Jack Solowey The United States has long led global finance. Its institutions shaped critical financial infrastructure and saw the dollar become the world’s reserve currency—thanks to rule of law, property rights, and an innovative market economy at home. As the economic landscape evolves, maintaining this position
David Boaz I don’t mean to keep writing the same article about lobbying and special interests over and over. But the federal government keeps creating more and more opportunities for special interests to hire lobbyists. This week The Economist writes, with up to $800bn in clean‐energy handouts
From the WSJ (World’s First Carbon Import Tax Approved by EU Lawmakers): The European Union’s parliament approved legislation to tax imports based on the greenhouse gases emitted to make them, clearing the final hurdle before the plan becomes law and enshrines climate regulation in the rules
Gallup reports: "Concern About Several Environmental Problems Dips in U.S." Here's the evidence. So, I downloaded the data, redrew the graphs, added trendlines, then deleted the original data to better suss out the underlying trends without all the confusing squiggly lines. Here you go. Oh, and I
via the SBCA email list: The Society for Benefit-Cost Analysis is offering six professional development workshops this year, organized by leading experts. They include the following; more information is available here: https://www.benefitcostanalysis.org/workshops. Benefit-Cost Analysis for Beginners (Glenn Blomquist and David Weimer) Economics of Addiction (Elizabeth Botkins, Aaron Kearsley, Don Kenkel, David Watkins) Estimating Program
Economics Why An Aging Population Might Not Doom The American Economy By Santul Nerkar Apr. 13, 2023, at 6:00 AM Mario Tama / Getty Images The American economy is booming and robust. Just look at the chart below, which shows that the overall unemployment rate — the share of
Economics Why An Aging Population Might Not Doom The American Economy By Santul Nerkar Apr. 13, 2023, at 6:00 AM Mario Tama / Getty Images The American economy is booming and robust. Just look at the chart below, which shows that the overall unemployment rate — the share of
Economics Why An Aging Population Might Not Doom The American Economy By Santul Nerkar Apr. 13, 2023, at 6:00 AM Mario Tama / Getty Images The American economy is booming and robust. Just look at the chart below, which shows that the overall unemployment rate — the share of
Economics Why An Aging Population Might Not Doom The American Economy By Santul Nerkar Apr. 13, 2023, at 6:00 AM Mario Tama / Getty Images The American economy is booming and robust. Just look at the chart below, which shows that the overall unemployment rate — the share of
Economics Why An Aging Population Might Not Doom The American Economy By Santul Nerkar Apr. 13, 2023, at 6:00 AM Mario Tama / Getty Images The American economy is booming and robust. Just look at the chart below, which shows that the overall unemployment rate — the share of