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Let’s Cancel the ‘Holidays’

Sales-tax breaks are popular, but they’re lousy fiscal policy.

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Food, Folks, and Fiscal Policy

Is taxing groceries ‘regressive’?

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Direct Democracy: Two Wins, Four Losses

The red wave turned out to be more of a red trickle.

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COVID Recovery: How is the American Southwest Doing?

States throughout the region boast a wide disparity of economic recovery in the aftermath of the pandemic.