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Investing
Fraud in the Covid Relief Programs
David Boaz In 2009, as the federal government was rolling out the $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program and preparing…
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Dear Health Reporters: Prep for Biden’s Proposed Rule on Short‐Term Plans
Michael F. Cannon The Office of Management & Budget (OMB) has announced its approval of a proposed rule on so‐called “short‐term limited…
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Op-ed: Why the great #TwitterMigration didn’t quite pan out
Enlarge / Let’s look deep within. (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images) I’ve been using fediverse stuff (Mastodon and, most…
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Supreme Court Toughens Employers’ Obligations to Accommodate Religion
Walter Olson The result of today’s Supreme Court opinion in Groff v. DeJoy is to load private, not just public,…
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CBO Projects Challenging Fiscal Future in Long‐Term Budget Outlook
Romina Boccia and Dominik Lett The Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) latest 30‐year budget projections forecast rising debt, deficits, and interest…
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Are the Latest FTC Cases against Tech Good for Consumers?
Jennifer Huddleston In June, the Federal Trade Commission has taken a number of actions against America’s leading tech companies. The agency…
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Economizing on Medicaid Nursing Home Costs
Marc Joffe Federal and state governments paid over $60 billion for nursing home care through the Medicaid program in 2019.…
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“Greedflation” Is an Accounting Identity Not an Economic Explanation
Jai Kedia This week, the International Monetary Fund published a blog post and a working paper that show the contributions of profits,…
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Defuse the Culture War with Liberated Education
Mustafa Akyol and Neal McCluskey America’s culture wars are sometimes perceived as conflict between “conservatives,” who defend the values of…
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Student Loan Forgiveness
Jeffrey Miron This article appeared on Substack on June 29, 2023. Later today, or next week at the latest, the…
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