestic minimum tax is not good for America. Legislators should find it a plot in the ever-growing graveyard of bad Democratic tax proposals.” ~ Travis Nix

Economic Education, Government, Media, Policy

Can You Even Be An “Informed” Citizen?

– October 10, 2021

“The issues we’re considering are far, far more complex than you can fit on a bumper sticker, and this suggests that we would do better to move things into the commercial sphere rather than the political sphere.” ~ Art Carden

Crisis, Government, Healthcare, Policy, Public Choice and Public Policy

The Great Barrington Declaration One Year On

– October 5, 2021

“Because science has been so completely politicized, it will take years longer to arrive at the truth than would have otherwise been the case. Here, we are left to offer advice with a nearly 2,500-year track record: First, do no harm.” ~ Phillip W. Magness & James R. Harrigan