A Conversation with the Tax Foundation’s Scott Hodge (Part 1 of 2)
Scott Hodge has been one of the country’s leading experts on tax policy, the federal budget, and government spending for decades. From 2000 to 2022, he was president and chief…
Taxes/Taxation
A Conversation with the Tax Foundation’s Scott Hodge (Part 2 of 2)
Scott Hodge has been one of the country’s leading experts on tax policy, the federal budget, and government spending for decades. From 2000 to 2022, he was president and chief…
A Conversation With Liberty Lost Author Robert E. Wright (Part 1 of 2)
The American Institute for Economic Research senior research fellow talks with Michael E. Hartmann about his research, why Tocquevillian voluntary association became such a beneficial part of America’s social contract,…
A Conversation With Liberty Lost Author Robert E. Wright (Part 2 of 2)
The American Institute for Economic Research senior research fellow talks with Michael E. Hartmann about the perverse incentives of the tax system on nonprofits, what hypothetically would happen to the…
A Conversation with Symposium Contributor Joel Kotkin
A prolific author and incisive commentator, Joel Kotkin is the Roger Hobbs Presidential Fellow in Urban Futures at Chapman University in Orange, Calif., executive director of Urban Reform Institute in Houston,…
Mystery of Biden’s Chaotic Immigration Policy Exposed in Nonprofit Funding
The American people can’t be blamed for confusion over Joe Biden’s official policy on illegal immigration, but a cursory look at federal funding flowing into immigration-related nonprofits might clear things…
Jennifer Bird-Pollan’s Examination of Tax on University Endowments has Implications for Philanthropy
University of Kentucky law professor Jennifer Bird-Pollan’s in-depth examination of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017’s first-time excise tax on the investment income of certain college and university endowments in the Pepperdine…
Cook County Smacks Down Nanny State Drink Tax
The Cook County, Illinois, Board of Commissioners voted 15-2 to repeal a sugary drink tax after it has been in effect for barely two months. Beginning December 1, business…
Government Fail: Public Education
This post is part of Doing Good: Effective Alternatives to the Welfare State, July 2016. For the full PDF, click here. In 2012, the U.S. high school graduation rate reached 80.8 percent,…
Hijacked! How Obama and the Left Killed NASA: The journey from the Moon to radical activism
Organization Trends, July 2016 (PDF here) Summary: American leadership in space exploration helped create and fuel the high-tech boom that led U.S. global competitiveness since the early 1960s. NASA…