My conversations with families who home educate have revealed their mixed feelings on school choice policies — there are those who want to be included and those who are concerned…
A package of bipartisan health policies is currently moving through the U.S. House of Representatives to strengthen federal price transparency requirements on providers and health plans. The Lower Costs, More Transparency…
Earlier this month, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO, f/k/a General Accounting Office) issued a report on the fraud around Covid-related unemployment insurance (UI) payments. It seems like the headline should have…
Six blue-state Governors on the East Coast want you to pay for their offshore wind turbines. On September 13, 2023, Governors from Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, and…
Stanford economist Eric Hanushek has predicted that academic setbacks during COVID-19 could cost each impacted student $70,000 over the course of their careers, or roughly $28 trillion total, reports The 74. “And…
Yesterday, I wrote about how “supply shocks” can generate inflation independently of whatever the central bank might be doing to the money supply. A classic example is the “oil shock” of the…
Photo: Daniel Schwen, Wikimedia Commons (CC 4.0) Robert F. Kennedy (RFK) Jr. has become popular in some conservative circles due to his criticism of the nation’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic,…
In early August, four of the largest electric grid operators in America warned that President Biden’s proposed Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations limiting carbon dioxide emissions from new and existing fossil-fueled power…
Yesterday American Experiment submitted comments urging the Biden administration to withdraw a proposed rule which would effectively ban certain types of insurance coverage. Not only are the proposals bad policy, but every major proposal…
For years, Mitch Rolling and I have been warning that rising electricity prices will negatively impact education for American students by depriving schools of much-needed resources, resulting in teacher layoffs or higher property taxes.…
Name Image Likeness (NIL) reforms have opened up a gusher of cash for formerly “amateur” college football athletes. With little debate or notice, top-level college football has gone fully professional.…
The controversial project broke ground in Medora this summer and is still on track for a July 4, 2026, opening. The Associated Press (AP) reported late last month that workers…
A sweeping new ballot petition filed with North Dakota Secretary of State Michael Howe aims to significantly revamp the system for voting in North Dakota elections. The “Election Integrity Act…
Last year, I wrote about a paper by economists by economists James Cloyne, Joseba Martinez, Haroon Mumtaz, and Paolo Surico which found that: A corporate income tax cut leads to a sustained increase…
Most of the consequences of any action are unintended consequences. Hiking the minimum wage, for example, is intended to raise the wages of workers, but other — unintended — consequences are, according to research,…
It is often argued that, at the federal and state level, “the rich” and their corporations use their wealth to influence policy in their economic interest. An example is found…