Publications
The Honorable Mike Lee
United States Senate
The Honorable Marsha Blackburn
United States Senate
The Honorable Charles Grassley
United States Senate
The Honorable Lisa Murkowski
United…
To reassure savers worried about the safety of their deposits, the Reserve Bank of India (India’s central bank) recently announced it “would like to assure the general public that Indian banking…
Friday’s announcement that the U.S. Supreme Court will hear a legal battle between energy pipeline builders and environmental activists next year could poke a hole in the growing effort to halt…
If there’s one crystal clear conclusion that comes out of the last half-century or so of public health research, it’s this: smoking cigarettes is both addictive and exceptionally unhealthy….
When asked about alcohol sales during the Great Recession, a liquor store owner told me, “When people are happy, they drink. When they are sad, they also drink.” His point was that Americans…
A reorganization plan for the debt of the government of Puerto Rico was submitted to the court Sept. 27 by the Puerto Rico Oversight Board. It covers $35 billion of general obligation and other…
The United States and Japan recently agreed to the outline of a so-called “mini” trade agreement. On first blush, there are several positives about the deal and a few problems. A more thorough…
It has been a bumpy road for the Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act, but two major roadblocks to passage of the cannabis banking legislation appear to be lifting.
In the House of…
Last week, the United States Postal Service (USPS) and its regulators were left scrambling after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit struck down 2019’s stamp rate increase. The court…
The deteriorating financial condition of the United States Postal Service has restarted discussions about how to restore the agency’s long-term solvency. While various solutions have been proposed,…