| Austin Schlueter | April 22, 2019 | In 1978, in his book Capitalism and Freedom, Milton Freidman espoused support for a new tax by uttering “the least bad tax is the property tax on …
Asymmetric Information and Test Optional College Admissions Policies
| Chrissy Ramakrishnan | December 18th, 2018 | Issues surrounding the use of standardized test scores for college admission have become particularly salient over the past decade. Many students view them as unfairly narrow assessments …
Jamal Khashoggi Murder Highlights U.S. Dependence on Saudi Oil
| Aaron Pawlinski | December 10th, 2018 | On October 2nd, 2018, Saudi-born journalist and U.S. resident Jamal Khashoggi was murdered in a consulate in Istanbul by Saudi officials. His death was the supposed result …
In Support of Immigration: Immigration and Economic Growth
| Michael Eustice| December 3rd, 2018 | Recent increases in international connectivity due to globalism have ushered a new era of economic prosperity. Enhanced global communication, stemming from globalism, has unleashed the potential of market …
Trading War or Trading Threats?
| Stephen Steiner | May 1st, 2018 | Last month, the Trump administration announced steel and aluminum tariffs in an effort to protect the domestic steel and aluminum industries from falling steel prices across the …
Regulating the Attention Economy
| Daryl Wang | May 1st, 2018 | What is something that everyone of us has with only a finite amount each day regardless of our wealth? If you think the answer is time then …
The Trump-China Faceoff on Tariffs
| Luke Geistlinger | April 26th, 2018 | Since Donald Trump began his campaign for President, he has taken an aggressive stance towards China by leveling accusations of job theft and disparaging America’s trade deficit …
Student Loan Debt – Opinions, Issues, and Solutions
| Zach Swaziek | March 30th, 2018 | In the 2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries, candidate Bernie Sanders ignited a fire in students around the U.S. Most notably, Sanders ran on the platform of making …
Increased Access to Biologics the Next Step in Reducing Healthcare Costs?
| Megan Elmes | March 13th, 2018 | By now it’s clear that healthcare costs in the United States are soaring with no expected reduction coming anytime soon. In 2015, we spent $9,990 per capita …
Unions, the Supreme Court, and the Free-Rider Problem
| Ian de Wet | March 4, 2018 | As union membership across the public and private sectors continues to decline in the United States, the Supreme Court recently began hearing arguments in Janus v. …