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Medicaid Is Broken Because It Pays States to Break It
States exploiting the Medicaid funding mechanism undermines federalism.
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Robert Showah
The Feds Don't Knock Anymore
The groundwork for a state judge's arrest was laid by decades of law enforcement federalization and state sovereignty violations.
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Robert Showah
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Who Is The Abundance Agenda For?
Abundance technocrats make a persuasive case and could be placing themselves on a collision course with fellow liberals and American democracy itself.
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Robert Showah
A Break From Pro-Wrestling Economics
As Trump and reporters exaggerate his capacity to lower prices, the president makes a stunning admission that his trade policies may hurt.
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Robert Showah
Do National Parks Need the Feds?
If Yosemite became a California state park tomorrow, would it turn into a strip mall? My latest essay in The Wall Street Journal
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Robert Showah
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