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EconomicsFeatured
Political Paternalism, Not Free Markets, Cause Economic Shocks
by Richard Ebeling May 9, 2022Free markets, not government, plan for and adapt to the future.
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EconomicsFeatured
Food Shortages and Skyrocketing Prices? Biden Upping Payments to Ban Farmland
by Seton Motley April 14, 2022The Biden Administration has engaged in an omni-directional assault on our food production system.
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Should the government compel the harvesting of organs from the deceased? I think that paying donors provides a great solution to the shortage.
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ConstitutionGovernmentPoliticsRegulation
Government Mandating Prices Is Just as Stupid When States and Localities Do It
by Seton Motley May 3, 2021The federal government mandating prices for the nation is exceedingly stupid.
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Budgets/TaxesGovernment
California’s Forecasted Budget Deficit Decades in the Making
by Ronald Stein May 14, 2020For decades, the state that has been dominated by one-party that has been laying the foundation for a budget catastrophe.
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Budgets/TaxesEconomics
LaCroix Cartels Are Unlikely, But Be Mindful of How Regulations Affect Incentives
by Art Carden June 26, 2019Consumer Reports recently discovered that LaCroix’s parent company, National Beverage Corps, doesn’t have the permits required to sell LaCroix in Massachusetts.
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Budgets/TaxesEnvironment/EnergyFeaturedLegal AffairsPodcast
In The Tank (ep89) – Gov Regs Increase Car Prices, Amtrak Nonsense, and How the Gov Ruins Paradise
by Donald Kendal May 19, 2017John Nothdurft and Donny Kendal present episode #89 of the In The Tank Podcast. Today’s podcast features work from the Heritage Foundation, the Center of the American Experiment, and Grassroot Institute of Hawaii.
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The Republicans are at it again: trying to tweak a bad idea, make it “bipartisan,” and set a flawed system more firmly in concrete. What we really need is a Republican reform – one that can restore the republic, along with medicine.
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Environment/EnergyFeatured
What’s Up With Prices at the Pump and Why it Could Be a Good Sign
by Marita Noon May 2, 2016All of us loved paying less than $2 a gallon at the pump. AAA reports: “Americans paid cheapest quarterly gas prices in 12 years”—which resulted in savings of nearly $10 billion compared to the same period last year. However, oil (and, therefore gasoline) has been creeping upward since the February low—topping $45 a barrel, a high for the year. And that could be a good thing.
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Environmental issues were discussed in detail at a recent Democratic debate, held in in Flint Michigan on March 6. Sadly, when asked whether the candidates support hydraulic fracturing, also known as “fracking,” a technique that has greatly increased oil and natural gas production in the United States, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and current U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) showed they are both fracking clueless.
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Budgets/TaxesFeaturedPodcast
Heartland Daily Podcast – Dustin Chambers: Regulations Act Like a Regressive Tax
by Jesse Hathaway March 8, 2016In this episode of The Heartland Daily Podcast, managing editor and research fellow Jesse Hathaway talks with Salisbury University associate professor of economics Dustin Chambers about a new paper published by the Mercatus Center, examining how federal regulations affect the prices of consumer goods, and consumers themselves.
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Separating reality from ideology and political agendas is difficult, but essential, if we are to revitalize our economy and help the world’s poorest families take their rightful places among Earth’s prosperous people. Energy reality is certainly in our favor. But ideological forces are powerful and persistent.
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Environment/EnergyFeatured
Bernie Sanders’ Fracking Ban Is an Economic Disaster for Energy-Producing States
by Isaac Orr February 22, 2016Many energy-producing states are currently struggling in the wake of falling oil and natural gas prices. Thousands of people are losing their livelihoods in the energy sector, and lower severance tax payments are projected to produce numerous state budget shortfalls, which could end up reducing state spending on social programs.