Many voters want a solution to rising costs that does not hand all control to an unresponsive federal bureaucracy, writes James Capretta. They could be persuaded to try a uniquely American solution, one that regulates the market in a way that allows it to function and deliver better results.
Yuval Levin's congressional testimony offers a brief overview of the state of mobility in our economy and a few thoughts about potential policy responses.
The long-standing debate over whether capital gains taxes should be indexed for inflation has resumed in full force. The arguments are familiar, and the principles are unchanged. Indexing capital gains taxes by regulation would still be a mistake, writes Alan Viard.
The federal Pell Grant program, once reserved for low-income college students, is increasingly providing aid to middle-class families. It’s a radical transformation, worth billions of dollars annually, and it occurred with hardly any debate at all, explain Jason Delisle and Cody Christensen.
On the 50th anniversary of the moon landing, The Associated Press–NORC at The University of Chicago, Ipsos/C-SPAN, and CBS News explored Americans’ attitudes about the moon landing and space exploration in general. Karlyn Bowman looks at some of the findings.
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