Jeffrey Miron What level of government—state or federal—should set economic and social policy? The modern presumption is that “good” policies should be implemented federally. That is the logic behind the federal role in setting a minimum wage, providing Medicaid, Medicare, and Social Security, imposing nationwide environmental regulations,
The reaction to Biden’s cancer announcement reveals how little trust the public has in the people who spent years claiming that Biden’s mental decline was fabricated by right-wing propagandists. That lack of trust is well deserved.
The Usual Suspects from the American and European elites are claiming that Spain's recent blackout was the result of unusual weather conditions. In truth, Spain's dependence upon renewable energy was to blame.
Economists have said that a higher education degree is a form of “signaling” by the person holding the diploma. Thanks to government attempts to make higher education readily available, the value of a college degree has been severely degraded.
The reaction to Biden’s cancer announcement reveals how little trust the public has in the people who spent years claiming that Biden’s mental decline was fabricated by right-wing propagandists. That lack of trust is well deserved.
Bankruptcy in the short term is painful. In the long term, it is cleansing decades of poor federal government choices.
