China’s March from Imitation to Innovation: The Case of DeepSeek
James A. Dorn When Chinese AI firm DeepSeek released its innovative R1 model in late January—an open-source model that performs strongly with models developed at...
Overdose Prevention Centers Are Saving Lives—So Why Is Rep. Malliotakis Trying to Shut Them Down?
Jeffrey A. Singer Representative Nicole Malliotakis (R‑NY) has long opposed overdose prevention centers (OPCs). The City of New York and its Department of Health authorized...
Leave Child Tax Credit Expansion to the States
Adam N. Michel House Republicans recently passed the first key legislative hurdle to modify and extend the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA). The...
Elon Musk: Federal Agencies Are Like Weeds
Tad DeHaven Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) chief Elon Musk recently said the following: “I think we do need to delete entire agencies as opposed...
Immigrants Used Less Welfare than Native-Born Americans in 2022
Alex Nowrasteh Congress is currently debating whether to spend about $175 billion on deportations to avoid future payments like the $650 million that Congress spent...
Sanders and Hawley Are Wrong on Rate Caps
Nicholas Anthony and Norbert Michel Senators Bernie Sanders (I‑VT) and Josh Hawley (R‑MO) have proposed new price controls on credit cards. They frame the proposal...
Should Governments Fund Research?
Jeffrey Miron and Jacob Winter The Trump administration sparked controversy this month by reducing grant funding from the National Institutes of Health. The move, currently...
GOP Spending Cuts Too Small
Chris Edwards Republicans criticized President Biden for his huge spending and deficits, which spurred inflation and jacked up debt to dangerously high levels. The GOP...