Mercatus Center

June 24, 2014

Regulators Brewing More Rules for Craft Beer Makers

It seems like nowadays everyone has a connection to someone who brews their own beer. Grand Rapids recently was named Beer City because of its lively microbrewery scene so this is especially true here. Continue Reading...

September 12, 2013

Was the Sequester ‘Expansionary Austerity’?

Over at Neighborhood Effects, James Broughel asks the question, “Has the Sequester Hurt the Economy?” So have the sequester cuts hurt the economy? One possible answer comes from a new paper by Scott Sumner of Bentley University. Continue Reading...

June 06, 2013

The Problem With ‘Buy American’

The call to “buy American” is one we hear frequently or see plastered on the bumper of the car in front of us. Donald Boudreaux, senior economics advisor at Mercatus Center, explains the problem with this ideal in a letter to the Washington Post: Let’s make a deal. Continue Reading...

February 07, 2013

Privilege: The Real Postal Problem

Regarding the USPS decision Wednesday to stop Saturday mail delivery, Ron Nixon at the New York Times writes, The post office said a five-day mail delivery schedule would begin in August and shave about $2 billion a year from its losses, which were $15.9 billion last year. Continue Reading...

October 26, 2012

ResearchLinks – 10.26.12

Call for Papers: “Intellectual Property and Religious Thought” University of St. Thomas School of Law, April 5, 2013. The University of St. Thomas will hold a conference titled “Intellectual Property and Religious Thought,” on April 5, 2013, co-sponsored by the Terrence J. Continue Reading...

April 29, 2010

Prophet Jim Wallis Explains the Doctrine of Coercive Repentance

In a new column on Sojourners, Prophet Jim Wallis reveals that Wall Street financiers are coming to him for confession, sometimes skulking along darkened streets to hide their shame: Some come like Nicodemus – a religious leader who came to talk to Jesus in private – at night. Continue Reading...