Publications

Still don’t think tax rates affect human action? Oh sure, if they get too high, you say, then people will rebel.

Has there ever been so much wisdom so little used? America has produced the finest political thinkers in the history of the world, but a free-spending Congress pays little attention to that wisdom.

A recent AP poll is being touted as proof that Americans want deficit reduction over tax cuts.

As states wind up their budget making for the next fiscal year, it’s time to issue a “Conventional Wisdom Alert”: A balanced budget does not require a tax increase – or deep cuts to cherished programs.

Don’t look now, but common sense is breaking out all over Capitol Hill.

This PDF contains a new addendum to the original score of the IPI/Ferrara Progressive Personal Account Plan for Social Security reform, detailing the transition financing costs. This score was performed by Stephen Goss, the Chief Actuary of the Social Security Administration.

If ever a market or an industry has undergone a revolution in ten years time, it is telecommunications. If ever a legislature should consider dramatically deregulating an industry, this is the time in telecommuncations. As the states have opportunity to revisit the missions of their respective Public Utility Commissions, they should seriously consider restricting the ability of the Commissions to regulate telecommunications.

Legislators need to be prudent stewards of taxpayer dollars, but they must also ensure that vulnerable populations receive appropriate care. This Desktop Reference will help state legislators identify effective actions that may save the state money without reducing access to needed medicines.

El código de fuente abierta no es necesariamente la mejor forma de desarrollar software. Aunque puede tener una función muy importante en los ambientes especializados de computación, no aplica al mercado masivo de software. Los proponentes del código de fuente abierta son derechos adquiridos que han sustituido el mito por la realidad. Las personas que dictan la política no deberían asumir de una manera equivocada que este proceso esencialmente derivado es un sustituto para la innovación.

Open source is not necessarily the best way to develop software. While it may fill a useful role in specialized computing environments, open source does not translate to the mass market for software. Proponents of open source are vested interests who have substituted myth for reality. Policy makers should not mistakenly assume that this essentially derivative process is any substitute for innovation.