Patrick G. Eddington I think it’s fair to question whether or not the current House Oversight Committee inquiry into allegations against the President and his son, Hunter Biden (with respect to questionable business dealings with a Ukrainian energy company), is the kind of issue the committee should

Adam N. Michel and Scott Lincicome In the last few years, Congress has authorized as much as $2.1 trillion in domestic subsidies for preferred industries such as steel, semiconductors, and electric vehicles—a flood of taxpayer cash that supporters have cheered for boosting U.S. manufacturing and

Chelsea Follett Reading the news or listening to politicians and pundits speak, one could easily get the impression that global inequality is getting worse. But is the widely held belief that the world is becoming less equal true, or is it mistaken? The overwhelming majority of

Jai Kedia Two weeks ago, some of the biggest names in academia and monetary policy gathered at Brookings to discuss what factors had contributed to the recent spike in inflation. To that end, Ben Bernanke and Olivier Blanchard designed a model and found that the primary causes

Adam N. Michel Republicans will soon release an economic package that addresses a number of significant tax changes that have already or are scheduled to increase taxes on American businesses. Reporting indicates that a central component of the pro‐​growth package is the extension of full business expensing