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It’s time for a new, progressive supply-side economics
Rules for (Today’s) Radicals: Ostrom’s lessons for the next era of environmental policy
Next week President-elect Joe Biden will be sworn in as the 46th president of the United States. Biden and his team plan to take bold action to address climate change and other environmental challenges. Those plans include stricter limits on pollution, federal incentives for clean energy, and higher fuel economy standards. He’s also discussed a commitment to […]
30 by 30: How Biden can use incentives to achieve an ambitious conservation agenda
Breaking Up the Facebook Juggernaut
The Great Antidote – Season One Recap
CGO Research Fellows Present at Fall 2020 Symposiums
Too big tech and the politics of antitrust
The Great Antidote – Trevor Burrus on Guns
Op-Ed: Big Tech May Become The Next Champion Of Free Speech
Occam’s Razor needs to be applied more broadly in the debate over free speech online. If you think your political position is being suppressed by Facebook or Google or Twitter, it probably isn’t. More likely, your post was taken down because you violated a rule and then interpreted the takedown as a nefarious attempt at […]
The Great Antidote – Tevi Troy
On this week’s episode of The Great Antidote podcast with Juliette Sellgren, she is joined by guest Tevi Troy. In their discussion, Juliette and Tevi cover the U.S. presidency, executive staff, and presidents of the past. Tevi Troy is a best-selling presidential historian, and a former senior government official. His latest book is Fight House: […]
DeepMind’s protein folding solution — what just happened?
Debunking the myths surrounding the COVID-19 vaccines
Last week, BioNTech and Pfizer announced that their COVID-19 vaccine had shown efficacy in human trials, and this Monday, Moderna did the same. No one was sure this point would ever be reached. Both groups have submitted applications to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for emergency approval, paving the way for the vaccines to be distributed beginning […]
The Great Antidote – Robby Soave
Op-Ed: Seeing on the far side of the moon
A Divided America: Adam Smith Institute Webinar
The Great Antidote – Scott Lincicome
The Great Antidote – Eli Dourado
On this week’s episode of The Great Antidote podcast with Juliette Sellgren, she is joined by guest Eli Dourado. In their discussion, Juliette and Eli cover economic stagnation, regulations, technology, and innovation. Eli Dourado is a senior research fellow at the Center for Growth and Opportunity at Utah State University. He focuses on the […]
What you should know about the Google antitrust case
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has now filed its long-awaited case against Google, taking aim at the company for its “anticompetitive tactics to maintain and extend its monopolies in the markets for general search services, search advertising, and general search text advertising.” The primary focus of this case is narrower than expected, alleging that Google “entered into […]
The biggest no-brainer in all of energy policy
Give geothermal the same permitting concessions as oil and gas on public lands It’s hard to overstate the importance of the shale revolution. Unconventional oil and gas wells have made the United States a net energy exporter for the first time since the 1950s. The revolution has been a rare bright spot in U.S. economic […]
We owe our Halloween traditions to immigrants
Immigrants enrich US culture Can you imagine a man clever enough to make the devil jealous? In an Irish legend, “Stingy Jack” earned that distinction. Jack caught the devil’s attention from his reputation as a drunkard with a silver-tongue. One dark night in the countryside, the devil appeared in front of Jack on his walk to the […]
Policy Briefing: Critical Habitat Designations & Proposed ESA Reforms
Recently, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed a new rule regarding the administration of critical habitat designations for endangered species. Critical habitat designations on private land can discourage property owners from maintaining or restoring habitat for protected species. Because private lands provide essential habitat for endangered wildlife, it’s important that reforms boost the incentives […]
The Great Antidote – John Cogan
The hazards of immigrant detention during a pandemic
Alternatives are better for public health and taxpayers For most, COVID-19’s emergence has meant some level of distancing from friends and families. Yet for immigrants detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), social distancing to prevent the spread of COVID-19 has been difficult. Immigrant detention centers across the country have been hotspots for COVID-19. ICE […]
The Great Antidote – Jennifer Huddeston
Workers don’t fit into two neat categories
Policymakers should stop trying to force them to The battle over how gig economy workers should be classified continues to rage on in California. Last month California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill that exempts more workers from the requirements of AB5 — a controversial law that went into effect at the beginning of this year that […]
The curious case of Romanian broadband
Photographers often lament taking pictures in Romania. Taking a clear photo of centuries-old homes and city centers is difficult because of the wires. Everywhere they are strung, breaking up the views. Part of the reason for these dense nests of wires comes as a result of Romania’s wired broadband networks, which had their genesis in […]
The Great Antidote – Don Boudreaux
The Great Antidote – Jonathan Rauch
Valuing rooftop solar is tricky
How much is rooftop solar worth? This simple question has stimulated a raging debate between electric utilities and solar advocates, both in Utah and around the country. The issue comes down to how utilities should account for electricity that rooftop solar owners feed onto the electrical grid. Utah’s largest utility, Rocky Mountain Power (RMP), wants to pay […]