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James Edwards
Jan 163 min read
Biden’s Legacy: Pretty Shabby
As Joe Biden’s presidency comes to an end, the time has come for taking stock of his performance in that position of public trust. Judged...
James Edwards
Dec 19, 20243 min read
Dear Santa: Bring Us Sound IP, Trade, Tax and Competition Policy
Oh, no! Only a few shopping days remain before Christmas. It’s vital that the United States outcompete China (and other adversaries and...
James Edwards
Sep 26, 20233 min read
IRA, Sen. Manchin and the Future of Drug Innovation
In an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal headlined “A Law That Isn’t Red or White—and Sure Isn’t Green,” Sen. Joe Manchin claims his...
James Edwards
May 30, 20233 min read
Half a Loaf Reagan Would Have Taken
Is the Fiscal Responsibility Act, the vehicle for dealing with the federal debt limit and avoiding a fiscally irresponsible default by...
James Edwards
Dec 1, 20223 min read
IRA’s Price Controls Make False Promises, Will Deliver All Too Real Socialist Results
Newly enacted government price controls aren’t even implemented yet, but they’re already having an effect. But instead of forcing down...
James Edwards
Aug 5, 20223 min read
"Build Back Manchin" Is Inflationary Tax-and-Spend
From a property rights perspective, the Democrats’ budget reconciliation bill that Sens. Joe Manchin and Chuck Schumer brokered turns out...
James Edwards
Jul 19, 20223 min read
A Closer Look at the Drug Pricing Scheme
Thanks to Sen. Joe Manchin, other politicians in his party have seen item after socialist item fall from the budget reconciliation...
James Edwards
Jun 6, 20223 min read
Biden’s Contributions to Rising Inflation
“. . . [T]he idea we’re going to be able . . . to click a switch, bring down the cost of gasoline, is not likely in the near term, nor is...
James Edwards
Dec 10, 20213 min read
The Grinches Stealing America’s Christmas
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi are behaving a lot like the unrepentant Grinch Who Stole Christmas —...
James Edwards
Nov 18, 20212 min read
Wait for a CBO Reality Check on Budget Reconciliation
Voting on the budget reconciliation bill without having a cost estimate from the Congressional Budget Office, which House Democrats are...
James Edwards
Nov 2, 20213 min read
Failed Math of “Build Back Broker”
If you thought budget reconciliation — a falsely advertised $3.5 trillion but actually more like $5 trillion price tag...
James Edwards
Jun 22, 20212 min read
U.S. Voters to Pols: Drop the Radicalism
It turns out the American people aren’t as generous with other people’s property or with their hard-earned tax dollars as some...
Tom DeWeese
Apr 6, 20213 min read
Why Property Rights Matter, Part 2: The Lost Definition of Private Property Rights
In the 1990s, an all-out assault on property rights was well underway, led by a radical environmental movement, resulting in massive...
James Edwards
Aug 13, 20194 min read
Leftist Threats to Property Rights
A free economy is a terrible thing to waste. That and the high standard of living, the time- and labor-saving advances, the dynamic...
James Edwards
Mar 9, 20192 min read
How’s a Wealth Tax ‘Progressive’?
With self-avowed congressional socialists adding a wealth tax to their wealth-transfer manifestos, here’s a look at what...
James Edwards
Jan 28, 20192 min read
Interesting, Taxing Times
The ancient Chinese curse, "May you live in interesting times," turns out to be neither ancient nor Chinese. Nevertheless, it is hard to...
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