By Steve Roth (reposted from Evonomics) The Real Reason Stock Buybacks Are a Problem Buybacks are a massive tax dodge for shareholders Bernie Sanders and Chuck Schumer’s New York Times…

A Serious Problem For Dems It is that progressive Dems some time ago glommed onto the idea that protectionism is “progressive.” It has been going on so long and has…

…a year. The world as a whole needs to respond to this global problem. So far, recycling rates have been low around the globe, ranging from 30% in Europe and…

…tonnes of plastic waste is created annually. The world has to respond to this global problem together, as recycling rates everywhere have been at a low level so far: 30%…

The Democrats’ problem in the Senate, explained   One of the memes that I have read quite a few times in the past week is that the Democrats have won…

Coronavirus dashboard for April 19: Much great progress, and some problem children   As an initial note, there is no significant economic data until Thursday this week, so don’t be…

…the National Flood Insurance Program.  This is indeed a serious problem, and it is a problem caused not by markets, but by misguided government regulation of markets.  In a free…

Dear Democrats: Yes, inflation is a problem [Update: I see where Larry Summers has obviously read my piece below, and says, “I agree with NDD!”  (Just teasing)] In the past…

…they enroll. There is no solution to either problem. The favorable selection problem will persist as long as a Medicare Advantage program exists alongside the traditional program. CMS’s effort to…

…not merely delay our boosters.  Moral problems sometimes demand political solutions. Unfortunately, politics is the art of the possible, and foreign aid has long been unpopular in the United States. …