The Overton Window

‘We’re going to give every kid the option to pursue the best education possible’ 21.10.2022 ↓

Matt Beienburg on scholarship accounts for all students and the future of education in Arizona

‘How is this policy tough on crime if they’re not charging people with crimes?’ 07.10.2022 ↓

Jarrett Skorup on the move to put strings on civil asset forfeiture

‘It’s really great to see that states are prioritizing cutting taxes instead of just growing government’ 23.09.2022 ↓

Jonathan Williams on political benchmarking and the rush to flat income taxes

‘There’s a tax break industrial complex that’s got everybody hornswoggled’ 09.09.2022 ↓

Greg LeRoy lays out the Overton Window on selective business subsidies

‘In today’s world your email address and your cell phone numbers are digital currency’ 26.08.2022 ↓

Ryan Green and Austin Berg on persuading people to reject progressive income taxes

‘I know this from the colorful mail I receive from readers’ 12.08.2022 ↓

Ingrid Jacques on winning people over through columns and editorials

‘There’s a lot of reasons for skepticism.’ 03.08.2022 ↓

Rich Samp on a Supreme Court case that reined in the administrative state

‘Show the effects that bad policy has on individuals’ 15.07.2022 ↓

John Kay on the Right to Earn a Living

‘It’s no different than building a network of friends’ 01.07.2022 ↓

Claire Kittle Dixon on where to find good people to work in free market organizations

‘That’s wrong. It’s morally wrong. It’s economically wrong. It’s just bad policy.’ 17.06.2022 ↓

Richard Vedder on his career as a policy advocate professor

‘Not yet, but we’re close’ 03.06.2022 ↓

Jeremy Baker on changing policy through candidate recruitment

'Transparency is for government and privacy is for people' 20.05.2022 ↓

Heather Lauer on getting lawmakers to pass donor privacy laws

‘Powers that no one had exercised before’ 06.05.2022 ↓

Daniel Dew and Michael Van Beek on gubernatorial authority in emergencies

‘You keep grinding and grinding and grinding — it's almost like a rugby scrum —until there is that opening’ 22.04.2022 ↓

Russ Latino on the legislative battle for tax cuts in Mississippi

'These past two years in general really show you that when parents band together they can really push for change' 08.04.2022 ↓

Corey DeAngelis on the rush the fund students and tweeting for school choice

‘At the start, it had nothing to do with policy, it was about us understanding the issue’ 25.03.2022 ↓

Randy Hicks on taking a bottom-up strategy to state policy reform

‘They are trying to juggle all these different values and different demands.’ 11.03.2022 ↓

Jason Hayes on how states manage their parks and forests

‘People will vote for the party that does not raise their taxes.’ 25.02.2022 ↓

Grover Norquist on the Politics of Tax Reductions

'Remember When We Thought Cellphones Were Going to Cause Brain Cancer?' 11.02.2022 ↓

Michelle Minton on the nicotine policy debate

“Get Out There, Motivate Others, And Do What You Believe In” 28.01.2022 ↓

Tori Aultman on campus engagement during COVID

“Don’t Stop. Keep Talking to People. Keep Promoting the Idea.” 14.01.2022 ↓

Byron Schlomach on the power of research in public policy

“Public Resources Should be Put to Public Use” 17.12.2021 ↓

Matthew D. Mitchell and Jonathan Riches on outlawing favoritism

“I Think Right Now We’re in a Really Good Place to Change Higher Education.” 03.12.2021 ↓

Jenna Ashley Robinson on how to keep tuition down and improve higher education

“It Worked Like in the Textbooks — and Nothing Ever Does.” 19.11.2021 ↓

How to amend the Michigan Constitution, with Leon Drolet

“You Just See Policy Failure all Over the Place” 05.11.2021 ↓

Alisha wants to know about American shipping regulations