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7 Ideas to Lower Drug Prices

Lawmakers are pushing multiple policy proposals to address the problem of rising drug prices. Vox’s Dylan Scott provided a roundup Monday of the leading idea for reducing drug prices in the U.S.,...
House Democrats to Investigate Drug Prices

A key House investigative committee announced Monday that it was launching a wide-ranging investigation into the pricing practices of 12 major pharmaceutical companies, including Amgen, Eli Lilly,...

Tax Cuts Still Not Paying for Themselves

The latest budget data shows, once again, that the tax cuts are not paying for themselves. “It’s time to put to rest any notion that President Trump’s signature tax cuts are paying for themselves...
Why Craft Brewers Are Crying in Their Beer

It may be small beer compared to the problems faced by unemployed federal workers and the growing cost for the overall economy, but the ongoing government shutdown is putting a serious crimp in the...
Leading Economist Says Government Debt Might Not Be So Bad After All

Renowned macroeconomist Olivier Blanchard says that policymakers may need to fundamentally revise their views on the long-term cost of government debt. Delivering the presidential address at last...
The Longest Shutdown Ever – with No End in Sight

Three weeks, zero progress. Congress adjourned for the weekend without any movement toward a negotiated resolution to the partial government shutdown, which is now guaranteed to become the longest in...
Conservatives Push Back on Trump’s Possible ‘National Emergency’ Declaration

As President Trump considers declaring a national emergency as a face-saving way to get out of the government shutdown impasse, some conservatives are expressing concern that such a move would set a...