Dark Cloud Falling: State and Local Pension Funds Are Struggling--Again
Once again a tanking stock market is threatening the financial stability of most state and local public employee pensions. Here's an alternative that would solve that problem.
Permissionless Innovation vs. the Precautionary Principle
For the sake of our economy, for the promise of a better quality of life, and greater discovery, we should allow permissionless innovation unless harm can be demonstrated. And even then, such regulation should be minimal and flexible.
We've Only Just Begun . . . to Spend
If you think inflation is bad now, wait until state and local governments and the feds start spending all of that appropriated money in the infrastructure bill.
An End to the Wussification of the Corporate CEO?
CEOs used to avoid alienating customers by speaking on political and social issues; but they have the right and expertise to speak out when President Biden makes ludicrous economic claims.
Cut in Corporate Tax Rates Overachieved
The 2017 tax cut legislation performed better than the CBO predicted, and even better than I predicted.
Dr. Cell Phone Will See You Now
Dr. Cell Phone is quickly changing how medicine is practiced, paid for—for both doctors and patients.
Supreme Court Correctly Rules on . . . SALT Deduction
One of the reasons the SALT cap withstood the court challenge is because it’s actual legislation. It would be a grotesque overreach for the judicial branch to overturn a legitimate exercise of self-government through the legislative process.
Progressives Threaten Democracy When Pushing for More Executive Orders
Progressives push expansions of presidential executive orders that bypass Congress even as they claim duly passed election-reform laws threaten democracy.
President's Council of Economic Advisers Pushes Higher Taxes on the Wealthy
Taxing wealth reduces the incentive to create wealth and transfers it from where it is used productively to the government where it likely won’t be used productively. That transfer causes lower growth, not higher growth.
The Real Question: Should Florida Have Given Disney Perks in the First Place?
There's a better way to attract companies to a state: a stable, low-tax and -regulatory environment that benefits all businesses.