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 3353 Results
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 
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…
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 
Center for Tax and Budget Policy | McNair Center for Entrepreneurship and Economic Growth | Commentary
Organized Retail Crime: Economic Impact and Policy Responses The author reviews recent developments in organized retail crime, as well as federal and state policy responses. Read the…
May 10, 2022 
Closing the Global Vaccine Equity Gap
The authors articulate an approach for reducing COVID-19 vaccine inequity through globally distributed manufacturing of…
May 10, 2022 
Is Saudi Arabia Quietly Trying to Help Europe's Oil Consumers?
The Saudi leadership has repeatedly rebuffed requests from President Biden and leaders of oil-importing countries to…
May 4, 2022 
Poland and Bulgaria Gas Cutoff: ‘Closing Time’ for Gazprom’s Eurozone Cash Flows
What would happen if Russian gas stopped flowing to Europe? After recent gas cutoffs to Poland and Bulgaria, other countries…
May 3, 2022