Missouri voters may get to decide on marijuana legalization
Missouri voters may get the opportunity to end marijuana prohibition in 2022. Both a petition drive to put a measure on the November ballot and a state legislative effort to…
Paycheck Protection Program was a costly dud
Among the many federal efforts to prop-up the economy in the wake of government-mandated business closures was the Paycheck Protection Program, or PPP. Roughly $800 billion was shoveled into PPP,…
American Innovation and Choice Act is none of those things. But it is a window into economic ignorance
The Senate is holding hearings on a bill called the”American Innovation and Choice Act.” Sounds good, right? Who could be against choice and innovation? Congress, of course. And as Wayne…
The case for school choice keeps getting stronger in the new year
The new year began with a spate of public school closures, echoing the worst days of the coronavirus epidemic when schools shuttered classrooms and went to all-remote instruction. That was…
Democrats’ problems are their ideas, not process
Senate Democratic leaders are going to try one more time to vote on the nearly-inert remnants of the Build Back Better bill, while also trying to scrap the filibuster in…
Price controls rear their ugly heads
Inflation makes life harder for everyone. It also has a tendency to make some academics a little bit goofy. Consider Prof. Isabella Weber’s op-ed in the Guardian where she says…
The big difference between being pro-market and pro-business
There’s a rhetorical rift building between conservatives and classical liberals over what, if anything, to do about big business. While this debate requires setting aside the populism that’s replaced old-line…
The progressives are getting restless
The 2024 presidential election seem far off into the future. But for some factions of the Democratic party, the chance to challenge Joe Biden in the primaries can’t get here…
The IRS is very, very bad at protecting your personal data
Giving the IRS more power to extract taxes from a host of people, companies, and assorted financial entities has been a long-held dream of many politicians. In their mind, mountains…
Lying is in the politicians’ DNA
Politicians lie. All of them, regardless of whether they play for Team Red, Team Blue, or something in-between. Lying is part of the job description – or at least it…