Taxes and Spending

Tariffs and economic sanctions infringe on the fundamental, God-given right of people to trade with whomever they want.

French protests over a new climate-change-inspired fuel tax highlight high costs imposed on ordinary people by climate-change policies.

In the real world, it is impossible to separate economic analysis from an understanding of the effects of state intervention in the marketplace.

The government should put its cozy relationship with Musk on a long, if not permanent, hiatus.

It's important to make the moral case for lower taxes, but we shouldn't overlook simply defending institutional competition.

The media is using the recent National Climate Assessment to warn about the "cost of inaction" on climate change. Here's what they miss.

The real problem of the federal budget is that there's far too much spending. The fact that it's not a balanced budget is a minor concern by comparison.

The Poor Law Amendment of 1834 attempted to address the problem of runaway costs and abuses of the system. With mixed results.

French protests over a new climate-change-inspired fuel tax highlight high costs imposed on ordinary people by climate-change policies.

Those pushing Medicare for All rely on the presumption that it will generate huge administrative efficiencies. But they greatly underestimate the program's real administrative cost.