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Who Pays for Politics?
Paul Meany Every government benefit has a recipient, but it also has a payer. Politics tends to encourage us to...
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Kilnapp v. Gannon Brief: The Law Has Long Been “Clearly Established” That an Officer Can’t Blindly Fire Behind Himself
Matthew Cavedon (Getty Images) Cleveland police officers Bailey Gannon and Jennifer Kilnapp responded to a 911 report of a disturbed...
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JD Vance’s Problem Is with Your Choices, Not GDP
Ryan Bourne JD Vance’s book Communion devotes a chapter to arguing that policymakers have spent decades chasing GDP at the...
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California’s Minimum Wage Hike
Jeffrey Miron Firms respond to minimum wage hikes in multiple ways. One study considers a 2023 California bill that raised...
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Congress Cannot Copy and Paste FINRA into AI
Kevin T. Frazier (Getty Images) The textbook for AI Policy 101 does not exist. There is no AI Governance for Dummies....
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Trump Administration’s Grant Tactics Continue Troubling Trends
David Ditch (Unsplash) The Trump administration is pressuring local governments to sign cooperation agreements with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)...
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JD Vance’s Feared “Cult of Growth” Has Never Run America
Ryan Bourne (Getty Images) JD Vance’s new book, Communion, includes a chapter railing against economists. The central thesis of his...
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Judge Denies Motion to Toss SPLC Indictment
Walter Olson Southern Poverty Law Center. Montgomery, Alabama. In April, the US Department of Justice brought an indictment against the...
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This Friday: My Debate Over Social Security’s Future with Brookings’ Primus
Romina Boccia On August 14, the 91st anniversary of the Social Security Act, I’ll debate Wendell Primus of the Brookings...
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No More Judicial Rubber-Stamping of Gun Laws
Clark Neily (Getty Images) A federal district court ruled last week that key provisions of the National Firearms Act—including the registration...
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