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France Detains Telegram Founder Pavel Durov
Will Duffield On August 24, French police arrested Telegram founder Pavel Durov moments after his plane touched down at Le…
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Harris’s Tax on Unrealized Gains is Only the Tip of a $5 Trillion Tax Iceberg
Adam N. Michel Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaign recently confirmed that she supports all the nearly $5 trillion in tax…
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Tobacco Harm Reduction Opponents Should “Consider the Conterfactual”
Jeffrey A. Singer A paper published in the journal Harm Reduction in June by Arielle Selya, PhD argues against the…
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State Tax Cuts: Cheers and Jeers
Chris Edwards State legislative sessions have wrapped up for the year, and taxpayers have once again gained ground. Budget surpluses…
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Do Family Leave Policies Work?
Jeffrey Miron Policies that subsidize or mandate family leave aim to reduce the gender pay gap, shrink the “child penalty,”…
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The Mississippi State Auditor’s Report “How Illegal Immigration Hurts Mississippi Taxpayers” Isn’t Serious
Alex Nowrasteh The Mississippi Office of the State Auditor released a report that purports to show that illegal immigrants impose…
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Anti-Price-Gouging Laws Entrench Shortages
Ryan Bourne Note: This is an excerpt from my book The War on Prices, made all the more relevant by…
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Five Reasons Why Social Security Is an Income Transfer Program, Not an “Earned Benefit”
Romina Boccia It’s tempting to believe that Social Security is an “earned benefit”—after all, that’s a prevalent idea we’ve been…
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Reflections on the Libertarianism vs. Conservativism Debate
Deirdre N. McCloskey On July 25, more than four years after the emergence of COVID-19 and the authoritarian reaction to…
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Have We Learned Anything New About Who Pays the Corporate Tax?
Adam N. Michel At the end of 2017, Republicans cut the federal corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 21…
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