“How biased news affect our willingness to pay taxes” Courtesy of IZA People’s willingness to pay taxes does not only depend on the fear of a tax audit or the amount of penalties for cheaters. Satisfaction with the actions and trustworthiness of the government is another crucial driver of tax compliance. Theoretical work […]
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White House takes victory lap with economic report
By Erik Sass, TES Editor-in-Chief The United States is enjoying the longest period of economic growth in its history, now 127 months into the current economic expansion, with unemployment hovering around 3.5% and a GDP growth rate of 2.3% of 2019. The White House highlighted these gains – and the benefits […]
Politics, technology and environmental change merging in megatrend, threatening upheaval
By Dr. Alexander Görlach, Senior Fellow, Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs The coming months will see three trends from last year merge into a megatrend that will not only define the presidential election in the USA but also send waves across the Atlantic to Europe and across the Pacific to […]
What’s behind euro-area housing boom… and is a crash coming?
“Recent euro-area house price increases are dissimilar to earlier housing booms” By Zsolt Darvas, Marta Domínguez-Jiménez, and Guntram B. Wolf, courtesy of the Bruegel Institute Rapid house price increases are good for homeowners and bad for people wishing to buy. They could also be bad for the economy as a whole if there […]
Rules playing catchup with transport technology
“Moving America Forward with Transportation Infrastructure” By Krista Chavez, courtesy of the Mercatus Center Imagine receiving emergency medical supplies that were delivered to your house by drone; enjoying a sandwich while your autonomous vehicle drives you from Dallas, Texas, to Salt Lake City, Utah; or taking an air taxi from downtown Los Angeles […]
Who will steer Brexit in months to come?
“Post-Brexit: who are the new thinkers that will reshape Britain” By Jack Powell, courtesy of the Austrian Economics Center Many in the anti-Brexit lobby are still trying to portray the vote to leave the European Union as the project of a very small number of Westminster elites. Carole Cadwalladr and her band of […]
Labor Department pursues Obama era agenda with opaque methods
By Ross Marchand, Taxpayers Protection Alliance The federal government is hardly a paragon of efficiency or low costs for taxpayers. As President Trump’s recently released budget shows, the federal government will still be spending more than $50 trillion through 2030 even if the administration gets its “skinny” budget approved by Congress. One bright spot of federal operations […]
Washington Beyond the Headlines: Some good things in Trump’s budget (and bad ones)
By Andy Blom, Washington TES Editor Oh Boy! Congress is back at work! Now we’ll see some action (kidding). Meanwhile free market policy people keep working on issues and ideas that affect America, and the world. Read on for this week’s news… Good News and Bad News in Trump’s Budget. At […]
Warren’s “Medicare for All” isn’t progressive — it’s conservative
By Michael Ostrolenk, transpartisan social entrepreneur Sen. Elizabeth Warren is among the few contenders who qualified for the next round of debates. She is also one of the most vocal candidates in support of expanding Medicare for All programs. Progressive as expansion may appear on face value, the reality is that […]
Brazil can be an economic powerhouse with sensible domestic, trade reforms
“How Brazil Can Become An Economic Powerhouse” By Lorenzo Montanari, ATR, courtesy of Libertad y Progreso In only one year Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro has been able to revert 13 years of socialist policies which were implemented by the previous leftist presidents Lula and Dilma. His accomplishments include passing important free-market reforms such […]