Mercatus Policy Download

In this episode, Veronique de Rugy, a Senior Research Fellow and George Gibbs Chair in Political Economy here at Mercatus, chats with Distinguished Visiting Fellow and former CBO Director, Keith Hall, about his latest research documenting SNAP waste, explain why fraud exists in the program, and present solutions for reforms. This episode features audio from a recent Mercatus webinar. If you would...

On this episode, Patrick McLaughlin , a Senior Research Fellow and Director of the Regulatory Studies Project here at Mercatus, chats about the latest economic situation report with Dr. Bruce Yandle , who is a Distinguished Adjunct Fellow here at Mercatus. They discuss interest rates, rising household wealth, growing debt, and much more. If you would like to connect with a scholar featured on this...

On this episode, Patrick McLaughlin , a Senior Research Fellow and Director of Policy Analytics here at Mercatus, chats about the latest economic situation report with Dr. Bruce Yandle , who is a Distinguished Adjunct Fellow here at Mercatus. They discuss recession predictions, federal debt, the role of money in the economy, and much more. If you would like to connect with a scholar featured on th...

On this episode, Patrick McLaughlin , a Senior Research Fellow and Director of Policy Analytics here at Mercatus, chats about the latest economic situation report with Dr. Bruce Yandle , who is a Distinguished Adjunct Fellow here at Mercatus. They discuss Bruce's rollercoaster economy, subsidies and tariffs and how they fit into the bootlegger-Baptist theory of regulation, predictions for the rema...

On this episode, Patrick McLaughlin , a Senior Research Fellow and Director of Policy Analytics here at Mercatus, discusses the latest economic situation report from Dr. Bruce Yandle , who is a distinguished adjunct fellow here at Mercatus. They talk about inflation, what to expect from the Fed for the remainder of 2023, and if we can expect a recession in 2024. If you would like to connect with a...

On this episode, Patrick McLaughlin , a Senior Research Fellow and Director of Policy Analytics here at Mercatus, chats about the latest economic situation report with Dr. Bruce Yandle , who is a Distinguished Adjunct Fellow here at Mercatus. They discuss inflation, regulatory accumulation, money, employment, and much more. If you would like to connect with a scholar featured on this episode, plea...

On this episode, Patrick McLaughlin , a senior research fellow and director of policy analytics here at Mercatus, talks regulations and the latest Ten Thousand Commandments report with Wayne Crews , who is the vice president for policy at the Competitive Enterprise Institute. They discuss regulatory changes since President Biden has been in office, the estimated cost of regulations, and much more....

On this episode, Patrick McLaughlin , a Senior Research Fellow and Director of Policy Analytics here at Mercatus, chats about the latest economic situation report with Dr. Bruce Yandle , who is a Distinguished Adjunct Fellow here at Mercatus. They discuss inflation and unemployment, the misery index, what to expect from the Fed, and much more. If you would like to connect with a scholar featured o...

On this episode, Matthew Mitchell , a Senior Research Fellow and Director of the Equal Liberty Initiative here at Mercatus, chats about the latest economic situation report with Dr. Bruce Yandle , who is a Distinguished Adjunct Fellow here at Mercatus. They discuss inflation, gas and oil prices, the possibility of a recession, and much more. If you would like to connect with a scholar featured on...

On this episode, Salim Furth , a Senior Research Fellow and Co-Director of the Urbanity Project here at Mercatus discusses the new White House Housing Supply Action Plan with Mark Calabria , who is a Senior Advisor at the Cato Institute. They dig into what the action plan can do to fix the housing crisis in the United States and where it might fall short. If you would like to connect wit...

On this episode, Dan Rothschild , the Executive Director here at Mercatus, digs into housing policy with Salim Furth , a Senior Research Fellow and Director of the Urbanity Project here at Mercatus. They chat about why Auburn, Maine is the perfect example of an American city getting housing policy right, and expand upon what policymakers can do to correct the housing crisis and make their cities f...

On this episode, Alden Abbott , a Senior Research Fellow here at the Mercatus Center talks to Douglas Melamed and Joshua Wright about their different perspectives on pressing discussions around antitrust policy. If you would like to connect with a scholar featured on this episode, please email the Mercatus Outreach team at mercatusoutreach@mercatus.gmu.edu .  Competition Corner by Alden Abbot...

