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Spending: a bipartisan love story: the truth about republicans, democrats, and growing government.	Column	May 24, 2013	1094
No skills? No problem! The economic case for welcoming low-skilled immigrants.		May 1, 2013	1304
Farm subsidies must die: how agriculture subsidies waste money, distort the economy, and steal from the poor to give to the rich.		Mar 16, 2013	1020
Soaking the rich: sorry, Warren Buffett, but extracting cash from the wealthy won't solve our problems.	Column	Feb 8, 2013	1271
Get states off the federal dole: why are U.S. taxpayers footing the bill for surveillance cameras in Alaska?	Column	Jan 13, 2013	1287
Sequestration is only the first step.		Dec 8, 2012	468
Six degrees of military spending: nearly everyone knows someone who gets paid by the Pentagon. That's why it's so hard to cut.		Dec 6, 2012	1137
Military keynesians: when it comes to defense, Republicans think government spending boosts the economy.		Nov 16, 2012	1130
The constancy of crony capitalism: corporations double dip at taxpayers' expense.	Column	Oct 4, 2012	1329
Debt ceiling fight club: bring on the next round of ugly budget battles.	Column	Sep 18, 2012	1117
Student loan scam: why are today's poor subsidizing tomorrow's rich?	Column	Jul 8, 2012	1068
No to nukes: nuclear power isn't cost-effective, no matter how you do the math.	Column	Jun 2, 2012	925
America's small-business fetish: when it comes to job creation, size doesn't matter.	Column	Jun 1, 2012	1333
Taxation, American style: the U.S. tax code is more progressive and European than you think.	Column	May 1, 2012	1045
Women vs. the state: it's time to liberate ladies from unequal and unjust government policies.	Column	Apr 1, 2012	1237
The invincible military-industrial complex: Leon Panetta's dream is Eisenhower's nightmare.	Column	Feb 16, 2012	1122
For richer and for poorer: millionaires get poorer while the poor get richer. So what's all this talk about the income gap?		Jan 31, 2012	1169
The never-ending budget battle: writing rules to stop congress from spending is hopeless.	Column	Dec 28, 2011	1130
Road to nowhere: we cannot dig, build, or pave our way out of economic malaise.	Column	Nov 29, 2011	1323
Upgrading the U.S.A.: how to fix the country's debt-to-GDP ratio.	Column	Oct 5, 2011	1101
Taxation without representation: tax-hungry states go after out-of-state retailers.		Sep 9, 2011	1327
The red/blue paradox: why do liberal states give while conservative states take?		Jul 7, 2011	1061
Prison math: what are the costs and benefits of leading the world in locking up human beings?	Column	Jun 4, 2011	1297
Ugly modeling: will spending cuts ruin or improve America's economy?	Column	Jun 1, 2011	1276
A bankrupt option: states should not be allowed to file for bankruptcy.	Column	Apr 9, 2011	1050
The state pension time bomb: poor accounting rules and flagrant irresponsibility have sped up the states' day of reckoning.		Mar 26, 2011	1159
Losing the brains race: America is spending more money on education while producing worse outcomes.	Column	Feb 24, 2011	913
Can we trust the GOP? The Republicans have retaken the House, but that doesn't mean you should expect the government to get any smaller.		Jan 13, 2011	1058
The municipal debt bubble: as cities and states boost their debts by 800 percent, a housing-like crisis looms.		Dec 10, 2010	1145
Stimulus: still not working! Unbelievably, the administration and its allies keep insisting that a failed policy was a success.		Nov 24, 2010	1156
The small business myth: when the government tries to help small businesses, it hurts businesses (and taxpayers) of all sizes.	Column	Oct 15, 2010	1026
Austerity agonistes: why left-wing economists' warnings against austerity programs are wrong.	Column	Sep 10, 2010	1150
Spending can be cut: politicians who tell you democracies can't slash spending are lying.	Column	Jul 9, 2010	1319
Cutting the Pentagon budget: reductions in military spending are both necessary and possible.		Jun 11, 2010	966
Our unsustainabte debt: America is on the verge of financial disaster.	Column	May 13, 2010	1003
Budgetary three-card monte: war spending aside, federal budget shenanigans continue.	Column	Apr 8, 2010	1226
The death of fiscal federalism: it's been a long time since economic policy was forged in the states.	Column	Mar 9, 2010	948
Congress' phony price tags: legislators have a lousy track record of keeping costs anywhere near their initial projections.	Column	Feb 18, 2010	1212
Who wants to tax a millionaire? The "millionaire's tax" will affect more people than you think.	Column	Jan 26, 2010	1355
Have a Coke and a tax: the economic case against soda taxes.	Column	Jan 1, 2010	1186
Where's that inflation? The monetary base has ballooned, yet inflation remains far off. Or does it?	Column	Dec 1, 2009	1035
The myth of the multiplier: why the stimulus package hasn't reduced unemployment.	Column	Nov 1, 2009	1289
Using unions as weapons: UPS and FedEx face off in congress instead of the marketplace.		Oct 1, 2009	1204
Destroying jobs in order to save them: Obama's corporate tax "reforms" make a bad situation worse.		Aug 1, 2009	1145
Paying the pirate's price: do the economics of piracy demand the privatization of the sea?		Jul 1, 2009	1311
The age of debt: Barack Obama's first budget promises "fiscal responsibility"--and delivers the opposite.		Jun 1, 2009	1088
When do deficits matter? While Democrats and Republicans switch sides, economists try to pin down a tipping point.		May 1, 2009	983
Dissatisfaction guaranteed: the federal government should stop guaranteeing loans.	Column	Mar 1, 2009	1281
Bush's midnight regulations: the 43rd president may set yet another dubious record.	Column	Feb 1, 2009	1145
Bush's regulatory kiss-off: Obama's assertions to the contrary, the 43rd president was the biggest regulator since Nixon.	Column	Jan 1, 2009	1140
Are you better off than you were 40 years ago? Government has grown, but freedom has grown faster.	Column	Dec 1, 2008	1249
Fear of a united government: what happens to federal spending when the Democrats control both Congress and the presidency?	Column	Nov 1, 2008	1261
The trillion-dollar war: the war on terror is now more expensive than Vietnam or World War I--but the dishonest way Washington is paying for it may prove costliest of all.		May 1, 2008	4069
Are we ready for the next 9/11? The sorry state--and stunning waste--of homeland security spending.	Cover Story	Mar 1, 2006	3281