Publications

The Halbig decision may create some confusion in the health insurance marketplace, but not any more than the poorly conceived, badly drafted and outrageously passed Affordable Care Act did.

Burying the undead death tax would be one of the 113^th Congress’s best legacies.

Most economists believe that minimum wage increases actually cost jobs—either directly or in fewer jobs becoming available—among the very people the increase is supposed to help.

When companies resort to lawsuits to gain market advantage, a sort of rent seeking via the courts can be the result.

The U.S. has spent billions of taxpayer dollars subsidizing wind energy. And while the industry is growing, it's expensive, unreliable and supplies only a small portion of the country's energy needs. Congress is backing away from its longtime support for wind subsidies, and given the growing availability of inexpensive fossil fuels for energy generation, that's the right move.

Even while President Obama seeks additional money from Congress for border security, his administration is giving away billions of taxpayer dollars to clean energy companies that the government likes, even though their success rate is abysmal.

Innovation is transforming health care, or at least it’s trying. Old practices and laws can create a drag on that new innovation.

Free market means opposing crony capitalism rather than defending it.

President Obama claims that income inequality has been growing dramatically. But government statistics show that there has been very little increase, indicating the issue may be more political than real.

The Aereo decision is a victory for property rights and the rule of law, rather than the triumph of entrenched interests over disruptive innovation.