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Jeffrey Miron On February 20, the IRS fired 6,700 employees, many of whom worked in enforcement and compliance. Some warn this will weaken enforcement, deepen fiscal imbalance, and make evasion easier.…

Chris Edwards Republicans must cut federal spending to tame exploding deficits. DOGE is trimming the bureaucracy and the House budget plan trims entitlements, but more cuts are needed. A new…

Stephen Slivinski Last week, the new Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson created a task force that, among other things, lists “harmful occupational licensing requirements” among its list of top…

Ian Vásquez This past Saturday evening, March 1, Argentine President Javier Milei opened up a new session of his country’s Congress with a speech that is worth listening to in…

Clark Packard and Alfredo Carrillo Obregon For nearly 60 years, the United States steel industry has been one of the most protected sectors of the American economy. Policymakers have showered an…

Walter Olson Number seven in our series of occasional roundups on election law and policy: Register and watch: I’ll be part of a livestreamed panel from UCLA this Tuesday (March…

Romina Boccia While Americans fixate on Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to rein in wasteful spending, Congress is quietly plotting to make the nation’s fiscal situation worse.  The…

Nicholas Anthony For government officials who have come to expect sweeping financial surveillance to be the norm, cryptocurrencies have been a difficult subject to grapple with. The ability to conduct…