Liberty
Tariffs hurt investment in America
Kyle Pomerleau explores the impact of tariffs on investment in American business. Over the past several months, several commentators have referred to tariffs as a consumption tax. … There is…
Investment
commitment of resources to achieve later benefits
Liberty
Considering How to Redesign Social Security
Joel Douglas writes for the American Thinker about a major redesign for one of the nations’ major entitlement programs. Social Security protects taxpayers across American society. Without Social Security, millions…
Liberty
ESG Could Hurt Your Retirement
Robert Bork Jr. writes for the Washington Examiner about the harmful impact of businesses focusing too much attention on environmental, social, and governance criteria. A few years back, a Nevada…
Liberty
ESG’s Leading Role in the ‘Woke War’
Zachary Halaschak of the Washington Examiner highlights the damaging role of ESG standards. ESG is a long-running movement in the corporate world that has recently encountered stronger Republican pushback. Here…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Consumer Spending Fell, What Does This Mean?
Consumer spending fell 0.2 percent in December, making this the second consecutive month of decline. Covid savings are drying up and high interest rates appear to be cooling the economy. Officials at…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
National Review calls Biden capital-gains tax hike vindictive
Editors at National Review Online tackle the president’s misguided approach to capital-gains taxes. That the Biden administration has enormous confidence in the government’s ability to invest wisely is no secret,…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Ending funding for China’s bad actors
The latest edition of Hillsdale College’s Imprimis features Duke grad Roger Robinson of the Prague Security Studies Institute. He focuses on U.S. financing of bad actors in communist China. China…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
CJ Reports: Insurance premiums could rise if Cooper keeps denying tax credits
This week, Carolina Journal’s Don Carrington reported on the continuing controversy surrounding North Carolina’s renewable energy tax credits. Carrington explains the situation: Before January 2016, developers of solar and other…
Liberty
Barron’s cover story explains how adult kids limit retirement options
Reshmia Kapadia writes for Barron’s about a growing threat to retirement savings. Parents have long tried to set up their children for success, but today that assistance is costing ever…
Education
Martin Center column questions university investments
Robert Wright devotes a Martin Center column to problems associated with university investments. Nearly all American institutions of higher education raise money they put into endowments—money that is kept invested…
Research Brief
Budget, Taxation & Economy
A Modest Proposal for Pro-Growth Capital Gains Tax Reform
North Carolina needs to reform its approach to taxing capital gains. As I have noted in a previous analysis for the John Locke Foundation, the current system ignores the fundamental…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
An idea for boosting Social Security
Harvard economist Martin Feldstein offers Barron’s readers suggestions for addressing an unsustainable system of Social Security. If it isn’t politically possible to raise the tax rate to support future retirees…