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The president’s proposed tariffs could increase nationwide consumer costs by nearly $40 billion annually.
New in #Eakinomics – It’s been 10 years since the financial crisis. Douglas Holtz-Eakin explains what we’ve learned about recessions and how to avoid them.
Doubling down on an RPS—which California has struggled with in the past—does not capture low-hanging fruit, or low-cost opportunities to reduce emissions.
September 21, 2018
Weekly Checkup
Christopher Holt
This week, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration released the 2017 National Survey on Drug Use. The good news is that 1.3 million…
The Daily Dish
Douglas Holtz-Eakin
Eakinomics: Show Me the Money On Tuesday, the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) released “U.S. International Transactions: Second Quarter 2018.”…
September 20, 2018
Research
Jacqueline Varas
Insight
Philip Rossetti
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Eakinomics: How to Benefit from Higher Gas Prices Sometimes the events of greatest economic drama have the simplest of explanations. As noted by AAF’s…
September 19, 2018
Multimedia
New in #Eakinomics – It's been 10 years since the financial crisis. Douglas Holtz-Eakin explains what we've learned about recessions and how to avoid…
Eakinomics: Tariffs (with Apologies to Joyce Kilmer) I THINK that I shall call the sheriff If they levy another tariff: A tariff whose leaching…
September 18, 2018
Eakinomics: BUILDing Confusion The Better Utilization of Investment Leading to Development Act, or BUILD Act, would (in the words of lead sponsor…
September 17, 2018
Op-Eds
Douglas Holtz-Eakin, James Carter
Today The Hill featured an op-ed authored by Douglas Holtz-Eakin, President of the American Action Forum and James Carter, former deputy assistant secretary…
Week in Regulation
Dan Goldbeck
The most notable rulemaking entries in last week’s Federal Register focused on trade and the approval process for certain drugs and medical devices.…
Eakinomics: Standards for Merger Review Companies choose to merge. But because companies should do what is best for them, it can be useful for federal…
September 16, 2018
Will Rinehart
On April 29th of this year, T-Mobile and Sprint agreed to merge, triggering a wave of regulatory review from both federal agencies such as the Federal…
September 14, 2018
It’s not uncommon in heated public-policy debates for opposing sides to make ridiculous, over-the-top claims about each other’s positions. In health…
Eakinomics: The Taxpayer Risk Index is Red As Hurricane Florence churns inexorably inland, Americans are becoming familiar with some new concepts, such…
September 13, 2018
Testimony
Ben Gitis
Opioids reduced prime-age labor force participation by 1.6 percentage points, or 2 million workers as of 2015.
Gordon Gray
Executive Summary The GILTI – Global Intangible Low-Taxed Income – provision of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act establishes a minimum tax on income…
Eakinomics: The Economic Ravages of the Opioid Epidemic The human toll of the opioid epidemic is staggering. As documented by AAF’s Ben Gitis, in…
September 12, 2018
Eakinomics: California Zero California Zero is not a knock-off of Coke Zero. It’s simultaneously the intent of California’s landmark climate law…
September 11, 2018
Eakinomics: The Next Recession On December 30, 2016, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was 19,762.60, while this past Friday it closed at 25,916.54 —…
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