Does Austin Need an $8 Billion Light Rail Project?
Marc Joffe The Federal Transit Administration’s (FTA’s) Capital Grants Dashboard shows that Austin, Texas, is on track to get over $4 billion of federal funds. The grant would cover 49…
More than Just a Tax Cut: the Case of Child Tax Credit Reform
Adam N. Michel While the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) cut taxes for most individuals and businesses (as the name implies), the legislation also made significant structural changes to…
New Data on Trump’s Border Security Record: Releasing Criminals to Jail Asylum Seekers
David J. Bier Donald Trump has portrayed his immigration policies as good for public safety. He said this month that he had the “safest” immigration policy in history. However, data…
Chip Mellor: Friend, Mentor, Freedom Fighter
Clark Neily Chip Mellor (December 31, 1950 – October 11, 2024), cofounder of the Institute for Justice. (Photo: Institute for Justice website) My friend and former boss at the Institute…
There Is No “Little Secret” Speaker Power over the Electoral Count
Andy Craig At his rally in Madison Square Garden on Sunday, Donald Trump offered an aside to Speaker Mike Johnson about a “little secret” concerning the election and the House of…
Grow the Economic Pie, Don’t Reallocate It
Jeffrey Miron To a first approximation, economic policies target one of two objectives: efficiency (growing the economic pie) or redistribution (reallocating the economic pie). Alas, most politicians favor the latter,…
Reflections on My Visit to Fudan University After 30 Years
James A. Dorn In October 1994, I was a visiting scholar at Fudan University in Shanghai. During my stay, I gave a series of lectures and received the Chinese edition…
Is the Federal Transit Administration Fighting Climate Change or Subsidizing Pro Sports Teams?
Marc Joffe Aerial view of the So-Fi stadium in Los Angeles in 2021, and behind it, a view of the Forum. The SoFi is an entertainment complex located in Inglewood,…
Venezuelans Have a Right to Regain Their Freedom
Daniel Raisbeck “In a telephone call Friday [September 20] with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, Maduro warned about the ‘hiring of mercenaries to invade the country.’” So reported France 24 last…
The Right Corporate Tax Rate is 0 Percent
Jeffrey Miron The 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act reduced the tax rate on corporate income from 35% to 21%. Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris wants to raise the rate…