Monday, December 31, 2018

My Top 2018 Blog Entries

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The end of a year seems like an appropriate time to look back and reflect on the year that has passed. Much like 2017 , 2018 was another cra...
Thursday, December 27, 2018

Should the Fed Keep on Raising the Interest Rate?: A Look After the December 2018 Increase

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President Trump has used Twitter as a platform to criticize and insult a number of people and entities, including Rosie O'Donnell, Nords...
Monday, December 24, 2018

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act: A Mixed Bag After Its One-Year Anniversary

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A couple of days ago, we had the one-year anniversary of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA). This tax bill passed by the Republicans is the mo...
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Friday, December 21, 2018

Bump Stock Ban: Not Just Bad Constitutional Law, But Also Low-Caliber Policy

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Nearly 15 months ago, Las Vegas experienced the worst mass shooting committed by a single individual on American soil. The gunman murdered 5...
Tuesday, December 18, 2018

Is There a Vaping Epidemic Among Teens?: The Policy Implications of E-Cigarettes for Teenagers

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Ever since smoking electronic cigarettes, also known as "vaping," emerged on the scene, it became quite the controversial practice...
Thursday, December 13, 2018

12-13-2018 Policy Digest: Gender Wage Gap, Social Security Privatization, Occupational Licensing

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There is quite a bit of policy research that has come across my attention in the past few days. The bad news is that I cannot cover it all i...
Monday, December 10, 2018

Monopoly: Better As a Board Game Than Having Increased Corporate Monopolization In Real Life

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As a child growing up, I remember playing the board game known as Monopoly. It would take hours to rack up all those properties before decla...