A New Underground Market in E‑Cigarettes Will Soon
Jeffrey A. Singer Writing in the Australian journal The Quadrant a year and a half ago, I criticized the Australian government’s plan to
Friday Feature: Sweetwater Scholé
Colleen Hroncich Like many creative educational options, Sweetwater Scholé is evidence that necessity is the mother of invention. Despite a career
The Rights We Give Up under “Marsy’s Law”
Walter Olson I’ve written before about the set of state constitutional amendments known as “Marsy’s Law,” promoted as a bill of
Is the Bank Secrecy Act Effective at Stopping
Nicholas Anthony Although Americans often think that financial privacy is protected by the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, financial
Glacier Northwest v. Teamsters: The Supreme Court Gets
Walter Olson In Glacier Northwest, Inc., v. Teamsters, decided today, the Supreme Court showed a good measure of consensus and civility
Nearly a Third of Gen Z Favors the Government Installing
Emily Ekins and Jordan Gygi George Orwell’s 1984 is one of our society’s most frequently referenced illustrations of what life
Krugman Misses the Mark on CBDCs—Again
Norbert Michel and Nicholas Anthony This April Forbes column describes why central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) are a fundamental issue related
Brookings Paper Is Not Concrete Evidence That a
Norbert Michel and Jai Kedia Last week at Brookings, Ben Bernanke, former Fed chair, and Olivier Blanchard, former chief economist
Misleading Debt Limit Deal Math Counts Phantom Savings
Romina Boccia Within mere days of the X‑day deadline for when the federal government would run out of wiggle room
Biden‐McCarthy Deal a Modest Start
Joseph Verruni Congress is considering the Biden‐McCarthy debt‐reduction deal. The Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 would reduce deficits by $1.5