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Considering Safe Banking for the Cannabis Industry
Nicholas Anthony and Jeffrey A. Singer America has increasingly moved in favor of legalizing cannabis consumption (Figure 1), but the…
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Will Economic Growth Be Short-Lived as Fiscal Challenges Abound?
Romina Boccia and Dominik Lett The United States has been experiencing remarkable economic growth, even as debt and deficits soar…
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Shedding Light on the Incidence of Illegal Noncitizen Voting
Walter Olson In testimony before a House committee, a Republican witness recently cited as credible claims by researcher James Agresti that “10%…
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EPA’s New Power Plant Emissions Rule Relies on Optimistic Assumptions about Our Energy Future
David Kemp The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently finalized a rule imposing new carbon dioxide emissions controls on fossil fuel power…
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Universal Savings Accounts to Help Families Build Wealth
Adam N. Michel I recently testified before the Senate Finance Committee on the importance of personal savings and how poorly…
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To Eliminate Underground Markets, Tax and Regulate Less
Jeffrey Miron The state of New York legalized recreational marijuana in 2021. Recent estimates, however, count 2,000 unlicensed vendors and…
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New Protectionist Bill Places Corporate Interests above Welfare of US Soldiers
Colin Grabow Some members of Congress believe that US servicemembers suffer from an excess of choice in the boots they…
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Defense Spending Can and Should Be Cut
Justin Logan Fiscal hawk Brian Riedl, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, has an article in The Bulwark titled “In…
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Jack Dorsey on Why Social Media’s Future Should Be Decentralized and What the Takeaways Are for Policymakers
David Inserra Jack Dorsey, the founder and prior leader of Twitter, now X, had a remarkable conversation on how social media…
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A Roadmap for Robots: Unpacking the Bipartisan Senate AI Report
Jennifer Huddleston and Jack Solowey On May 15, a bipartisan group of senators led by Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D‑NY) released…
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