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Policy Studies

“Should U.S. Fiscal Policy Address Slow Growth or the Debt? A Nondilemma,”

By Jeffrey A. Miron. Policy Analysis. January 4, 2013.

The United States has a simple path to a brighter economic future: slash expenditures and keep tax rates low.

“Advantages of Low Capital Gains Tax Rates,”

By Chris Edwards. Tax and Budget Bulletin. December 27, 2012.

Higher capital gains tax rates will harm investment, entrepreneurship, and growth, and will raise little, if any, added federal revenue.

“Humanity Unbound: How Fossil Fuels Saved Humanity from Nature and Nature from Humanity,”

By Indur M. Goklany. Policy Analysis. December 19, 2012.

Although fossil fuels did not initiate the cycle of progress and are imperfect, they are critical for maintaining the current level of progress.

“On the Limits of Federal Supremacy: When States Relax (or Abandon) Marijuana Bans,”

By Robert A. Mikos. Policy Analysis. December 12, 2012.

An ever-growing number of states have adopted legalization measures. This paper explains why these state laws, and most related regulations, have not been—and cannot be—preempted by Congress.

“India and the United States: How Individuals and Corporations Have Driven Indo-U.S. Relations,”

By Swaminathan S. Anklesaria Aiyar. Policy Analysis. December 11, 2012.

The lesson is that good economic policy is good foreign policy.

“Fiscal and Generational Imbalances and Generational Accounts: A 2012 Update,”

By Jagadeesh Gokhale. Working Paper. November 13, 2012.

Official federal budget accounts are constructed exclusively in terms of current cash flows — receipts from taxes and fees

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Books

The Fire Next Door: Mexico’s Drug Violence and the Danger to America

Ted Galen Carpenter

The Libertarian Vote: Swing Voters, Tea Parties, and the Fiscally Conservative, Socially Liberal Center

David Boaz, David Kirby and Emily McClintock Ekins

False Idol: Barack Obama and the Continuing Cult of the Presidency

Gene Healy

Economic Freedom of the World: 2012 Annual Report

James D. Gwartney, Joshua Hall and Robert A. Lawson

Silent Spring at 50: The False Crises of Rachel Carson

Andrew P. Morriss, Roger E. Meiners and Pierre Desrochers

The Financial Crisis and the Free Market Cure: Why Pure Capitalism is the World Economy’s Only Hope

John A. Allison

Public Filings

“Shelby County v. Holder,”

By Ilya Shapiro and Matt Gilliam. Legal Briefs. January 2, 2013.

“Spirit Airlines v. U.S. Dep’t of Transportation,”

By Ilya Shapiro and Sophie Cole. Legal Briefs. December 27, 2012.

“Nelson v. City of Rochester,”

By Ilya Shapiro, Tim Lynch, Trevor Burrus & Sophie Cole. Legal Briefs. December 21, 2012.

“PPL Corp. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue,”

By Ilya Shapiro and Matt Gilliam. Legal Briefs. December 20, 2012.

“”Zero Tolerance.” Causes, Consequences, and Alternatives,”

By Andrew J. Coulson. Congressional Testimony. December 12, 2012.

“Koontz v. St. Johns River Water Management District,”

By Ilya Shapiro, Trevor Burrus and Elisabeth Gusfa. Legal Briefs. November 28, 2012.

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