Jeffrey Miron The Great Depression led to dramatic increases in bank regulation. One study looks at an instance of bank deregulation during this period: state-level...
Thomas A. Berry, Dan Greenberg, and Harrison Prestwich Jeanne Hedgepeth worked for 20 years as a public school teacher at Palatine High School in Illinois....
Jeffrey A. Singer Recently, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. expressed concern about psychiatric overprescribing, especially among children and adolescents. Critics quickly accused him of...
Romina Boccia, Adam N. Michel, and Dominik Lett Congress is reportedly weighing whether to use reconciliation—a special budget process that allows certain legislative changes...
Jeffrey Miron In 2024, Seattle tried to raise wages for app-based workers by requiring that they receive a per-task minimum pay. By comparing earnings...
Dominik Lett As the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shutdown extends past 40 days, an uncomfortable irony is playing out in Washington. Democrats are withholding...
Chris Edwards Funding for the Transportation Security Agency (TSA) has lapsed, and airport screeners across the country are not being paid. Some are staying...
Stephen Slivinski Certificate-of-need (CON) laws accomplish exactly what they were created to do. That’s actually a big problem, especially for rural areas. Under these...