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Border Patrol Agent Deaths in the Line of Duty, 2003-2023
Alex Nowrasteh Border Patrol agent Freddy Ortiz died in an on‐duty vehicle accident on November 14, 2023, while on patrol…
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Data Show Trump Would’ve Released as Many Border Crossers as Biden
David J. Bier President Biden has requested that Congress give him $13.6 billion to increase deportations of people crossing the…
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Trump’s Immunity Claims Aren’t Likely To Let Him Escape Accountability
Walter Olson Before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit this week, Donald Trump is arguing sweeping claims…
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Culture, Ideas, and Growth: Reflections on Mokyr and Bauer
James A. Dorn Joel Mokyr’s widely acclaimed book A Culture of Growth (2018) has important parallels to the work of…
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Three Takeaways from Tech Policy in 2023 and Three Things We’ll be Watching in 2024
Jennifer Huddleston and David Inserra The beginning of a new year is often a time for reflection and prediction. Technology continues to…
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2023 Was a Record Year for Public Schooling Culture War
Neal McCluskey If it felt like people in 2023 were more at each other’s throats over what public schools stock…
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The Decline and Fall of the Federal Home Loan Banks
Nicholas Thielman Though often ignored, the various loan and credit guarantees provided by the federal government via a series of off‐budget…
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To Reach Statehood, Puerto Rico Should Improve its Financial Practices
Marc Joffe With bankruptcy largely (but not totally) in the rearview mirror, Puerto Rico’s leaders are turning their focus once…
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Recent Articles Highlight Jones Act Contributions to Offshore Wind Difficulties
Colin Grabow Recent articles in the New York Times and Wall Street Journal highlighted difficulties facing the offshore wind industry. Among…
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Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics: A Misleading Study Compares TikTok and Instagram
Paul Matzko A new study, “A Tik‐Tok‐ing Timebomb,” that compares the use of political hashtags on TikTok and Instagram is…
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