Merrill Matthews, Ph.D., is a resident scholar with the Institute for Policy Innovation, a research-based, public policy “think tank.” He is a health policy expert and opinion contributor at The Hill. He also serves on the Texas Advisory Committee of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.
Dr. Matthews is a past president of the Health Economics Roundtable for the National Association for Business Economics, the largest trade association of business economists. Dr. Matthews also served for 10 years as the medical ethicist for the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center’s Institutional Review Board for Human Experimentation, co-author of On the Edge: America Faces the Entitlements Cliff, and has contributed chapters to several books, including Physician Assisted Suicide: Expanding the Debate and The 21st Century Health Care Leader and Stop Paying the Crooks (on Medicare fraud).
He has been published in numerous journals and newspapers, including The Wall Street Journal, Investor’s Business Daily, Barron’s, USA Today, Forbes magazine and the Washington Times. He was an award-winning political analyst for the USA Radio Network.
Dr. Matthews received his Ph.D. in Humanities from the University of Texas at Dallas.
Are You Interested in Interest? You Better Be!
Spending on interest on the federal debt has exploded under President Biden, and it's just getting started.
The New 'Axil of Evil' is Bigger, Better Armed and Power-Hungry
Today, there’s a different, four-country Axis of Evil: Russia, China, Iran and North Korea.
Journalists: Please Ask Biden How Much Debt Is Too Much
The federal government keeps spending and Biden wants to spend much more. But no one, including media, are asking how much spending is too much?
Comparing Border Patrol's 'Criminal Noncitizen' Arrests Under Trump and Biden
Data released by U.S. Customs and Border Protection document that arrests of “criminal noncitizens’ have more than doubled under President Biden.
California's New Minimum Wage Comes with a Pink Slip
California fast-food workers are getting a state-mandated raise to $20/hour—and a pink slip to boot.
What Biden Can Learn from Economic Reforms of Argentina's Javier Milei
If Argentina can return to free markets and fiscal responsibility, maybe the United States can, too.
Is ISIS in the U.S.--and Planning a Terrorist Attack?
Could the U.S. be susceptible to an ISIS terrorist attack similar to the one in Moscow? Just look at Biden's border policies.
Autocrats Gonna Mandate: Health Insurance, Vaccines, EVs and More
It is a hallmark of the progressive mentality that if the public won’t do what progressives think best, they will use the power of government to force the public to do so.
The Left's Newest (Old) Idea: Let's Build More Public Housing!
Government built and managed public housing is one of the worst public policy failures ever, so of course progressives bring it back.
The Perils of Being Trump's Vice President
While several politicians hope to be Trump’s vice-presidential pick, they may want to rethink that. It may not be the boost to their political career they’re looking for. Indeed, it may be an end to it.
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