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Social Security Is Deeply Unfair. The Social Security Fairness Act Won't Fix That.

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Senate Tees Up $200 Billion Social Security Giveaway to Public Sector Workers

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Federal Government Has 'Grown Too Big, Promised Too Much, Subsidized Too Many,' Warns Former GAO Boss

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Capping Overdraft Fees Will Hurt Some of the People It Is Supposed To Help

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The PPP Was a COVID-Era Disaster. Trump Wants To Promote the Guy Who Ran It.

Trump Administration Eric Boehm | 12.5.2024 1:15 PM The pandemic-era Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) was a...

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Peter Navarro Should Not Have Power Over U.S. Trade Policy—or Anything

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Trump's Vow To Block U.S. Steel's Sale Sends Stock Tumbling

Free Markets Eric Boehm | 12.3.2024 12:00 PM A few hours after the American stock markets closed on Monday night,...

03.12.2024 4

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A Taxpocalypse of Rising Rates Is Coming For Americans if Congress Doesn't Act

Taxes Eric Boehm | From the January 2025 issue When the new session of Congress opens on January 3, the clock will...

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Trump's New Tariffs Could Create Higher Gas Prices

Free Trade Eric Boehm | 11.27.2024 2:15 PM President-elect Donald Trump's threat to slap huge new tariffs on all...

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Return of the 'Tariff Man'

Free Trade Eric Boehm | 11.26.2024 9:30 AM Okay, so we're doing this. President-elect Donald Trump says in no...

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Will Trump's Labor Secretary Pick Be a Big Win for Public Sector Unions?

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The Last Chance To Curtail Trump's Tariff Powers?

Free Trade Eric Boehm | 11.21.2024 11:50 AM President-elect Donald Trump has promised to impose huge new tariffs on...

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Abolish the Commerce Department

Trump Administration Eric Boehm | 11.20.2024 1:00 PM If the Senate goes along with President-elect Donald Trump's...

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West Virginia Voters Passed a Constitutional Amendment Prohibiting Assisted Suicide

Election 2024 Eric Boehm | 11.19.2024 10:15 AM West Virginians narrowly approved a ballot question to...

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The National Debt Just Hit $36 Trillion. Does Trump Have a Plan To Control It?

National Debt Eric Boehm | 11.15.2024 4:30 PM In last week's elections, Americans rejected the status quo in the...

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Rand Paul Will Continue His COVID-19 Investigations From Atop the Senate Homeland Security Committee

Politics Eric Boehm | 11.14.2024 1:05 PM When Republicans officially take control of the U.S. Senate in January, a...

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To Succeed at Cutting Government, Musk and Ramaswamy Must Take on Entitlements

Government Spending Eric Boehm | 11.13.2024 12:30 PM Possibly the biggest pile of waste in the federal government is...

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Democrats Are About to Rediscover the Value of the Filibuster

Filibuster Eric Boehm | 11.12.2024 12:35 PM Three years ago, Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D–Wash.) and nearly 100 of her...

12.11.2024 4

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How Much Will Trump's Tariffs Cost?

Free Trade Eric Boehm | 11.8.2024 2:05 PM President-elect Donald Trump's calls for higher taxes on imports is...

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Throw the Bums Out

07.11.2024 4

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The House Is Democrats' Best Chance To Check Trump's Executive Powers

Election 2024 Eric Boehm | 11.6.2024 3:45 PM A majority in the House of Representatives could provide Donald Trump...

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If Trump Wins, It's Because Neither Party Had the Guts To Stop Him

Election 2024 Eric Boehm | 11.6.2024 1:20 AM Donald Trump left the White House in January 2021 as a defeated,...

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The Inflation Election

Election 2024 Eric Boehm | 11.5.2024 11:00 AM In retrospect, the most important incident along the road to this...

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Why Results From Some Swing States Could Take Days

Politics Eric Boehm | 11.4.2024 2:05 PM All votes count equally but not all votes are counted the same. That's why...

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What Is the 'Working Class'?

Politics Eric Boehm | From the December 2024 issue Republicans and Democrats alike want to be seen as champions of...

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Voter Fraud Is Rare, but Many Americans Believe Their Votes Won't Be Counted Correctly

Election 2024 Eric Boehm | 11.1.2024 12:50 PM It was an explosive claim of possible voter fraud—exactly the sort...

01.11.2024 5

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Mark Cuban on Pharmacy Prices, Health Care, and 'Good' Billionaires

Health Care Eric Boehm | From the November 2024 issue ...

