“A Regulatory Fresh Start” By Patrick McLaughlin, Matthew D. Mitchell, and Adam Thierer, courtesy of the Mercatus Center For government regulations to serve the public good, it is essential that they be reviewed occasionally to ensure they are cost effective and not counterproductive. New legislation introduced in Congress last week proposes a formal way […]
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The Benefits of Tax Reform Are the Defining Issue
By Lewis K. Uhler and Peter J. Ferrara, National Tax Limitation Foundation Regardless of your reaction to the first Trump-Biden Presidential Debate on September 29, protecting tax reform is far-and-away the single most important issue that emerged for November 3. Political pundit Karl Rove, writing in the Wall Street Journal following the debate […]
Washington Beyond the Headlines: California Is Running Out of Gas
By Andy Blom, TES Washington Editor It’s Debate Season, and most Americans could be forgiven for wanting to gorge themselves on grubs and berries, then dig a nice burrow in the woods and stay there for a few months. Meanwhile, don’t look now but one of the most egregious regulatory overreaches in American history […]
In defense of true intellectual diversity
By Pietro Paganini, Competere In contemporary democratic exchange, those ideas and political projects that are representative of individual diversity are increasingly unpopular and more likely to be interpreted as adversaries, or indeed enemies to be tackled rather than resources to learn from in order to advance debate and knowledge and to improve the rules […]
Four-day work week? Let business work it out
Courtesy Taxpayers’ Alliance In the past, the mention of a four day working week may have transported you back to the horrors of 1970s socialism or Edward Heath’s infamous three day week. But all such gloomy imagery has largely disappeared. In 2020, a four day week is firmly on the political agenda. Last year, […]
Police arguments for qualified immunity are inaccurate, misleading
“Blatant Misrepresentations of Qualified Immunity by Law Enforcement” By Jay Schweikert, courtesy of the Cato Institute Since the death of George Floyd this past May, and in the wake of the national turmoil his death provoked, both Congress and state legislatures have turned their attention to policing reform — and in particular, the doctrine of qualified immunity. […]
New International Tax Plan Will Come at the Expense of Consumers
By Steve Pociask, American Consumer Institute Efforts in the last couple of years to produce a new international tax plan to deal with the growth and effects of the digital economy may soon become a potential windfall for many international governments. As countries struggle across the globe from the COVID-19 health crises and the […]
EU foreign policy needs flexible approach to accommodate differences
“EU foreign policy needs ’embedded’ differentiation” By Giovanni Grevi, courtesy of the European Policy Centre When it comes to EU foreign policy, the trade-off between unanimity and effectiveness is real. Differentiated cooperation could offer a way forward. But member states should design it in such a way that it is as embedded as possible […]
Condemning Cars Is Bad for People
By Pascal Salin, courtesy of Contrepoints There were times in the past when great efforts were made to facilitate the use of automobiles . A few decades ago, many highways were thus built and the circulation of cars in town was encouraged, for example on the banks of the Seine in Paris. But now we are faced with a […]
Europe needs infrastructure leasing to finance development, speed recovery
“A proposal for a public infrastructure leasing entity for Europe” By Wim Moesen and Patrick Vanhoudt, courtesy of the Bruegel Institute Is it possible to accelerate public investment without increasing national taxes or public debt? The authors of this piece believe so, and present a mechanism to relieve member states’ public finances, which are […]