Tax Vouchers: As California Goes, So Goes the Nation?
Public finance fellow Joyce Beebe explores California’s tax voucher program, which, if implemented, would offer Californians…
November 17, 2020 3353 Results
Hold the Line Through 2035: A Strategy to Offset China’s Revisionist Actions and Sustain a Rules-based Order in the Asia-Pacific
The authors offer strategies to counter an increasingly aggressive China and to position the Indo-Asia-Pacific for continued…
November 12, 2020 
Why Have U.S. Natural Gas Prices Increased Post-COVID?!?
Energy fellows Mark Finley and Anna Mikulska explore why U.S. natural gas prices have increased during the COVID-19 pandemic…
November 10, 2020 
Cold War With China: Not So Soon
When President-elect Joe Biden assumes office in January, he will be compelled to deal with the most important and…
November 9, 2020 
Automation Does Not Kill Jobs. It Increases Inequality.
Many economists are concerned that automation will result in a loss of jobs. This work shows that is not the issue, and that…
November 6, 2020 
Reducing the Burden of Criminal Justice Involvement for Minor Offenses
In testimony before the Texas House of Representatives Criminal Jurisprudence Committee, Neill Harris expressed support for…
November 5, 2020 
Decline in U.S. Wealth and Income Inequality Between 2016 and 2019
Public finance fellow Jorge Barro analyzes Federal Reserve survey data released in September 2020 that shows that U.S…
November 4, 2020 
COVID-19 and the Texas Rainy Day Fund
In late July, Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar delivered a bleak economic outlook for the state’s economy: the amount of…
November 4, 2020 
BCarbon: A New Soil Carbon Storage Standard
A working group led by the Baker Institute has developed an innovative measurement-based standard — “BCarbon” — for removing…
November 2, 2020 
Streamers, Virtual Nationalists and Soft Power: China vs. the World?
A decision by a Japanese streaming company to suspend operations in China is the latest iteration in China’s war for…
October 30, 2020