In Defense of National Borders
The current outburst of protests against President Trump’s enforcement of immigration laws is overshadowing a question that is not being asked: Can
Centralized Versus Local Policymaking: Evidence from China
Jeffrey Miron At the core of many public policy decisions is the question of centralization. Libertarians prefer leaving policy to local governments while
Immigrants Use Less Welfare, Even Counting Their US-Born Children
Alex Nowrasteh and Jerome Famularo
Antebellum Federal Protections of Slavery
Unfortunately, slavery was not just propped up by policy in the slave states, but federally. It is often overlooked that the federal
Emerging Markets Soar While Argentina Waits
Whatever positive economic changes the Milei government might have made in Argentina, the country is still not attractive for new capital investment.
What Causes Stagflation?
Keynesians claimed that stagflation—rising price levels and increasing rates of unemployment—couldn’t happen. Then it happened time and again, something predicted and coherently



