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A FinReg Backtrack Brings Good News for Small Business
A new deregulatory push in the financial regulation arena will help small businesses and family farms
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C. Jarrett Dieterle
Medicaid Needs Commonsense, Cost-Saving Reforms
Instead of attacking lawmakers for ‘cutting Medicaid,’ Americans should support prudent reforms to strengthen its finances and target its resources…
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Charles Blahous
How To Promote Greater Competition for Cloud Computing
Giving cloud service providers the freedom to grow and innovate will be good for consumers
‘Let Woman Choose Her Own Vocation Just as Man Does His’
More women than ever enjoy real economic freedom, but hundreds of millions are still being held back
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Matthew D. Mitchell
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Rosemarie Fike
How To Fix Medicaid’s Long-Term Services Program
Reforming this program will cut government spending while still helping low-income Americans
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Tracy Miller
Beyond Tax-Free Tips: The Fight for the Soul of the American Restaurant
A growing ‘war on restaurants’ threatens to do a number on America’s culinary scene
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C. Jarrett Dieterle
The Gulf of Trump
A nautical-neurological exploration of Donald Trump's support for tariffs
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Robert F. Graboyes
New FTC Lawsuit Could Make Booze More Expensive
The incoming administration should scrap the case and allow Americans to decide for themselves where they’d like to shop for alcohol
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Satya Marar
Shoppers Find a New Outlet (Center)
A small town illustrates the evolution of outlet shopping in America
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Addison Del Mastro
Congress Should Mend, Not End, Social Security’s WEP and GPO
These provisions need reform, but some version of them is necessary to achieve parity among workers with similar lifetime earnings
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Charles Blahous
Tax Expenditures for the Chopping Block: The Child Tax Credit
This costly and badly targeted tax credit falls short in achieving its intended goals, and expanding it would exacerbate its flaws
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Jack Salmon
The Rise and Fall of the WTO
Distrust in the ability of international trade institutions is leading toward a fragmented, ineffective trading framework that could harm the global…
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