Policy Briefs
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Policy Brief: How the Green New Deal’s Renewable Energy Mining Would Harm Humans and the Environment
Publication -Policy Briefs -As this paper shows, expanding mining on the scale needed to meet the renewable energy requirements contained in the Green New Deal and other proposed renewable energy mandates would cause unimaginable harm to the environment, wildlife, and humans. -
Policy Brief: How to Solve America’s Debt Crisis in the Wake of the Coronavirus Pandemic
Publication -Policy Briefs -Just as the government adjusted to a post-World War II economy, the government must design a phase two fiscal plan for a post-coronavirus pandemic economy. -
Policy Brief: Protecting the Environment from the Green New Deal
Publication -Policy Briefs -This Policy Brief reviews the largely ignored environmental damage that would result from the expanded use of renewable energy mandated under the Green New Deal. -
Policy Brief: Debunking the Scandinavian Socialism Myth: An Evaluation of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden
Publication -Policy Briefs -This paper seeks to establish, beyond any doubt, that Denmark, Norway, and Sweden have not embraced Marxist principles throughout much of their economies and are thus not “socialist” nations. -
Policy Brief: Child Safety Accounts: Protecting Our Children through Parental Freedom
Publication -Policy Briefs -Students should not have to wait years or become victims of violent crime before their parents are allowed to transfer them to safer schools. -
Policy Brief: Climate Change and Montana: A Scientific Assessment
Publication -Policy Briefs -Montana has warmed very little during the past century, and not at all during the past 15 years. -
FAQ: Unnecessary Certificate of Need Laws Limit Health Care
Publication -Policy Briefs -In this FAQ, Matthew Glans examines several commonly asked questions about certificate of need laws and why they hold back growth in the health care market. -
Policy Brief: Climate Change and Idaho: A Scientific Assessment
Publication -Policy Briefs -This paper provides Idaho-specific climate information to help inform lawmakers so that they can craft the best possible climate-related policies on behalf of the people of Idaho. -
State Innovation Index on Telehealth
Publication -Policy Briefs -This report by the American Legislative Exchange Council shows where states stand on cross-state licensing and telehealth. -
Policy Brief: Estimating the Income Tax Hikes Required to Pay for Bernie Sanders’ Medicare-for-All Plan
Publication -Policy Briefs -Although the total costs of Medicare for All have been analyzed in detail in multiple studies, few have considered how these costs would affect U.S. taxpayers in specific income brackets. -
Tobacco Harm Reduction 101: A Guidebook for Policymakers
Publication -Policy Briefs -This policy booklet aims to inform key stakeholders, including policymakers, about THR products, specifically e-cigarettes and vaping devices, while debunking many of the myths associated with e-cigarettes. -
Policy Brief: Should EPA Reverse Its Endangerment Finding on Greenhouse Gases?
Publication -Policy Briefs -The grounds for reversing the Endangerment Finding are robust, and this action is long overdue. -
Policy Brief: The Green New Deal: A Grave Threat to the American Economy, Environment, and Freedom
Publication -Policy Briefs -The tremendously expensive proposal would devastate the U.S. economy and cause more environmental destruction than protection. -
Policy Brief: Global Sea-Level Rise: An Evaluation of the Data
Publication -Policy Briefs -This Policy Brief reviews recent research to determine if there is any evidence of such an acceleration and then examines claims that islands and coral atolls are being inundated by rising seas. -
Policy Brief: A Modern System for Approving the Cures of the Future
Publication -Policy Briefs -This Policy Brief argues an FTCM approach, by collecting real-world data on the effects of new drugs, would provide more patients with access to potentially life-saving drugs, and it would do so faster and more efficiently than the current FDA system. -
Policy Brief: How Extending the AIDS Drug Access Model to Other Diseases Would Save Lives
Publication -Policy Briefs -This Policy Brief will outline the need to speed up treatments and cures for these and other diseases, which is as critical now as the need to facilitate the development and delivery of medications for AIDS/HIV sufferers was three decades ago. -
Policy Brief: Global Warming Energy Restrictions Threaten U.S. National Security
Publication -Policy Briefs -A review of all risk factors reveals that imposing carbon dioxide restrictions on the U.S. economy would diminish, rather than enhance, American military preparedness. -
Policy Brief: The State Lawmaker’s Case for Legalizing Dental Therapy
Publication -Policy Briefs -This Policy Brief keeps the liberty question front-and-center in the dental therapy debate. -
Policy Brief: Fallacies of So-Called ‘Sustainable’ Investments
Publication -Policy Briefs -This paper shows that fiduciaries have a moral obligation—and, in some cases, a legal obligation—to avoid sustainable investment practices. -
Mercatus Center: Amazon HQ2 Is the Only Competition Where the Losers Are Winners
Publication -Policy Briefs -'[C]ities and states are throwing their money away when they court Amazon’s favor through subsidies.'' -
Fear Profiteers, How E-Cigarette Panic Benefits Health Activists
Publication -Policy Briefs -E-cigarettes are vastly safer than smoking, help smokers quit, and are a net positive for public health. Despite this, public perception of e-cigarette safety has declined, while demands for stricter regulation have intensified. -
Certificate-Of-Need Laws: How CON Laws Affect Spending, Access, and Quality across the States
Publication -Policy Briefs -Decades of research by health economists, regulatory economists, and antitrust lawyers shows CON laws fail to achieve their expressed goals, limit supply, and undermine competition. -
A Question of Taste: The Public Health Case for E-Cigarette Flavors
Publication -Policy Briefs -Any policy that harms the exclusive makers of reduced-risk products such as e-cigarettes more than the makers of traditional cigarettes is not in the interests of public health. -
Policy Brief: Debunking Four Persistent Myths About Hydraulic Fracturing
Publication -Policy Briefs -This Policy Brief outlines the basic elements of the fracking process and then refutes the four most widespread fracking myths, providing lawmakers and the public with the research and data they need to make informed decisions about hydraulic fracturing.