Investor-Owned Utilities Are the Solution, Not the Problem
So, what’s the solution? First, it’s a regional, not a national, problem. Second, barring utilities from owning their own generation has turned out to be a mistake. Instead, grid authorities should be encouraging investor-owned utilities to invest in new generation to ensure abundant, robust sources of power for the future.
Tylenol Autism Lawsuits Show Why Judicial Gatekeeping Is Essential
Rule 702 requires judges to ensure that expert testimony presented to juries is grounded in sufficient data, reliable methodology, and a sound application of those methods to the facts of the case. In other words, courts must act as gatekeepers to prevent speculative or methodologically unsound scientific claims from being treated as fact.
IPI Welcomes SCOTUS Tariff Rebuke, but . . .
Dallas--The Institute for Policy Innovation (IPI) is pleased that the Supreme Court has correctly decided that President Trump improperly used the 1977 International Emergency Economic Powers Act to impose harmful, capricious, sometimes malicious and often incoherent tariffs on goods purchased by American businesses and consumers. And we await the comedy of a response from the Trump administration.
Medicare's Home Health Program Needs a Long-term Plan
While the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has taken some steps recently to work with home health stakeholders to address steep cuts to the benefit, a long-term policy solution is needed to make home health sustainable for our aging society.
A Better Way to Judge Mergers: Do Consumers Benefit?
The proposed acquisition of Kenvue by Kimberly-Clark, headquartered in Irving, is a useful reminder of how markets and economic freedom work to benefit consumers.
Trump admin signals support for Paramount bid as Warner Bros. considers sale
Tom Giovanetti, president of the Institute for Policy Innovation, said competition helps preserve balance in news and entertainment.
The Free-Market Case for a Hollywood Merger
Those of us who believe that markets deliver the best combination of choice and value to consumers should welcome a potential combination of Paramount Skydance with Warner Bros.
Medicare's Payment System Is Broken, and it Hurts Doctors and Patients
Medicare drastically underpays independent physicians for the care they provide. According to data from the American Medical Association, payments to physicians through the MPFS have been on a slow and steady decline for decades.
Study: Ticket Resale Saved Fans $414 Million in 2024
President Trump’s DOJ has continued that lawsuit, and he recently called for action by the DOJ and FTC to develop a better ticketing experience – gathering thousands of responses from the public and interested organizations to a request for feedback on the problems in the industry today.
Feds Waste Billions Keeping Ancient Tech on Life Support
Think your taxes go toward military innovation? Think again. Most of the budget is spent on maintaining decades-old systems that are vulnerable to attack.
