Social Security Is a Legal Ponzi Scheme
Romina Boccia Ida May Fuller, the first person to receive a Social Security check, worked for just three years before receiving her first benefit (in 1940). Over that time, the…
Yes, You’re Still Imagining a Migrant Crime Spree: Response to Steven Malanga on Migrant Crime
Alex Nowrasteh Steven Malanga, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and a senior editor of City Journal, argues that there is a crime wave caused by immigrants in his…
The Effects of Expanding Optometrists’ Scope of Practice
Jeffrey Miron The standard argument for scope-of-practice (SOP) laws—and more generally, for occupational licensing—is that such regulation improves the quality of services by keeping out lower-skill providers. If so, then these…
The Draft Is Antithetical to Liberty, Even if It Is Never Used
Brandan P. Buck Fall may finally have arrived in DC, but one discussion that never seems out of season is pontificating on a need for a return of military conscription. While the…
Clarifying the Possibility of a Contingent Election under the Twelfth Amendment
Andy Craig As we get closer to the election, a number of articles have been published offering legal explainers for how the process under the new Electoral Count Reform Act of 2022 would…
USTR Acknowledges China Tariffs Failed, Will Continue Anyway
Clark Packard During a recent stop in Pennsylvania, US Trade Representative Katherine Tai was asked by Eric Martin of Bloomberg about the Biden administration’s decision to continue and expand tariffs…
Can Million-Dollar Apartments Solve California’s Housing Crisis?
Marc Joffe With tens of thousands of California residents living on the streets and widespread concerns over a housing affordability crisis, we might expect political leaders to build a large…
Tennessee Auctioneers Make a Bid for Free Speech
Thomas A. Berry and Alexander Khoury Since the creation of the market square, there have been boisterous, loquacious individuals who have solicited bids for unique items. Merchants have long relied…
The Pros and Cons of a Universal Basic Income
Jeffrey Miron Proposals to adopt a universal basic income (UBI) raise three questions. The first is whether a UBI should add to or replace the existing safety net. Adding the…
The Misleading Correlation Between Teen Vaping and Teen Smoking Declines
Jeffrey A. Singer On October 17, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that the rate of teen tobacco smoking and vaping continued to decline over the past year.…