Is All Politics Still Local?
What interest groups tell us about America’s changing federalism
Theme in liberalism
Regulation
Permission versus freedom. When rules protect the public and when they entrench incumbents and stifle progress.
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Is All Politics Still Local?
What interest groups tell us about America’s changing federalism
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When Tobacco Is Illicit
Restrictions and prohibitions are now affecting the demand for nicotine in the same ways that are found in markets for illicit drugs.
Why States Nationalize
Economists have many answers, but the truth may be larger than they know.
The National Security Externality Can’t Justify Recent Tariffs
National security may justify some kinds of tariffs—in theory. In practice, it’s another story.
From Permission to Freedom in Healthcare (with Lauren K. Hall and Alicia Plemmons)
Most of us assume the rules governing American healthcare were written for our safety — and that the system, whatever its flaws, basically works. In this episode, host Aaron Ross Powell talks with Lauren K. Hall, professor of political science and…
First, Do Less Harm.
A policy strategy for complicated times
The Academy’s Captured Gatekeepers
How a voluntary, bottom-up answer to an information problem became a federally enforced cartel, and why prying it loose is a cause every liberal should own.
