Climate Lessons From Faltering Texas Power Grid
Even before the high heat of summer, the Texas power grid is struggling — but the lessons for adapting future energy plans…
May 23, 2022 5515 Results
UK, Texas Should Proceed Carefully With, but Not Abandon, Bilateral Trade Deal
The UK recently announced that it will pursue commercial arrangements with up to 20 individual U.S. states, beginning with…
May 18, 2022 
The War in Ukraine: How Does It End?
Can either side find a way out of the war in Ukraine? Joe Barnes considers the options in the Baker Institute Blog.
May 17, 2022 Reflections on 28 Years at the Baker Institute May 12, 2022
Since arriving in Houston in 1994 as director of the newly-established James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, Ambas…
Webinar — A Low-Carbon Future and the Role of Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage May 12, 2022
To reach the ambitious goals of the Paris Agreement, global CO2 emissions must be reduced by more than 80% from current…
2022 Ocean Shipping Reform Act: The Cure Is Worse Than the Disease May 12, 2022
Whenever the United States Senate votes unanimously for anything it should be taken as a good sign of cooperation, but…
Comparing Prices and Price Transparency Among Top-Ranked Hospitals and Close Competitors
A regulation from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) required that, starting January 1, 2021, all U.S…
May 12, 2022 
Mexican Complaint on Avocado Restrictions Shows WTO Dispute Process Not Dead Yet, but Treatment Still Needed May 11, 2022
U.S. government obstruction of the appointments process for the World Trade Organization (WTO) appeals “court,” formally…
Advancing American Energy Security and Independence: An Address by the Honorable Mike Pence May 10, 2022
The recent turmoil in global energy markets continues to impact the U.S. economy, increasing the cost of oil and the price…
Center for Tax and Budget Policy | McNair Center for Entrepreneurship and Economic Growth | Issue Brief
Five Tax Benefits for Start-ups and Entrepreneurs Entrepreneurs contribute to job growth, innovation and economic resiliency. In this brief, public finance fellow Joyce Beebe…
May 10, 2022