R Street Institute1dOpinion
Republican populism goes all in for the Nanny State
We’re well accustomed to progressive politicians railing against corporate greed, especially here in California where Gov.
R Street Institute2dOpinion
California Voters Reject ‘California Values’
Even the mainstream media acknowledges that state’s election results show that Californians are tiring of Democrats’ ...
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Trump tariffs could worsen rather than tame inflation
The debilitating inflation plaguing the Biden-Harris administration helped secure Donald Trump’s improbable return to the ...
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Air Pollution Will Probably Still Decline Under the Second Trump Presidency
Given President-elect Donald J. Trump’s critical rhetoric about environmental regulation, it is natural to wonder what the ...
R Street Institute9dOpinion
The United States could soon see a shortage of baby formula for premature infants. Congress needs to keep that from happening.
What would you do if your premature baby could not get the formula they desperately needed? This frightening scenario may ...
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Why We Do Not Take Positions on Senate Nominations
Just a few weeks after his victory in the presidential election, news and controversy over President-elect Donald Trump’s ...
R Street Institute3dOpinion
Spotlight on Criminal Justice: The National Observance of Veterans and Military Families Month – November
Since 1996, the month of November has been dedicated to acknowledging the service and sacrifice of members of the military ...
R Street Institute1dOpinion
What are the politics of debt relief?
In this week’s episode of Politics In Question, Lee and Julia talk with Chloe Nicol Thurston and Emily Zackin about the ...
R Street Institute4dOpinion
The Credit Card Competition Act Cedes Power to The Fed. Congress Should Not Pass It.
Today, the Senate Judiciary Committee led by Sen. Dick Durbin (D–Ill.) held a hearing titled “Breaking the Visa-Mastercard ...
R Street Institute5dOpinion
The Trouble with Mpox
Origins and Basics Mpox (formerly known as monkeypox) is a viral illness that belongs to the same family as smallpox. First ...
R Street Institute9dOpinion
Low-Energy Fridays: Are all these energy subsidies worth it? Not really.
The tax cuts adopted during the first Trump administration as part of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act are set to expire by the ...
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R Street Institute2dOpinion
Low-Energy Fridays: One Mining Permitting Issue Congress Still Needs to Address
In 2022, a federal court ruling known as the Rosemont decision threw the future of hardrock mining in the United States for a loop. Perhaps it goes without saying, but because mining is the process of ...