Scope of Practice Reform: Cost Savings and Patient Empowerment
Flanigan argues that scope of practice laws restrict patients' access to specific services and limit their choice of healthcare providers.
Research
How Price-Gouging Regulation Undermined COVID-19 Mitigation: Evidence of Unintended Consequences
This analyzes COVID contacts in commercial spaces using smartphone data and studies the impact of price-gouging laws on mitigation efforts.
How to Reform Occupational Licensing
State-level occupational licensing reform would be an important step toward a lasting economic recovery post-COVID-19.
A Contingent Wage Subsidy for V-Shaped Recovery
A contingent wage subsidy would cover all new labor costs contingent on less than a certain number of workers being hired.
Guiding Principles for Immigration Policy in a Post-Pandemic World
This essay discusses the positive-sum benefits of immigration and decentralized solutions to immigrant needs during COVID-19.
The Case for Economic Openness in the Time of Coronavirus
To maintain gains from trade, immigration, and capital flows, we must update economic policies for today's era.
Immigration as a Tool to Boost U.S. Economic Growth and Prosperity
The United States should be a beacon of opportunity that welcomes talented, hard-working people, not one that closes its doors to foreigners.
A Proposal for Immigration Reform
Reform should expand, not limit, immigration for the economic growth of America and its global recovery role.
Students, Skilled Immigration and Our Path to Recovery
Economic integration and openness to foreign talent are a stronger path for long-term success as a country.
The Ethics of Immigration and Economic Recovery
One of the dangers of a crisis is that measures are initially put in place as temporary yet remain thereafter. It’s happened before.
Immigrant Entrepreneurs
The importance of immigrant entrepreneurs as firm founders and job creators has grown significantly over the last few decades.
Openness Is as Important Now as It Has Ever Been
Despite their distinct contributions to the economy during the pandemic, many immigrants have been largely excluded from CARES protections.
How Immigrants Can Help the “Transition to a Great Economy” after COVID-19
COVID-19 risks are generating fear and uncertainty, which may trigger further aversion to immigration and even more restrictive policies.
Refugees and Asylum Seekers Can Help us Rebuild after COVID-19
As we consider reforms to our immigration system, we should not be pushing away the very people who are saving lives.
Immigrants Truly Make America Great (And Without Them, That Greatness is at Risk)
America has been unique in being both the best country in the world to start a business and being relatively open to aspiring entrepreneurs.
Tax Flexibility Can Help in COVID-19 Recovery
Tax policy can't stand in the way of the expansion of New Economy businesses that have proven invaluable during the pandemic.
U.S. Labor Market Policy Should Take a Page Out of Europe’s Book
Salary guarantees and work sharing would enhance the U.S. safety net and enable the economy to better cope with demand shocks.
Accelerating Remote Work After COVID-19
Increasing remote work would result in economic growth from the substantially greater scale enabled by digital technologies.
A Pandemic Trust Fund
The Pandemic Trust Fund would insulate and protect pandemic preparation from the political process and budgetary discretion and degradation.