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Romina Boccia The US federal debt recently surpassed $34 trillion, a staggering figure just shy of the size of the US...

Colin Grabow The George II is a case study in Jones Act dysfunction. Delivered in December 1980 by a now‐​defunct Louisiana shipyard,...

Jennifer Huddleston Last week, I spoke on a panel at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) about the intersection of tech and competition...

Marc Joffe and Krit Chanwong California Governor Gavin Newsom’s proposed 2024–2025 budget includes a provision to raise taxes on the state’s...

Jeffrey Miron US higher education has been much in the news lately, and not in a good way. The growing polarization...

Eugene Gholz Last night’s US/​British strike against Houthi military targets in Yemen escalated operations to protect shipping in the Red...

Jack Solowey and Jennifer J. Schulp After a decade of intransigence, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Wednesday finally approved...

Michael Chapman Argentine president Javier Milei was sworn into office on December 10. In the last thirty days or so,...

Jeffrey A. Singer The state and local revolt against the federal “crack house” statute (21 U.S.C. Sec. 856), which makes...

David J. Bier President Biden is asking Congress for $13.6 billion to fund border enforcement operations, a significant portion of which...