Business Subsidies and State Tax Climates

Chris Edwards State and local subsidies and narrow tax breaks for businesses are growing. These benefits—called incentives—include grants, loans, tax credits, and tax

Are Government Prohibitions Effective?

Jeffrey Miron and Jacob Winter Standard economic reasoning suggests that prohibitions reduce the production and consumption of the outlawed good or activity. Penalties

Friday Feature: TwiddleU

Colleen Hroncich Jeana Wilson didn’t plan to get into education. But her daughter has special needs that her local school district wasn’t able

101 Late Fees Charged by the Government

Nicholas Anthony Under the Biden administration, the government has launched an all‐​out “war on junk fees.” This “war” has covered fees charged by