The Total Cost of Trump’s New Tariffs

The president’s proposed tariffs could increase nationwide consumer costs by nearly $40 billion annually.

U.S. Immigration and Foreign Investors

Executive Summary The United States offers up to 10,000 “EB-5” visas to foreign investors and their families each year to stimulate the U.S. economy through capital investment and job creation. EB-5 immigrants have invested at least $20 billion in the U.S. economy since 2008, with over $5 billion invested in 2017 alone. Projects associated with […]

Is the SEC Proposed Regulation in the Best Interest of Investors?

Executive Summary After the collapse of the Department of Labor’s fiduciary rule, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is taking steps to meet the same goal of investor protection. Although no longer explicitly using the language of “fiduciary,” the SEC’s proposed Best Interest Regulation meets or exceeds that standard, including requiring financial advisors to mitigate, […]

How Immigration Helps U.S. Workers and the Economy

The impact of immigration on American workers is an increasingly relevant question. President Trump argues that “decades of immigration have produced lower wages and higher unemployment for our citizens.” He also contends that low-skilled immigration is responsible for African-American and Hispanic unemployment. Other members of the executive branch are equally concerned. Attorney General Jeff Sessions […]
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The Total Cost of Trump’s New Tariffs

The president’s proposed tariffs could increase nationwide consumer costs by nearly $40 billion annually.

August 15, 2018

The Daily Dish

Incentives and the Part D Drug Program

Douglas Holtz-Eakin

Eakinonmics: Incentives and the Part D Drug Program The Medicare Part D program – which offers the plans that cover the cost of seniors’ outpatient…

August 14, 2018

Research

Redesigning Medicare Part D to Realign Incentives

Tara O'Neill Hayes

Restructuring the Medicare Part D program’s benefit design in a way that realigns incentives away from high-cost, high-rebate drugs may be the best way…

August 14, 2018

The Daily Dish

Not So Fast — Rethinking Rural Broadband Policy

Douglas Holtz-Eakin

Eakinomics: Not So Fast — Rethinking Rural Broadband Policy Broadband is at the center of many discussions regarding infrastructure and the economy…

August 14, 2018

Research

A Look At Rural Broadband Economics

Will Rinehart

Executive Summary The Trump Administration has proposed expanding broadband Internet to improve the economic vitality of rural areas. While many reports…

August 13, 2018

Insight

Parsing the Rhetoric of Medicare for All

Jonathan Keisling

Advocates of public health insurance have recently taken to naming their proposed legislation “Medicare [fill in the blank].” “Medicare Part E,”…

August 13, 2018

Insight

Two Months to Go: Regulatory Budget Progress

Dan Bosch

The most noteworthy component of the Trump Administration’s regulatory reform efforts is the establishment of a regulatory budget — a cap on the amount…

August 13, 2018

Week in Regulation

Health Care Rules Lead Deregulatory Week

Dan Goldbeck

Building off of last week’s trend, the August deregulatory streak continues apace. A trio of final rules from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS)…

August 13, 2018

The Daily Dish

Turkish Tariffs

Douglas Holtz-Eakin

Eakinomics: Turkish Tariffs In my youth there was a candy called Turkish Taffy that was perhaps taffy and definitely not Turkish. It wasn’t particularly…

August 10, 2018

Weekly Checkup

The Folly of Compulsory Licensing

Christopher Holt, Will Rinehart

Over the last few weeks there has been growing buzz around the idea of compulsory licensing in the pharmaceutical market. According to the World Trade…

August 10, 2018

The Daily Dish

Best Interest Regulation

Douglas Holtz-Eakin

Eakinomics: Best Interest Regulation Investment advisors should give their clients advice that is good for the clients. That’s a pretty simple notion…

August 9, 2018

The Daily Dish

CFIUS Reform

Douglas Holtz-Eakin

Eakinomics: CFIUS Reform The Trump Administration has undertaken an aggressive rollback of the federal regulatory burden; reformed the tax code to foster…

August 8, 2018

Insight

Is the SEC Proposed Regulation in the Best Interest of Investors?

Thomas Wade

Executive Summary After the collapse of the Department of Labor’s fiduciary rule, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is taking steps to…

August 8, 2018

Insight

Congress Passes Ambitious CFIUS Reform

Thomas Wade, Jacqueline Varas

Executive Summary The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) screens the national security implications of transactions in which…

August 8, 2018

The Daily Dish

Fair and Foul On the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act

Douglas Holtz-Eakin

Eakinomics: Fair and Foul On the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act The Associated Press ran an interesting story about the geography of job growth under the Trump…

August 7, 2018

The Daily Dish

In Case You Didn’t Believe It the First (Dozen) Times

Douglas Holtz-Eakin

The National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB’s) decision in the Browning Ferris Industries (BFI) case was a bad idea. Recall that since 1984, a firm…

August 6, 2018

Insight

Paid Leave Formally Meets Social Security

Ben Gitis

The new paid leave program still would be financed with new debt.

August 6, 2018

Week in Regulation

A Steady Deregulatory Week

Dan Goldbeck

Last week’s rulemakings generally trended in the cost-reducing and paperwork-cutting direction. While 12 out of the 16 measures with quantified cost-benefit…

August 6, 2018

The Daily Dish

A Trump Take on CAFE Standards

Douglas Holtz-Eakin

As anticipated, this past week the Trump Administration issued revised Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards for the years 2020 to 2025. The…

August 3, 2018

U6 Fix

And the Hits Just Keep on Coming

Douglas Holtz-Eakin

The July employment report was a strong opening for the third quarter. The labor market created 157,000 jobs – with upward revisions of 59,000 in May…

August 3, 2018

Weekly Checkup

Sizing Up Short-Term Insurance

Christopher Holt

You could be forgiven for thinking that President Trump had delivered a body blow to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) earlier this week when his administration…

U.S. Immigration and Foreign Investors

Executive Summary The United States offers up to 10,000 “EB-5” visas to foreign investors and their families each year to stimulate the U.S. economy through capital investment and job creation. EB-5 immigrants have invested at least $20 billion in the U.S. economy since 2008, with over $5 billion invested in 2017 alone. Projects associated with […]

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