Welcome to the show! On this episode, Matthew Mitchell , Senior Research Fellow and Director of the Equal Liberty Initiative at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, chats with Dr. Bruce Yandle about his latest economic situation report, including inflation, trade, the FTC, and much more. If you would like to connect with a scholar featured on this episode, please email the Mercatus Outr...

Welcome to the show! On this episode, Alden Abbott Senior Research Fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University and former general counsel at the Federal Trade Commission, speaks with Commissioner Noah Phillips about all things FTC, including consumer protection, antitrust, monopolies, privacy, competition policy, and much more. If you would like to connect with a scholar featured on t...

Welcome to The Bridge Policy Download, produced by the Mercatus Center at George Mason University.  James Broughel discusses the US Department of Health and Humans Services (HHS) proposed rule to rescind the Securing Updated and Necessary Statutory Evaluations Timely (SUNSET) rule finalized in January of 2021. The SUNSET rule attaches sunset provisions—i.e., expiration dates—to HHS regulation...

Welcome to the Bridge Policy Download produced by the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. Today, we’re bringing you a conversation between  Matthew Mitchell , Senior Research Fellow and Director of the Equal Liberty Initiative here at Mercatus, and  Dr. Bruce Yandle , Distinguished Adjunct Fellow here at Mercatus. They discuss Bruce’s  latest economic situation report for De...

Welcome to the Bridge Policy Download produced by the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. Today, we’re bringing you a conversation between  Matthew Mitchell , Senior Research Fellow and Director of the Equal Liberty Initiative here at Mercatus, and  Dr. Bruce Yandle , Distinguished Adjunct Fellow here at Mercatus. They discuss Bruce’s  latest economic situation report for Se...

Welcome to the Bridge Policy Download produced by the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. Today we’re bringing you a conversation between Alden Abbott , Senior Research Fellow here at Mercatus, Daniel Crane , the Frederick Paul Furth Sr. Professor of Law at the University of Michigan, and Kenneth Elzinga , the Robert C. Taylor Professor of Economics at the University of Virginia. They disc...

Welcome to the Bridge Policy Download produced by the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. Today we’re bringing you the audio from a recent webinar we held between Karen Czarnecki , Vice President of Outreach, and Liya Palagashvili , Senior Research Fellow, both here at Mercatus, on independent workers, the gig economy, innovation, labor law, economics, and much more. With the rise of indep...

Welcome to The Bridge Policy Download produced by the Mercatus Center at George Mason University.  The executive director of the Mercatus Center,  Dan Rothschild , has a conversation with Mercatus scholars  David Beckworth  and  Christopher Russo  about inflation and deflation, supply side bottlenecks, spillover effects, base effects, the velocity of money, the US deb...

Welcome to the Bridge Policy Download produced by the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. Today, we’re bringing you a conversation between Matthew Mitchell , Senior Research Fellow and Director of the Equal Liberty Initiative here at Mercatus, and Dr. Bruce Yandle , Distinguished Adjunct Fellow here at Mercatus. They discuss Bruce’s latest economic situation report for June 2021 , includin...

Welcome to the Bridge Policy Download produced by the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. Today, we’re bringing you the audio from a recent webinar we co-hosted with the Classical Liberal Institute on the current immigration debate. The panel shares insight from their recent books and working papers on the topic and then go on to discuss the benefits of immigration, reform options for our...

Welcome to The Bridge Policy Download, produced by the Mercatus Center at George Mason University.  Zoning and land use policy regulations present the greatest barriers to affordable housing and increased urban density. Understanding how to navigate and remove these barriers allows for a dynamic housing market and paves the way for successful community development efforts. The study of the im...

Welcome to the Bridge Policy Download produced by the Mercatus Center at George Mason University . Today we’re bringing you the audio from a recent webinar we held on Antitrust . Antitrust and other regulatory authorities around the world are busily assessing potential enforcement actions against big digital platforms, including Google, Facebook, and Amazon, among others. The panel addresses the f...

Welcome to The Bridge Policy Download produced by the Mercatus Center at George Mason University.  India's COVID-19 cases have been rising at an alarmingly rapid rate since mid-March, and the virus is now killing thousands of people each day in India. Dan Rothschild , Executive Director here at Mercatus, talks to Shruti Rajagopalan , Senior Research Fellow and leader of Indian political econo...