Chris Edwards

CHRIS EDWARDS, CATO INSTITUTE Politicians love infrastructure, but many local government projects seem awfully wasteful. We’ve all seen the questionable spending—the half dozen union guys...

CHRIS EDWARDS, CATO INSTITUTE I grabbed a book off my shelf the other day that I had not read in years. The English Libertarian Heritage is a sampling of essays...

CHRIS EDWARDS, CATO INSTITUTE The House Ways and Means Committee held hearings on infrastructure yesterday . The testimony by D. J. Gribbin was excellent. He was special assistant...

CHRIS EDWARDS, CATO INSTITUTE Neil Peart, drummer for Canadian rock band Rush, passed away last week after a three-year battle with brain cancer. Peart was...

CHRIS EDWARDS, CATO INSTITUTE The liberal tax group ITEP has a new study suggesting that many large corporations did not pay income taxes in 2018. The study...

CHRIS EDWARDS, CATO INSTITUTE Millions of Americans will deal with the hassles of air travel this week as they join their families for Thanksgiving. Airports...

CHRIS EDWARDS, CATO INSTITUTE The Albrecht family of Germany is one of the richest in the world. They earned their wealth from innovations in price-slashing for European grocery...

CHRIS EDWARDS, CATO INSTITUTE Presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren have each proposed an annual wealth tax on the richest Americans. There are so...

CHRIS EDWARDS, CATO INSTITUTE A recent New York Times article described the wretched management of New York City’s public housing. The main problem highlighted is a common one...

CHRIS EDWARDS, CATO INSTITUTE The New York Times published an investigation over the weekend entitled “Symbol of ’80s Greed Stands to Profit From Trump Tax Break for Poor Areas.”...

CHRIS EDWARDS, CATO INSTITUTE Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders continue to blast wealth inequality. But the twin leftists seem oblivious that wealth inequality may reflect...

CHRIS EDWARDS, CATO INSTITUTE An article in the New York Times the other day was titled “The Rich Really Do Pay Lower Taxes Than You,” and one in Bloomberg was subtitled...