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Reparations? We tried that already. But where has $22 trillion in Great Society transfer-payments gotten us?
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Steve H. Hanke, Barry W. Paulson (National Review)
U.S. federal debt held by the public as a share of GDP increased to 98 percent in 2022 and will increase to 185 percent by 2052. But it doesn’t have to be this way. Thanks to its “debt brake,” one country has seen its debt as a percentage of GDP drop to an unbelievable 18.7 percent. If Switzerland can do it, why can’t we?
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Benjamin Powell (Dallas Morning News)
Up before the Texas legislature: a bill that would ban Chinese, Iranian, North Korean, and Russian individuals and entities from owning land in the state. Republicans who value property rights should not support the bill, which won’t make us safer but will undermine the American system of free enterprise.
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William J. Watkins, Jr. (FitsNews)
If the Dobbs decision, which overturned Roe v. Wade, marks the beginning of a New Federalism (it does), the states now need to rethink the way judges are selected, as red-state South Carolina is learning the hard way.
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A voice of reason during the COVID pandemic, Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, Professor of Health Policy and Economics at Stanford University’s School of Medicine, now strives to restore trust and ethics in science and public health. Can it be done? Hear his fascinating interview with Dr. Scott Atlas.
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Volume 26, Issue 4: January 25, 2023
Victor Davis Hanson (American Greatness)
Reparations? We tried that already. But where has $22 trillion in Great Society transfer-payments gotten us?
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Recommended Readings on Race and Civil Rights
By Williamson M. Evers
Steve H. Hanke, Barry W. Paulson (National Review)
U.S. federal debt held by the public as a share of GDP increased to 98 percent in 2022 and will increase to 185 percent by 2052. But it doesn’t have to be this way. Thanks to its “debt brake,” one country has seen its debt as a percentage of GDP drop to an unbelievable 18.7 percent. If Switzerland can do it, why can’t we?
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Future
Economic Peril or Prosperity?
Economic Peril or Prosperity?
Edited by Robert M. Whaples, Christopher J. Coyne, Michael C. Munger
Benjamin Powell (Dallas Morning News)
Up before the Texas legislature: a bill that would ban Chinese, Iranian, North Korean, and Russian individuals and entities from owning land in the state. Republicans who value property rights should not support the bill, which won’t make us safer but will undermine the American system of free enterprise.
READ MORE »
William J. Watkins, Jr. (FitsNews)
If the Dobbs decision, which overturned Roe v. Wade, marks the beginning of a New Federalism (it does), the states now need to rethink the way judges are selected, as red-state South Carolina is learning the hard way.
READ MORE »
Crossroads for Liberty
Recovering the Anti-Federalist Values of America’s First Constitution
Recovering the Anti-Federalist Values of America’s First Constitution
By William J. Watkins, Jr.
A voice of reason during the COVID pandemic, Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, Professor of Health Policy and Economics at Stanford University’s School of Medicine, now strives to restore trust and ethics in science and public health. Can it be done? Hear his fascinating interview with Dr. Scott Atlas.
READ MORE »The Beacon: New Blog Posts
- The Treasury’s Debt Ceiling Shell Game, by Craig Eyermann
- Paul Johnson and the “North-South” Economic Dialogue., by K. Lloyd Billingsley
- Evidence that Economic Freedom Improves Outcomes, by Antony Davies
