Chris Edwards
Costs Skyrocket for NASA Launch System
The federal government is enormously inefficient. Agencies have little incentive to control costs or improve quality, and Congress does little serious oversight.
Opportunity Zones: Big Win for Landowners
Opportunity Zones have divided our cities and towns into winner and loser zones, while encouraging political corruption.
Federal Aid Fuels Corruption
Federal aid-to-state programs fuel political corruption and should be eliminated.
Macroeconomic Forecasting Seems Pretty Hopeless
The economy is too complex and uncertain for even the best economists to predict, so politicians stand no chance.
NASA Spending
President Trump is tweeting about NASA today. He is worried about “all of the money we are spending” on the agency.
Postal Service in Crisis
Mail volumes are falling and the U.S. Postal Service is losing billions of dollars a year while accumulating large liabilities.
Freedom Caucus and Spending Cuts
If anyone in Congress is focused on the deficit problem and pushing spending cuts it should be the Freedom Caucus.
Federal Subsidies Spur Massive Fraud
One of the problems with federal hand-out programs is that individuals take advantage of them and scam artists outright loot them.
American Indians: Washington Post Misses the Real Story
The Washington Post magazine has a lengthy piece on American Indian policy, focusing on the challenges faced by people living on reservations.
New Study on Fiscal Federalism
The federal government spends $750 billion a year on 1,386 different subsidy programs for state and local governments. The number of aid programs has tripled since the 1980s.