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Sunday, December 10, 2017

Yet Another Sign of a Stronger Labor Market: Increases in Job Leavers and Reentrants

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The headline unemployment level remained unchanged at 4.1 percent in November, but a closer look at the underlying data shows signs of in...
Monday, December 4, 2017

In Search of the Elusive Effects of the Regulatory State

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The Trump administration is at war with the regulatory state. The fight is most intense at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA),...
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Friday, November 24, 2017

The High Cost of Healthcare: Is it Really Just the Prices?

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Uwe Reinhardt , the eminent health care economist, who died last week, spent his career diagnosing the ills of the U.S. medical system and...
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Wednesday, November 15, 2017

Global Carbon Emissions Will Rise in 2017, but Not All the News is Bad

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The Global Carbon Project (GPC) has just released a report on carbon emissions for 2017 . The GPC was formed to assist the international ...
Thursday, November 9, 2017

Why Does the US Spend So Much on Healthcare? The Case of Urine Drug Testing

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U.S. health care reformers face a daunting task. Our country spends more on healthcare than any of its wealthy peers but la...

Note to Tax Reformers: Consider Fixing the Formula for Taxing Social Security Benefits

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While public attention is focused on big issues like corporate and inheritance taxes, many smaller but sensible opportunities to improv...
Thursday, October 26, 2017

Thinking about Tax Cuts (Part 1): Growth and Prosperity

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Tax reform season is upon us. The White House and Congressional Republicans promise that their unified framework for tax reform will “f...