Energy

The Europeanization of American Energy Policy

  • Kevin Mooney
  • January 8, 2023

Originally published at The American Spectator Is there anything a foreign agent of either Russia or China would do differently than European or American policymakers who embrace green energy…

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On Alcohol, Can We at Least Be Like Sweden?

  • Andrew Abramczyk
  • August 27, 2019

What do Pennsylvania and Sweden have in common? Aside from Sweden’s short-lived colony on the Delaware River, very little. Except a government liquor monopoly. The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board…

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Taxes & Economy

Government Spending and Economic Growth

  • Nathan Benefield
  • June 22, 2010

The Mercatus Center has a new brief policy analysis reviewing the economic literature on the role of government spending and economic growth. Their conclusion would (but should not)…

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Specter on Curing Cancer

  • Nathan Benefield
  • May 6, 2009

The Wall Street Journal takes Sen. Arlen Specter to task for claiming Jack Kemp would still be alive if only taxpayers spent more on cancer research.  Not only for…

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Debating Drug Decriminalization

  • Nathan Benefield
  • April 28, 2009

A recent Cato Study and a related article in Time look at the effect of drug decriminalization in Portugal, finding that, Those data…

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OECD report on Biofuels

  • Nathan Benefield
  • September 20, 2007

The recent OECD report on biofuels is a must read for lawmakers consider Governor’s plan to mandate ethanol use and to subsidize ethanol production in PA: The…

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Gov’t subsidies bad economic policy

  • Nathan Benefield
  • October 4, 2006

Bill Dunkelberg’s comments on KYW: Philadelphia Gas Works wants a hundred million more dollars of your money. Why? Well, over the years, they have been inefficiently managed, beset with…

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