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November 2024

Should States Run Lotteries?
For most goods and services, governments leave the production, distribution, sale, and consumption decisions to private individuals or groups.
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Jeffrey Miron
 and 
Amelia Heller
The Lesson from Oregon: Drug Decriminalization is a Partial Solution, at Best
By Jeffrey Miron, Jonah Karafiol, and Jacob Winter
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Jeffrey Miron
, 
Jonah Karafiol
, and 
Jacob Winter
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De-Regulation, Not Rent Control, is the Right Response to the Housing Crisis
In recent months, President Biden and Vice President Harris have both endorsed government interventions aimed at curbing rent increases, particularly…
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Jeffrey Miron
 and 
Jonah Karafiol
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October 2024

Economic Policy in the Next Administration Should Target Efficiency, Not Redistribution
To a first approximation, economic policies target one of two objectives: efficiency (growing the economic pie) or redistribution (reallocating the…
 • 
Jeffrey Miron
 and 
Constantin Wells
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What is the Right Corporate Tax Rate?
The 2017 Tax and Jobs Cut Act reduced the tax rate on corporate income from 35% to 21%.
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Jeffrey Miron
 and 
Apex Poudel
2
The Effects of Expanding Optometrists’ Scope of Practice
The standard argument for scope-of-practice (SOP) laws – and more generally, for occupational licensing – is that such regulation improves the quality…
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Jeffrey Miron
The Pros and Cons of a Universal Basic Income (UBI)
Proposals to adopt a UBI raise three questions.
 • 
Jeffrey Miron
 and 
Amelia Heller
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How Much Does School Quality Vary?
Substantially, according to recent research, and in interesting ways:
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Jeffrey Miron
Property Rights and Economic Progress
Does government definition of property rights promote economic progress?
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Jeffrey Miron
Marijuana Use and Mental Health
Correlation or causation? And in which direction?
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Jeffrey Miron
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