Taxes and Spending

To borrow a line from Al Gore, this strikes me as a “risky scheme.” 

Government policy encourages homeless people to congregate in public areas twice over: first, cities destroy access to very-low-cost housing. Second, city governments often refuse to enforce their own rules of public-space use. Tent cities result.

Beyond the usual arguments about incentives and taxes, UBI is a dangerous policy that supercharges the state and threatens to heighten tensions between different groups in society.

Beyond the usual arguments about incentives and taxes, a Universal Basic Income is a dangerous policy that supercharges the state and threatens to heighten tensions between different groups in society.

From crumbling public transport to rampant homelessness, progressive politicians are terrible at running the government once they are in power.

The tax-incentive deal Amazon had with New York was not a "subsidy" — in fact, Amazon pays enormous amounts of net taxes.

Bob Murphy discusses Krugman's shocking willingness to harm the country—as long as it denies Trump a political victory.

Compared to other types of universal healthcare systems, what we call "single-payer" healthcare is possibly the worst of all.

Under Warren's plan for higher education, Warren won’t make you go to college — but she’ll make you pay for it.

Compared to other types of universal healthcare systems, what we call "single-payer" healthcare is possibly the worst of all.