Selective excise taxes may raise revenue for the public sector by targeting the consumption of things that elites disdain, but they do not save millions of lives.

Both in America and Abroad

At the federal, state, and local levels, overregulation has households and businesses struggling to keep their heads above water against a tsunami of compliance costs.

It is easy to see UBI as a policy incentivizing elites to care less and less about the structural problems that affect working class people.

Breaking up big companies, regardless of actual monopoly status or evidence of harm to consumers, punishes success and the pursuit of the American ideal.

Rapid adoption of new technologies without investment in risk avoidance can amplify the magnitude of mistakes down the line.

Innovation in enumeration can lead to more accurate data, giving policymakers a wealth of useful information without the stain of politics.

What consumers really need is competition, not more politicization of the gas and electricity markets.

There are plenty of reasons for Millennials—and all Americans—to be optimistic.

They share the roads; they need to share the costs.

Competition or Coercion

Lower energy prices brought about by increased foreign trade would mean lower prices for most things and, therefore, greater scope for flourishing.