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Blog Archive 2008

Alvin Rabushka, who along with Robert Hall laid the intellectual foundations for the flat tax, has created a blog tracking developments on the flat tax. Perusing the postings reveals that many governm More...

Buckley’s Framework and Modern Realities

Bill Buckley wrote these words about 50 years ago, but they seem like timely advice for conservatives today, don’t they? I will not cede more power to the state. I will not willingly cede more powe More...

Myths About “Tax Havens”

“Tax havens” are often painted as shady, ill-governed jurisdictions that allow scofflaws and criminals to avoid taxation. Critics further claim that tax havens lead to higher taxes on honest citizens More...

Reason Turns 40

A significant outlet for free market thinking marks a milestone this month. Reason magazine turns 40 years old. For some fun history of how it all got started, read Brian Doherty’s oral history of the More...

Event Coming Up: Religious Practice in America: What the Research Says

Don’t forget the annual conference, Religious Practice in America: What the Research Says, is coming up on Wednesday. The conference explores the very interesting topic of the impact of religious prac More...

Missing the Smoke?

Does banning smoking in bars reduce heart attacks? Contrary to previously reported estimates, hospital emissions data from Scotland say no: ACS = Acute Coronary Syndrome HAT TIP: Adam Smith Insti More...

Piracy Funding Terrorists?

Tim Sullivan of the American Enterprise Institute points to some evidence that the pirates operating off the coast of Somalia have been giving a cut of their loot to a Somali-based Islamist militant o More...

Saving the Banks that Love Government

Are some corporations really too big to fail? Perhaps they are merely too good at donating to favored political causes to be allowed to fail. Matthew Vadum reports that Citibank is “a Big Government l More...

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Permanent Tax Relief—Not Tax “Holidays”—Stimulates Economic Growth

Source: The Heritage Foundation

Many in Washington assume that what the economy needs right now is a quick stimulus, or “jolt,” by putting cash in the hands of ordinary Americans—or government agencies—that they go out and spend. A tax version of this idea has been embraced by some Republica More...

Mumbai Massacres Prove Threat of Small Boats to National Security

Source: The Heritage Foundation

Indian officials have ascertained that the terrorists who undertook a killing spree across the city of Mumbai last week arrived in small boats. The use of light craft to launch the assault has reenergized discussion about similar threats to the United States. More...

Growth, Deficits, and the Future

Source: The Heritage Foundation

Globally, and certainly in the United States, an intense debate is underway as to the proper magnitude of fiscal stimulus programs to “jumpstart,” “jolt,” or otherwise stimulate national economies as the global economy slides into a deep contraction. For some, More...

Transportation Policy: Getting the Facts Straight

Source: The Heritage Foundation

With the current highway authorization law (SAFETEA-LU) set to expire in September 2009, many environmental groups, business trade associations, and state and local governments are recommending a substantial increase in federal transportation spending and expe More...

Social Insecurity?

Source: The American Enterprise Institute

The recent financial crisis and ensuing stock market gyrations have drawn renewed attention to Social Security reform, in particular proposals to establish personal retirement accounts that invest in stocks and bonds. As Barack Obama asked a campaign audience, More...

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Buckley’s Framework and Modern Realities

Myths About “Tax Havens”

Reason Turns 40

Event Coming Up: Religious Practice in America: What the Research Says

Missing the Smoke?

Piracy Funding Terrorists?

Saving the Banks that Love Government

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Policy Studies

Permanent Tax Relief—Not Tax “Holidays”—Stimulates Economic Growth

Mumbai Massacres Prove Threat of Small Boats to National Security

Growth, Deficits, and the Future

Transportation Policy: Getting the Facts Straight

Social Insecurity?

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