Publication Type
January 17, 2012
Medicare Plans Quash the Liberal Vision for Health Care
Liberals are expressing their disappointment that the mostly for-profit health plans have found a subtle way to attract healthier seniors.
January 12, 2012
Conditional Spectrum Only at the FCC
Instead of guarding their own turf, the FCC should begin to guard American innovation by freeing up the raw materials without FCC dreamt-up conditions.
January 11, 2012
Santorum Manufactures an Unfair Tax
Using tax code to accomplish social goals is unfair whether you come from the Left or Right.
January 10, 2012
Does the Fed Want Another Housing Crisis?
Here we go again. The Federal Reserve Bank has released a report to top lawmakers on the congressional banking committees encouraging Congress to get more involved in housing policy.
December 16, 2011
Beggar Not Thy Neighbor
Broadly speaking, a “beggar thy neighbor” policy in economics is one in which one group tries to improve its economic position in a way that tends to harm the economic position of another group.
December 8, 2011
A Bad Sign on Section 179
The media often portray “gridlock” and political disagreement as driven by partisan politics, as if politics is simply about “my team” versus “your team.
November 18, 2011
Spectrum Spectacle
Regardless of one’s views on the deficit, our national debt and the various “solutions” being proposed, and regardless of one’s views on the spectrum (radio frequencies allocated to various uses) debate (how to find “more” spectrum), what should be obvious is that spectrum policy cannot merely become a subset of budget policy.
November 10, 2011
The Flat Tax Is a Consumption Tax
Now that we’re finally beginning to talk about tax reform to stimulate economic growth, the “flat tax vs. sales tax” debate has resurfaced.
November 1, 2011
Tax Reform is Back
Competition among the Republican Presidential candidates has resurrected talk of tax reform.
October 21, 2011
All Might Be Fair In Love, But Not In Mobile Communication Taxes
Rumor has it that the Wireless Tax Fairness Act may be up for a vote this month in the US House of Representatives.


