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AI and the 2024 Election Part III: Many Uses and Minor Impacts
This is part of the AI and the 2024 Election Series. In the lead-up to the 2024 election, the potential for artificial ...
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How Does the Child Tax Credit Impact Employment? A Simplified Look at Short- and Long-Term Effects
The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and Child Tax Credit (CTC) have long been celebrated for their ability to reduce child ...
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Blame government, lack of competition for soaring airfares
Back when the COVID-19 pandemic was in full swing, my girlfriend at the time (now my wife) and I saw a world in disarray, but ...
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Slow approval of self-driving cars is costing lives
A recent news story gave the anti-self-driving car pearl-clutchers some ammunition, although it was more comical than tragic.
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California fires: insurance companies fleeing the state due to decades-old law
Prop 103 is essentially price controls,” said Steven Greenhut, western region director for the R Street Institute in Sacramento. “It puts the kibosh on the ability of insurance companies to adjust the ...
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Meta’s shift to Community Notes model proves that we can fix big problems without big government
This analysis is in response to breaking news and has been updated. Please contact pr@rstreet.org to speak with the author.
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Low-Energy Fridays: If renewable energy is cheaper, then why don’t we use it exclusively?
The fundamental assertion behind many climate protests and activism is that decision-makers do not do enough. Often, the specific claim is that an apparent solution—transitioning to 100 percent ...
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Los Angeles is burning. But California’s insurance industry is not about to collapse.
This analysis is in response to breaking news and will be updated. Please contact pr@rstreet.org to speak with the author. Five fires are raging in the Los Angeles outskirts currently – the Palisades ...
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EV Slowdown: Limits of ‘Technology Forcing’
California has mandated an end to internal combustion engines, but consumers aren’t going along with this central plan. The ...
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Spence Purnell
Spence works on the impact of misinformation on society and public policy, including creating a new framework for information governance. Previously, Spence served as the director of technology policy ...