By Derek Hosford, American Consumer Institute While the Biden administration announced its plan to deliver high-speed internet access to every American in March, auctions for mid-band spectrum broke spending records, showing that mid-band needs to play a critical role in that effort. Spectrum refers to the invisible radio frequencies that […]
Author: Erik Sass
An Appalling Theft
By Grace-Marie Turner, Galen Institute The Biden administration made “the single worst presidential economic decision since Nixon’s wage-and-price controls,” The Wall Street Journal wrote in a lead editorial last week. And we agree. U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai said the U.S. would agree to “waive” intellectual property rights to Covid-19 vaccines and treatments and encourage other […]
How ‘functional finance’ becomes heavier taxation
by Enrico Colombatto, Austrian Economics Center Even before Western governments decided to fight Covid-19 by freezing their economies and inflating their debts, many countries had problematic public finance situations. Now, public debt is soaring almost everywhere and dealing with it has become a major issue. The solution so far has been to resort […]
Texas Bill Would Require Wind and Solar to Pay to Ensure Electric Reliability
By Duggan Flanakin, heartlanddailynews.com Senate Bill 1278, sponsored by state Sen. Kelly Hancock (R-Fort Worth), would require Texas wind and solar companies to pay the costs for backup or supplemental power needed whenever they cannot deliver electricity reliably to the grid. Currently, those costs are imposed on ratepayers. The bill requires the […]
Bolivia: What is the fate of our democracy?
By Manfredo Kempff Suarez, ICEES Are we better off than were 50 years ago? Half a century ago General Torres ruled, before that Ovando and then Banzer. All three were dictators with different tendencies. But was Bolivia, relative to its neighbors, better off than it is now? Of course, those were the times […]
Our Schools Need the Right Tools to Safely Reopen
By Marion Mass A world of normalcy is almost in our reach. More than 45 percent of the U.S. population has been vaccinated, workplaces are reopening, and many schools are returning to in-person learning. While this is hopeful and exciting, in the midst of our eagerness we must strive to maintain many of […]
Market Forces Will Soon Be Unleashed in Healthcare
By Mark Galvin In a matter of months, our healthcare system and the overall patient experience will change dramatically for the better. And most Americans don’t even realize it. After decades of attempts to transform the healthcare system into a true market—one in which forces like competition between providers based on quality and pricing can […]
Adapting to a Hybrid Workplace Future
Note: This article was written by Daniel Freedman, CEO of Burnalong and published in RealClearMarkets. COVID-19 made remote work the new normal, giving employees more flexibility to live and work from anywhere. But with pandemic restrictions lifting, many companies now face a challenge: how do they keep the increased productivity and other benefits of […]
Washington Beyond the Headlines: Charter Schools Blazing Trails
By Andy Blom, TES Washington Editor August in Washington. As we eagerly wait for Congress to go on recess — they can do much less harm at home campaigning than they can do here legislating — Free Market policy people are working to offer better perspectives and policy options for the problems of the […]
Biden Yearns for Great Depression Days with Punitive Tax and Regulation Plan
By Peter J. Ferrara, Heartland Institute Democrat Presidential nominee Joe Biden has already said the first thing he is going to do if elected President is “repeal those Trump Tax Cuts.” He means specifically that he would repeal the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. Biden’s plan would involve a tax increase of […]