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Working Papers
Regulation
Rehabilitating the Opportunity Cost of Capital in Cost–Benefit Analysis
James Broughel
September 21, 2021
Expert Commentary
Government Accountability
The U.S. Intelligence Model Is Dangerously Behind the Times
The Dispatch
Weifeng Zhong
September 3, 2021
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Government Accountability
When Government’s Foolish Errands Turn Into Fiascoes | The John Batchelor Radio Show
September 1, 2021
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Government Accountability
Is Haiti Governable Right Now?
Bloomberg Opinion
Tyler Cowen
July 12, 2021

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Regulation
Rehabilitating the Opportunity Cost of Capital in Cost–Benefit Analysis
James Broughel
September 21, 2021
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Emergency Executive Powers: Not Needed Indefinitely
Weifeng Zhong, Christos Makridis, James Diddams
April 17, 2020
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Entitlement Reform
Decoding the Debates: Fugitive Notes on Federal Economic Policy
Charles Blahous
March 23, 2020
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Government Spending
Year-End Federal Spending and Government Waste
Jason J. Fichtner, Joe Albanese
June 14, 2018

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Decoding the Debates: Fugitive Notes on Federal Economic Policy
Charles Blahous
March 23, 2020
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Regulatory Process Reform
Office of Management and Budget's 2000 Draft Report to Congress on the Costs and Benefits of Federal Regulations
Susan Dudley
January 19, 2000

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The Need for a Greater Congressional Presence in Regulation Policy and Oversight
William Beach
July 6, 2016
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Why Government Institutions Fail to Deliver on Their Promises: The Public Choice Explanation
Veronique de Rugy
December 4, 2013
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The Federal Reserve and the Rule of Law
Lawrence H. White
September 11, 2013
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Measuring the Costs and Benefits of New Rules
J. W. Verret
April 17, 2012

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Government Accountability
When Government’s Foolish Errands Turn Into Fiascoes | The John Batchelor Radio Show
September 1, 2021
Radio Appearance
Government Spending
Veronique de Rugy on Marketplace Radio
October 1, 2019
Radio Appearance
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Adam Millsap on the Phil Valentine Radio Show (Tennessee)
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Veronique de Rugy
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Wireless Spectrum in 2016: A Policy Update
Brent Skorup
2016
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Cannon House Office Building 121
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George Mason University, Fairfax Campus; Johnson Center Cinema
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Government Accountability
The Mighty Have Fallen: Why Special Interests Almost Always Win and What We Can Learn from When They Lose
Matthew D. Mitchell
2014
May
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Rayburn House Office Building B-340
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Government Spending
The FY 2014 ‘Budget’: The Proposals and Where We Go from Here
Jason J. Fichtner
2013
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30
Rayburn HOB B-339