Posts by Randall Holcombe
Randall G. Holcombe is Research Fellow at the Independent Institute and DeVoe Moore Professor of Economics at Florida State University. His Independent books include Housing America: Building Out of a Crisis (edited with Benjamin Powell); and Writing Off Ideas: Taxation, Foundations, and Philanthropy in America .
Full Biography and Recent Publications
They Should Change Their Motto From “To Serve and Protect” to “If You Misbehave, We’ll Beat You Up, and Maybe Kill You”
Retroactive Pay for Furloughed Government Workers?
Call Me Uncharitable, But…
Taxing Internet Sales
Police Brutality, Close to Home
The Republic of Georgia’s Uncertain Economic Future
Aircraft Targeted for Unconstitutional Searches
NSA Spying Threatens Law-Abiding Americans
“Parallel Construction”: Government Term for Lying About Its Investigations
Defined Benefit or Defined Contribution? Which is the Better Way to Structure Government Pensions?
The Economic Sector the President’s Policies Have Helped Most? Firearms
Press Coverage of Florida’s Fiscally Conservative Governor Rick Scott
Fiscal Responsibility, According to Treasury Secretary Jack Lew
Government Claims It Can Legally Prevent People from Telling Others What It Is Doing to Them
Questions About Obama’s Delay of Healthcare Mandate
President Obama’s Database: Information on Everyone
Same-Sex Marriage and Individual Rights
Congressional Criticism of Apple’s Taxes
Crony Capitalism?
Power Corrupts
Stupid Regulations
The President’s Policies: Economic Stimulus for One Industry
Taxing Internet Purchases
Legalize Recreational Drugs
The Sequester: Crisis Bungled

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