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Employer-Sponsored Green Card Processing Takes Over Three Years
David J. Bier Immigrant workers seeking a green card—which denotes legal permanent residence in the United States—now face a wait time of…
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Housing Deregulation as Poverty Policy
Bryan Caplan “How should government fight poverty?” It hardly seems like a loaded question, but it contains a strong sequential insinuation. Namely:…
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Taiwan Arms Backlog, April 2024 Update
Eric Gomez April 2024 was a relatively quiet month for the US arms backlog to Taiwan. Congress did not receive any…
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Bastiat’s Buildings: Why I Wrote a Graphic Novel about Housing Regulation
Bryan Caplan The Cato Institute has just published my Build, Baby, Build: The Science and Ethics of Housing Regulation. The…
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A Case Study in Tax Credit Fraud and Manipulation, Biofuel Edition
Adam N. Michel A recent Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) report highlights a series of little‐known, fraud‐ridden tax credits…
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Will Vermont Be the Next State to Permit Overdose Prevention Centers?
Jeffrey A. Singer Yesterday, the Vermont Senate passed H.72, which permits an overdose prevention center (OPC) to operate in one…
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Fast Facts about Emergency Spending
Romina Boccia and Dominik Lett If you are congressional staff and you haven’t registered yet: Tomorrow, May 3, from noon to…
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The State of Student Loan Forgiveness: May 2024
Andrew Gillen Note: This post updates last month’s post. The biggest changes from last month include: The newest plan relying…
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North Carolina’s Constitution Protects a Crucial Economic Liberty
Walter Olson Libertarian thinkers have long proposed that courts should do more to protect the right to earn a living, more…
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Nonprofit Tax Code Weaponization Alert
Patrick G. Eddington Get ready for another one of those “Congress is trying to pull a fast one” stories … and…
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