Topic: Research Briefs

Free Markets, Research Briefs

We Don’t Need the Department of Commerce

– November 16, 2017

Let business fend for itself, competitively serving consumers rather than lobbying for government privileges.

Free Markets, Research Briefs

Free Markets Reduce Consumption Inequality

– November 9, 2017

We’ve heard that “there ain’t no such thing as a free lunch.” But in the internet age, free stuff abounds.

Research Briefs

The United States Again Fails to Make the Top 10 Freest Countries

– October 31, 2017

The United States 11th among the 159 countries and territories surveyed.

Free Trade, Research Briefs

Repeal NAFTA and Replace It With Free Trade

– October 27, 2017

The “FT” in NAFTA may stand for “free trade,” but that doesn’t mean it is.

Research Briefs

To Really Cut Taxes, We Must Cut Government Spending

– October 24, 2017

Cutting taxes, which President Trump promises, without cutting spending would increase the budget deficit and therefore the national debt and interest payments.

Research Briefs

Harwood vs. Keynes

– October 20, 2017

Inflation “robs millions of citizens who in their desire to be self-reliant have set aside funds for the education of their children or their own retirement, and it hits many of the poor and elderly especially hard.”

Research Briefs, Taxation

Whose Money Is It?

– October 11, 2017

Tax debates might have better outcomes if we began by acknowledging that the politicians take the money from the people who earn it. It’s not the politicians’ money. It’s ours.

Research Briefs

Bicentennial of Ricardo’s “Principles” Relevant to NAFTA Debate

– September 26, 2017

David Ricardo’s classic book extolling free trade turns 200 years old this year. Its rediscovery could do much to improve current trends.

Research Briefs, Sound Banking

End Government Borrowing

– September 25, 2017

The ceiling is often likened to a credit-card limit, but that’s a bad analogy. The federal government doesn’t have a debt limit at all. It has a debt sky.

Policy, Research Briefs

Cost-of-Living Adjustment Likely to Be Small

– September 18, 2017

Retirees are likely to see a positive but very small cost-of-living adjustment in their Social Security benefits next year.

Research Briefs

Despite Appearances, “Price Gouging” Helps People in Distress

– September 12, 2017

Do we want to feel good, or do we want people to have the goods they need?

Research Briefs

A Tale of Two Responses

– September 12, 2017

“The first principle of economics is that valuable resources are scarce; the first principle of politics is to ignore the first principle of economics.”