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To Replace the Francis Scott Key Bridge Quickly, Turn to a Private Owner/Operator
Marc Joffe South Norfolk Jordan Bridge. As we mourn the six who perished in the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse…
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America in Debt: Remarks at the Coolidge Foundation Conference
Romina Boccia I am grateful to Dr. William Beach, a Coolidge Foundation Coffin Family Fellow and former Bureau of Labor Statistics…
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The War on Prices Continues: Biden’s Misguided Rent Control Cap
Jeffrey Miron and Pedro Aldighieri The Biden administration plans to announce a new cap on rent increases for certain affordable housing units…
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Biden Hikes Corporate Tax Expenditures 92%
Chris Edwards Politicians often say one thing but do another. President Biden rails against tax breaks for big corporations, and…
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The War on Drugs Is Also a War on Pain Patients
Jeffrey A. Singer In a March 22 opinion column in the New York Times entitled “The DEA Needs to Stay Out…
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Courts Should Affirm First Amendment Rights of Youths in the Digital Age
Jennifer Huddleston The debate over youth online safety laws and their impact on speech has often focused on adult users’…
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More on Free Trade’s “Pro-Poor Bias”
Scott Lincicome Among the research I commended in the 2024 Economic Report of the President (ERP) last week was a solid section on…
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Ninth Circuit: Prop 65 Warnings Can Count As Compelled Speech
Walter Olson Under the Supreme Court’s commercial speech jurisprudence, businesspeople do not check their First Amendment rights at the gate…
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Friday Feature: Eyes and Brain STEM Center
Colleen Hroncich Eric Eisenbrey was a middle school science teacher for 10 years, but he often felt like he couldn’t really help…
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Are Policy Nudges Cost Effective?
Jeffrey Miron and Jacob Winter An important strand of economic analysis suggests that nudges — non‐coercive policies like providing relevant…
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