Unbiased Analysis of Today's Healthcare Issues
It’s time to raise the gas tax. An economist proposing a tax increase? Yes. Increasing taxes overall is rarely beneficial for the economy, but raising the gas tax will increase the welfare of the country. In earlier posts, I wrote that a higher gas tax makes a lot of sense. An increased gas tax will…
Last year, I wrote a blog post about how Los Angeles could fix its traffic problems. Today, the San Diego Union Tribune reported that traffic has decreased between 3.3% and 9.1% during the week and between 5.2% and 11.9% on the weekends. How has San Diego accomplished this? Higher gas prices are the reason. A…