By Kerry Jackson, Pacific Research Institute Days before Joe Biden and former Sen. Kamala Harris took the oath of office, the Los Angeles Times said California was “emerging as the de facto policy think tank” of a Democrat-controlled Washington. This doesn’t inspire confidence in those who see up close that the best California can offer is […]
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5G Can Put the U.S. Economy into Hyperdrive if States Allow It
By Edward Longe, American Consumer Institute The Biden Administration has promised to get broadband out the all Americans. However, wiring the U.S. may not the best means to accomplish this, considering that there are already more wireless subscriptions in the U.S. than people. As wireless services continue to become much faster, a more effective […]
Decentralized Finance Is The Future Of Banking
By Bradley Allgood & Oliver Gale Tesla’s $1.5 billion buy has Bitcoin soaring to new highs. It’s another powerful signal the market is shifting to a decentralized finance system that is transparent and secure, open to all, and immune to manipulation by political factions. Decentralized finance is based on a distributed network […]
Growing Evidence Shows COVID-19 Treatments Are Working
Just over a year into the COVID-19 pandemic, multiple drug treatments are finally breaking through the veil of confusion that has obscured these safe, widely used medications. A growing body of evidence supports combinations of oral therapies including ivermectin, hydroxychloroquine (HCQ), doxycycline, azithromycin, steroids, and blood thinners, along with zinc and vitamin D. With […]
Kansas Dropped The Ball on COVID-19 Response
If you were at the Okun Fieldhouse COVID-19 vaccination center in Shawnee last Tuesday, you could witness the mortifying spectacle of senior citizens forced to line up in the freezing cold to get their first shot, an embarrassing planning failure which one senior’s family member called a “zoo.” Once concerned citizen’s email to Johnson […]
CMS Final Rule Demonstrates What Healthcare Should Be
By Derek Hosford, American Consumer Institute The coronavirus pandemic has highlighted a major flaw in the delivery of healthcare in the United States. Extensive federal rules and regulations are preventing providers from offering high quality care to their patients in a timely manner. The latest example of this issue was recently alleviated in […]
Washington Beyond the Headlines: Time to Reopen Schools!
By Andy Blom, TES Washington Editor Washington is even more bizarre than usual as we write this week. Armed military sleep on the floors in the corridors of power and we’re impeaching a president no longer in office. Well, no matter how strange or silly the people in power get, free market thinkers and […]
IPI Model Will Cause Shortage of Life-Saving Drugs
By Derek Hosford, American Consumer Institute In 2018, the Department of Health and Human Services announced an International Price Index (IPI) would be instituted as part of an effort to bring down Medicare Part B prescription drug costs. The plan would set a limit on the price the government would pay manufacturers for drugs […]
The double irony of the new UK-EU trade relationship
By André Sapir, courtesy of Bruegel Institute The Trade and Cooperation Agreement signed between the European Union and the United Kingdom goes against six decades of UK efforts to avoid being economically disadvantaged in Europe. Tracking the evolution of the EU-UK relationship over the last 60 years can help in understanding this. On […]
Labor market’s COVID response
“Chaos, Conflict and Coronavirus: How Will the Labor Market Respond?” By Michael D. Farren, courtesy of the Mercatus Center Against the backdrop of a nation in turmoil, the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Jan. 8 reported the first decrease in jobs since the headlong plunge in employment at the beginning of the pandemic. The […]