Electric Vehicles: The Good News Just Keeps Coming
Central planning, governmental mandates, rising prices, lagging infrastructure, and other gems.
Infrastructure
Legalize Port Modernization
With the current laws and regulations governing infrastructure, there’s no amount of money the U.S. could spend to build an internationally competitive port.
Biden Launches Global ‘Build Back Better’ Reboot
President Biden relaunched a massive international infrastructure partnership, now called the Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment, at the G-7 Summit.
Oil Refining Should Be America’s Strength
We need more refining capacity now, which means we needed more refinery investment five to ten years ago.
Biden Administration’s Davis-Bacon ‘Reforms’ Are More Pork for Labor Unions
Regulatory deficiencies help unionized contractors win more government contracts.
The Worst Possible Timing for an Infrastructure-Spending Spree
This is just about the worst possible time to try to start a massive number of construction projects from coast to coast.
Bloc Trade: Russia, China, and the Limits of Globalization
The week of March 7: Russia’s (possible) transformation into a Chinese satellite, inflation, the price of gasoline, tax, and much, much, more.
How Amtrak Expansion Threatens Supply Chains
A proposal to restore passenger-rail service between New Orleans and Mobile, Ala., would be wasteful. It would also clog up freight routes.
Let Our Communities Lead
The federal government certainly has an important role to play in American life, but it stumbles every time it tries to enforce blanket policies.
Infrastructure Redefined, Poorly but Expensively
Roads and bridges, a straightforward matter, right?