299. Trump vs. Harris, Housing Market Woes, and Education Reform | Weekly Prosperity Pulse #5

Debating economic policies, overfunded public schools, and insights into Medicare for All costs.

Welcome to theWeekly Prosperity Pulse! Get your fix this week here.

This week, I joined a panel at Tulane University’s “Ballot Battle” to debate the economic policies of Trump and Harris, bringing attention to critical fiscal decisions shaping the future. I also co-authored a letter with Texas State Rep. Brian Harrison in the Houston Chronicle, arguing that increasing public education funding isn't the conservative approach we need. In addition, I analyzed the impact of algorithms on the housing market, explored the costs of Medicare for All and amnesty, and highlighted the failures of corporate welfare in a piece for the Kansas Policy Institute. Dive into this week's key topics and the path forward to let people prosper.

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Highlights from This Week

• I enjoyed being on a panel at Tulane University’s “Ballot Battle” where I debated the economic policies of Trump and Harris. See my overview here:

• I joined Texas State Rep. Brian Harrison in a LTE at Houston Chronicle making the case that public education is overfunded and wanting to fund it more isn’t conservative. Here’s part of it…

• My recent piece with Dr. Deane Waldman at

  The Freemen News-Letter
  argues that the government is acting like a fox guarding the henhouse of our failing healthcare system.

  

  Should the Congressional Fox Guard the Healthcare Henhouse?

• What’s up with the housing market? Are algorithms at RealPage to blame? I explain in this recent piece at The Center Square (and shared by MSN).

• What would Medicare for All and amnesty cost? I published estimates in a study at the Tholos Foundation. Watch this for an overview.

• Over at Kansas Policy Institute, I highlighted the failures of Tax Increment Financing, as corporate welfare distorts markets.

• Over at Texans for Fiscal Responsibility, I published a piece on Texas's economic situation and what could be done to improve it. Hint: Spend less by eliminating corporate welfare, passing universal school choice, and moving Medicaid to a block grant with HSAs.

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What I’m Learning

• Good list of regulatory reform priorities for Congress published by the Economic Policy Innovation Center. These reforms would improve the regulatory process and increase economic growth.

• Texas Policy Research published a post on the recent hearing on movie subsidies in Texas. These should be eliminated.

• Ryan Bourne
  has a good blog post on lessons that we should learn from Friedrich Hayek on the 50th anniversary of his Nobel Prize.

50th Anniversary of Hayek's Nobel

• I recently finished Tim Geithner’s Stress Test: Reflections on Financial Crises. Don’t miss my review.

• I recommend reading Neil Gorsuch’s Over Ruled: The Human Toll of Too Much Law. See my review.

Let People Prosper Show podcast

The Let People Prosper Show features deep discussions on hot topics:

• Episode 117 (Yesterday):
  I interviewed Dr. Tom Oliverson, state representative of Texas, for a thought-provoking discussion about key policy issues in Texas, such as property taxes, the budget, and insurance policy, and what this means for the upcoming 2025 Legislative Session.

• Episode 118 (Next Thursday):
  Don’t miss next week’s episode with Daniel Di Martino, a PhD candidate in Economics at Columbia University and a graduate fellow at the Manhattan Institute, who shares his experiences living under socialism in Venezuela and its impact on his family. DiMartino discusses the current political landscape in Venezuela, the challenges faced by the opposition, and the implications of socialism on daily life. He also delves into immigration in the U.S., presenting research on immigrants' economic and fiscal impacts and the ongoing debate surrounding immigration policy. The conversation concludes with thoughts on the future of immigration reform in the U.S. and the importance of understanding these issues as the election season approaches. Don’t miss it!

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