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New Publications

  • U.S. Sovereign Debt Crisis: Tipping-Point Scenarios and Crash Dynamics

    by Tyler Cowen, Arnold Kling, Garett Jones, Peter Wallison, Joseph J. Minarik, Jeffrey Rogers Hummel
    Jan 23, 2012

  • Wireless Taxes and Fees: A Tragedy of the Anticommons

    by Matthew Mitchell, Thomas Stratmann
    Jan 23, 2012

  • Is There a Cybersecurity Market Failure

    by Eli Dourado
    Jan 23, 2012

  • Raising Medicare and Social Security Eligibility Ages

    by Veronique de Rugy
    Jan 23, 2012

  • Does Fortune Favor Dragons?

    by John Nye, Noel D. Johnson
    Jan 2012

  • The Law and Economics of Shareholder Voting Reform and the Costs of Proxy Access

    by Thomas Stratmann, J. W. Verret
    Jan 17, 2012

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    Feb 15, 2012
  • Behind the Numbers: Understanding the President's FY 2013 Budget Submission to Congress

    12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
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Mercatus Center scholars discuss how to promote economic growth and restore American competitiveness in 2012.

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Symposium on U.S. Sovereign Debt Crisis

Celebrating 100 Episodes of Surprisingly Free

The Health Care Law's Rushed Regulations

Raising Medicare and Social Security Eligibility Ages

Peter Boettke's Picks for Best Books on Austrian Economics

Credit Downgrade for France

New Books

The Case for Internet Optimism, Part 1

by Adam Thierer
Jan 31, 2011

The Long Divergence

by Timur Kuran
Nov 04, 2010

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From the Newsroom

  • Fourth Quarter 2011 GDP Growth: Bright on the Outside, Not so Good on the Inside

    Jan 27, 2012

  • Regulation: Get It Right the First Time

    Jan 26, 2012

  • 4th Quarter GDP Growth Could Be Lower Than 3rd Quarter

    Jan 26, 2012

  • GM’s Success and the Taxpayers’ Tab

    Jan 26, 2012

  • Halted SEC Rule Good News for Investors

    Jan 25, 2012

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Veronique de Rugy Discusses the European Credit Downgrade on Bloomberg

Veronique de Rugy | Jan 16, 2012

New Podcast Episodes

  • Creating a Shovel-Ready Economy: Lessons from the Recovery Act

    Jan 17, 2012

  • Michael Weinberg on 3D Printing

    Jan 17, 2012

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Spending & Budget

  • Wireless Taxes and Fees: A Tragedy of the Anticommons

  • When are Tax Expenditures Really Spending?

  • Rhode Island's Local Pension Debts

  • Why the United States Needs to Restructure the Corporate Income Tax

  • Illinois's Fiscal Breaking Points

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Financial Markets

  • The Law and Economics of Shareholder Voting Reform and the Costs of Proxy Access

  • Economic Situation Report for December 2011

  • The Economics and Regulation of Bank Overdraft Protection

  • Economic Situation Report

  • Economic Situation Report

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Tech Policy

  • Is There a Cybersecurity Market Failure

  • The Federal Communication Commission's Excellent Mobile Competition Adventure

  • The Continuing Case for Serious Communications Law Reform

  • Game Over for Video Game Censorship

  • The Internet, Sales Taxes, and Tax Competition

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Regulation

  • Is There a Cybersecurity Market Failure

  • The Poor Quality of Affordable Care Act Regulations

  • Beware the Rush to Presumption, Part A

  • Rushed Regulation Reform

  • Beware the Rush to Presumption, Part B

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State and Local

  • Rhode Island's Local Pension Debts

  • Why the United States Needs to Restructure the Corporate Income Tax

  • The Internet, Sales Taxes, and Tax Competition

  • From Defined Benefit to Defined Contribution

  • Illinois's Fiscal Breaking Points

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Economics

  • U.S. Immigration Policy in the 21st Century

  • When are Tax Expenditures Really Spending?

  • Viennese Kaleidics: Why Liberty and Not Policy Calms Turbulence

  • The Impact of Nobel Prize Winners in Economics

  • Living Better Together

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