October 11, 2017

The Jones Act must be repealed

The nearly century-old Jones Act, enacted in 1920 to protect American shippers from foreign competitors, is back in the news.  To speed delivery of relief supplies to Puerto Ricans devastated by Hurricane Maria, President Trump waived compl...

April 2, 2016

Obama's energy doctrine is proving disastrous

President Obama recently suggested that the Middle East is a region to be avoided and that the stunning transformation of America's oil and gas sector – the shale revolution – providentially is making the Middle East less and less imp...

August 6, 2015

How Taxpayer Subsidies for Students Drives Up College Tuition

Quickly on the heels of the release “Love Gov” -- the Independent Institute’s satirical videos series on meddlesome government -- a new study from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York concludes that federal aid to college students r...

April 4, 2015

Market Pricing vs. Water 'Shortages'

For years, water scarcity in Florida had not gotten the national attention it deserves. That changed when the U.S. Supreme Court agreed in November to hear Florida’s lawsuit against Georgia in which Florida maintains that Atlanta’s d...

August 11, 2014

Declare a Ceasefire in EPA's War on Coal

Before we become too optimistic about the prospects for using renewable energy sources to curb carbon emissions, it’s worth looking at a study commissioned by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which should give pause to even the most confident advocate o...