Defining Ideas by topic: Politics: United States

February 14, 2012
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Obamacare's Bully Mandate

by Richard A. Epstein (Peter and Kirsten Bedford Senior Fellow and member of the Property Rights, Freedom, and Prosperity Task Force)
Can the federal government seize state revenues to pay for Medicaid?
February 10, 2012
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Resuscitating Civic Education

by Russell Muirhead (member of the Task Force on Virtues of a Free Society)
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What does being a good citizen require?
February 7, 2012
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Title IX or Bust

by Richard A. Epstein (Peter and Kirsten Bedford Senior Fellow and member of the Property Rights, Freedom, and Prosperity Task Force)
At Yale, one student learns that universities are trapped by their federal grants.
January 26, 2012
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Will Newt Neuter the Courts?

by James Huffman (member of the Property Rights, Freedom, and Prosperity Task Force)
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Why is the liberty-loving presidential candidate taking his cues from FDR?
January 10, 2012
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Elizabeth Warren’s Sloppy Progressivism

by Richard A. Epstein (Peter and Kirsten Bedford Senior Fellow and member of the Property Rights, Freedom, and Prosperity Task Force)
The Senate candidate needs a crash course in wealth creation.
December 8, 2011
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The Euro & The Tragedy of the Commons

by Gary D. Libecap (Sherm and Marge Telleen Research Fellow and Cochair, Property Rights, Freedom, and Prosperity Task Force)
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Is it any wonder that the currency zone encouraged profligate debt?
November 21, 2011
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ObamaCare vs. The Commerce Clause

by Richard A. Epstein (Peter and Kirsten Bedford Senior Fellow and member of the Property Rights, Freedom, and Prosperity Task Force)
If Congress can regulate health care, it can regulate everything under the sun.
November 16, 2011
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Patently Bad Policy

by F. Scott Kieff (Ray and Louise Knowles Senior Fellow and member of the Property Rights, Freedom, and Prosperity Task Force)
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Will crony capitalism triumph over entrepreneurialism? The Supreme Court will soon decide.
November 11, 2011
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American Wonderland

by Morton Keller
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From global warming to the Tea Party, our political landscape is patently absurd.
November 8, 2011
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Three Cheers for Income Inequality

by Richard A. Epstein (Peter and Kirsten Bedford Senior Fellow and member of the Property Rights, Freedom, and Prosperity Task Force)
Taxing the top one percent even more means less wealth and fewer jobs for the rest of us.