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Making Sense of Conservative Economics
Trump’s anti-bureaucracy energy should be directed at regulation as well as waste
It isn’t just about criminal punishments and presidential pardons
The old GOP dictated Trump’s Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. His new coalition should shape its future.
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Oren speaks on a panel about economic policy in Trump’s second term and more with Jason Furman, Richard Burkhauser, and Kimberly Clausing.
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Oren Cass and Wells King have added their proposal, a parenting supplement they call the Fisc, to a list of ideas designed to reduce the fiscal burden on parents relative to non-parents. One of the most hotly debated features of the Fisc is a “work requirement,” in that the annual allowance cannot exceed prior year Read more…
Addressing our fertility and family-formation crises will require us to push the boundaries of family policy and embrace a whole-of-society approach.
Unilaterally disarming from trade conflict on behalf of open markets, and then making empty demands, is not a plan.
Let’s peg the federal minimum wage to state median wages.
Commentators and policy analysts react to our proposal for a Family Income Supplemental Credit.
