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 […]
Month: January 2021
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 […]
Mob Rule Is No Path to Liberty
By Peter Goettler, Cato Institute Yesterday, Congress was violently disrupted as it performed its constitutional duty. This was a direct attack on the Constitution of the United States, the rule of law, and our constitutional republic. For more than two months President Trump has claimed, without plausible evidence and through multiple recounts and court […]
Washington Beyond the Headlines: This Year You’re Going to Hear A Lot about Antitrust
By Andy Blom, TES Washington Editor A New Year! Full of Hope, Division and Promise. The Division — well, unfortunately that’s obvious. The Promise includes serious work going on by Free Market advocates and organizations… and we promise, whatever insanity or inanity the mainstream media covers, we’ll be here, giving you the […]
Oregon to Significantly Raise Vapor Product Prices
By Derek Hosford, American Consumer Institute Last election day, Oregon voters overwhelmingly approved a new tax measure on nicotine products in an attempt to reduce the rate of smoking and save its citizens money on healthcare costs. This proposal, also called the Tobacco and E-Cigarette Tax Increase for Health Programs Measure, took effect this year and increased […]
Challenges and Opportunities for Global Finance in 2021
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Department of Labor Provides Clarity for the Gig Economy
By Edward Longe, American Consumer Institute Since the turn of the twenty-first century, independent workers have become an increasingly important part of the modern American economy as workers choose flexibility over traditional “9 to 5” employment. This trend is most clearly evidenced by the substantial growth in the numbers of Americans participating in the […]
“America Lost”: Powerful Documentary Explores Roots of Poverty
By Chris Nagavonski, TES Contributor Many people think of poverty as just a lower average level of prosperity. To them, a poor neighborhood is still a row of houses or a block of apartments with people in them, albeit less fortunate people. But as Chris Rufo’s documentary America Lost shows, poverty doesn’t just stunt […]