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Democrats Changed Candidates but Didn't Shift Their Message

Election 2024 Eric Boehm | 10.29.2024 10:10 AM When Vice President Kamala Harris delivers a speech on Tuesday from...

29.10.2024 4

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No, Hurricane Helene Does Not Justify Giving North Carolina's Electoral Votes to Trump

Natural Disasters Eric Boehm | 10.25.2024 6:00 PM With recovery efforts from widespread flooding ongoing across much...

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How To Avoid Paying Tariffs? Have a Friend in Washington.

Free Trade Eric Boehm | 10.25.2024 12:00 PM American businesses bore the brunt of the tariffs hiked by former...

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Where Is Trump's Plan To Cut Spending?

Government Spending Eric Boehm | 10.24.2024 4:55 PM During a town hall event at a barbershop in the Bronx—yes,...

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The Remarkable Redneck Air Force of North Carolina

Natural Disasters Eric Boehm | 10.23.2024 2:00 PM At a Harley-Davidson dealership in Appalachia, one expects to...

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J.D. Vance Says 7 Million Able-Bodied Men Have Dropped Out of the Labor Force. Where Are They?

Economics Eric Boehm | 10.17.2024 11:30 AM During a recent interview with New York Times reporter Lulu...

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Biden's Top Trade Official Just Admitted Tariffs Haven't Changed China's Behavior

Tariffs Eric Boehm | 10.15.2024 4:10 PM While campaigning for the presidency in 2020, Joe Biden criticized...

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Trump's Proposed Tariffs Would Add Nearly $250 to the Price of New Gaming Consoles

Free Trade Eric Boehm | 10.14.2024 12:00 PM Economist Mark Perry has been tracking the prices of various goods and...

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Democrats Refusing To Say They'd Accept a Trump Victory Aren't Helping

Election 2024 Eric Boehm | 10.11.2024 4:30 PM Former President Donald Trump's refusal to accept the results of the...

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Could Trump Impose More Tariffs Without Congressional Approval?

Free Trade Eric Boehm | 10.10.2024 11:30 AM If he is returned to the White House, former President Donald Trump...

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Why We Can't Have Nice Things: The War on Drugs

War on Drugs Eric Boehm | 10.10.2024 7:00 AM In many cases, the government's attempts at regulating health care...

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Budget Deficit Hit $1.8 Trillion After Huge Increase in Borrowing Costs

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Trump's Deportation Plan Would Cost Nearly $1 Trillion

Immigration Eric Boehm | 10.7.2024 12:35 PM Former President Donald Trump's promise to carry out "the largest...

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Automate the Ports

Free Trade Eric Boehm | 10.4.2024 9:50 AM The news that the International Longshoreman Association (ILA) agreed to...

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Why We Can't Have Nice Things: Dial 'T' for Terrible Telehealth Laws

Podcasts Eric Boehm | 10.3.2024 7:00 AM When Mike Abell's young son was diagnosed with a rare form of brain cancer,...

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J.D. Vance Is Wrong About Toasters—and Global Manufacturing

Economics Eric Boehm | From the November 2024 issue The nationalist conservative obsession with blue-collar...

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J.D. Vance Actually Does Understand How Costs Get Passed Along the Supply Chain

Free Trade Eric Boehm | 10.2.2024 10:30 AM During an otherwise sterling performance in Tuesday night's debate, Sen....

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Will Tim Walz Offer an Affirmative Case for Immigration at Tonight's Debate?

Election 2024 Eric Boehm | 10.1.2024 1:05 PM In the weeks after former President Donald Trump stood on a debate...

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The Government Monopoly on Donated Kidneys Is Killing Americans

Health Care Eric Boehm | From the October 2024 issue An estimated 12 people die every day while waiting for a...

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Why We Can't Have Nice Things: Can Mark Cuban Make Prescriptions Affordable Again?

Free Markets Eric Boehm | 9.27.2024 5:01 PM Hey, Reason Roundtable listeners, we've got a special bonus episode for...

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How Much Would an American-Made Toaster Actually Cost?

Free Trade Eric Boehm | 9.27.2024 1:45 PM If you happen to be in need of a new toaster, you could pop over to Home...

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Why We Can't Have Nice Things: The Case of the 17,000 Missing Kidneys

Podcasts Eric Boehm | 9.26.2024 7:00 AM There are more than 100,000 Americans on the waiting lists to receive an...

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Rand Paul's Plans To Balance the Budget Are a Useful Illustration of Congress' Addiction To Borrowing

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