Michael Chapman Recent estimates on job losses in California caused by a $20 minimum wage hike for fast-food employees confirm what classical liberal economics has always taught about the minimum…
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Jeffrey Miron and Jacob Winter Last month, ABC News agreed to pay $15 million to Donald Trump’s future presidential library to settle a defamation suit resulting from anchor George Stephanopoulos’…
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Norbert Michel and Jerome Famularo In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, the United States experienced a much higher rate of inflation than at any time during the prior few…
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Peter Van Doren The Washington Post recently described a Nebraska Supreme Court case challenging so-called certificate-of-need (CON) laws that require state permission to operate a health care facility. From 1965 until…
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Ryan Bourne and Sophia Bagley California’s wildfire crisis isn’t just a natural disaster; it’s also a policy failure. In recent years, state price control regulations have driven private home insurance…
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Walter Olson According to multiple reports, Republicans “plan to move quickly” to move election legislation early in the new Congress. Supporters of constitutional liberty should watch closely to make sure…
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Colleen Hroncich “We can do this better,” thought former public school teacher Rachel Frevert when she saw her children’s assignments during the pandemic. Her oldest son has autism, and she…
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Daniel Raisbeck In November 1881, Juan José Dardo Rocha, governor of the Province of Buenos Aires, passed a decree that forbade the use of a widely used torture device called…
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Sophia Bagley and Ryan Bourne This year kicks off with minimum wage hikes across 21 states. Economists have long documented that while minimum wage increases often boost wages for those…
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David Inserra Meta just made a big announcement that it will be making a series of significant changes to its content moderation regime in service of greater expression on Meta’s…