Did Hawaii Beat the Virus?
By conventional economic metrics, Hawaii paid a high price for its partial victory over the virus.
Making Prescription Drugs Expensive Again
As Biden supplants consumer experience with bureaucratic edicts, expect drug prices to rise.
The Pandemic Economics of Substance Abuse
Extraordinary cash payments helped fuel a historic increase in drug and alcohol deaths.
Subsidizing Death by Drink
Closing bars and restaurants and pandemic ‘stimulus’ fueled excessive drinking at home.
Errant Nobels Try Again
Celebrated economists are once again using their perch to make political proclamations. We should ignore them.
Build Back Better: Hefty Hidden Subsidies for Idleness and Desertion
How ‘Build Back Better’ makes life worse for workers.
Did Closing Schools Enhance Health?
During the fall term, the fatality risk of teaching was comparable to that of driving 18 miles alone in a car.
The Casualties of ‘Moral Imperatives’
Prohibiting profit in health care would leave people suffering from conditions that would have been alleviated or cured by private-sector innovation.
Congress and the Economy: Less Is More
Should economic shocks make Americans richer?