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Social Security by Choice
The experience of three Texas counties offers a realistic demonstration of how Social Security can be successfully reformed. Galveston, Matagorda and Brazoria counties opted out ...
The Federal Student Loan Program Is Expensive
Advocates for the expansion of higher education claim that the federal government should broaden the availability of its below-market student loan rates. Additional calls have ... Read more
The Big Lie at the Heart of the Highway Bill
The Senate-passed highway bill takes a big step backward on pension policy by adopting a provision that allows employers to shirk some of their pension ... Read more
Reducing Federal Aid Key to College Affordability
As the federal government seeks to address the skyrocketing tuition rates of postsecondary institutions, one consideration has been to expand bankruptcy eligibility so that students ... Read more
Drug Resales Get Scrutiny
The American pharmaceutical industry has been rocked by shortages of major drugs in recent years, many of which have been of vital importance for fighting ... Read more
Expanding the Export-Import Bank's Mandate Is a Big Mistake
The Export-Import Bank has been focused throughout its existence almost exclusively on export assistance for American companies. Proponents justify this mandate through four chief rationales, ... Read more
Medicaid Patients Go to Emergency Room More Often
Looking to data collected by the U.S. National Health Interview Survey between 1999 and 2009, researchers have found two standout trends among Medicaid beneficiaries: they ... Read more
Georgia's Economic Renaissance
The country of Georgia broadly and the city of Batumi specifically seem to be riding a governmental and economic renaissance. The country is among the ... Read more
Truth in Government Lending Is Long Overdue
The federal government has taken over large swaths of consumer lending, most notably the $10 trillion home mortgage and $1 trillion student lending markets. The ... Read more
Grading the Nation: How Accountable Is Your State?
The State Integrity Investigation, a data-driven assessment of all 50 states, assesses states' progress in the areas of transparency, accountability and anticorruption mechanisms. Its results ... Read more
Who Will Be Able to Afford Health Insurance in the Future?
For more than a decade, the rate of growth of health care premiums has far exceeded the growth of average American household incomes. Given these ... Read more
Fracking Cuts Greenhouse Gases
While the Environmental Protection Agency continues its crusade against emissions by championing renewable energy and regulating automobile manufacturers, the benefits of hydraulic fracturing (fracking) have ... Read more
Can Online Learning Reproduce the Full College Experience?
Skyrocketing costs for traditional colleges have created a substantial opportunity for online course providers. Through lower costs and a streamlined business model, online colleges can ... Read more
Europe's Real Crisis
European policymakers seem to have finally reached an agreement on how to save the continent's troubled economies from a debt crisis. However, the details of ... Read more
A Meter So Expensive, It Creates Parking Spots
The city of San Francisco, facing traffic congestion and parking issues, has taken an innovative step in urban planning to address both problems simultaneously. Through ... Read more
Could Employer Dumping of Health Coverage Reduce the Deficit?
One of the biggest concerns with the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has been that the law will drive employers to stop sponsoring health insurance for ... Read more
Why Europe Is Wrong about Canada's Oil Sands
The European Commission was wrong when, this past fall, it singled out oil extracted from Canada's "tar sands" by proposing a higher carbon emissions value ... Read more
A New Housing Finance System for the United States
Government involvement in the housing-finance industries in the United States has proven disastrous over the past several decades. Government guarantees have put taxpayers on the ... Read more
Solar Industry Faces Subsidy Cuts in Europe
Across Europe, governments are slashing public spending to cut their deficits, and green energy subsidies are a target, says the Washington Post. German policymakers indicated last ... Read more
Firm Sells Solar Panels, Taxpayers Pay
A heavily subsidized solar company received a U.S. taxpayer loan guarantee to sell solar panels to itself, says the Washington Examiner. First Solar is the company ... Read more
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The Threat of a Global Caliphate is Real
A number of Islamist political parties and Jihadist guerrilla groups have called for the restoration of the Caliphate by uniting Muslim nations, either through political action or by force. ... Read more
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