Economic Dynamism

We consider the principles, policies, and culture that support free market capitalism.

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Firm Investment and the User Cost of Capital: New U.S. Corporate Tax Reform Evidence

This working paper analyzes the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 to examine how corporate tax reform impacts rates of investment.

Jonathan S. Hartley, Kevin A. Hassett, Joshua D. Rauh

Economic Dynamism

Jul 7, 2025

Automated Detection of Emotion in Central Bank Communication: A Warning

Can LLMs help us better understand the role of emotion in central bank communication?

Carola Binder, Nicole Baerg

Economic Dynamism

Jul 1, 2025

It’s Not Easy, but We Can All Learn to Think like Adam Smith

To truly understand what a dynamic economy requires, we would do well to recover the 18th-century sensibility that understood dynamism as a social and cultural phenomenon as much as an economic one.

Ryan Streeter

Economic Dynamism

Jun 18, 2025

Defending Technological Dynamism & the Freedom to Innovate in the Age of AI

Human flourishing, economic growth, and geopolitical resilience requires innovation—especially in artificial intelligence.

Adam Thierer

Economic Dynamism

Jun 6, 2025

Locked Out of the Dream: Regulation Making Homes Unaffordable Around the World

Joel Kotkin

Economic Dynamism

Jun 5, 2025

A Most Favored National Policy for Pharma Drugs Makes Sense

Dirk Mateer

Economic Dynamism

May 19, 2025

The High Cost of California’s Green Energy Policies

Joel Kotkin

Economic Dynamism

May 7, 2025

Partisan Trust in the Federal Reserve

Carola Binder, Cody Couture, Abhiprerna Smit

Economic Dynamism

Apr 22, 2025

A Bad Business on the Bayou

Michael Toth

Economic Dynamism

Apr 1, 2025

Congress Must Shield US Companies from European Regulations

Michael Toth

Economic Dynamism

Mar 27, 2025

Research

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Automated Detection of Emotion in Central Bank Communication: A Warning

Carola Binder, Nicole Baerg

Economic Dynamism

Jul 1, 2025

Defending Technological Dynamism & the Freedom to Innovate in the Age of AI

Adam Thierer

Economic Dynamism

Jun 6, 2025

Partisan Trust in the Federal Reserve

Carola Binder, Cody Couture, Abhiprerna Smit

Economic Dynamism

Apr 22, 2025

The American Dream Is Not a Coin Flip, and Wages Have Not Stagnated

Scott Winship

Economic Dynamism

Mar 6, 2025

Political Economy and the Rise of Commercial Humanism

Erik Matson

Economic Dynamism

Feb 28, 2025

Why Failure-to-Market Claims Are Preempted Under Federal Law

Richard Epstein, Benjamin Flowers

Economic Dynamism

Feb 5, 2025

Commentary

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Firm Investment and the User Cost of Capital: New U.S. Corporate Tax Reform Evidence

Jonathan S. Hartley, Kevin A. Hassett, Joshua D. Rauh

Economic Dynamism

Jul 7, 2025

It’s Not Easy, but We Can All Learn to Think like Adam Smith

Ryan Streeter

Economic Dynamism

Jun 18, 2025

Locked Out of the Dream: Regulation Making Homes Unaffordable Around the World

Joel Kotkin

Economic Dynamism

Jun 5, 2025

A Most Favored National Policy for Pharma Drugs Makes Sense

Dirk Mateer

Economic Dynamism

May 19, 2025

The High Cost of California’s Green Energy Policies

Joel Kotkin

Economic Dynamism

May 7, 2025

A Bad Business on the Bayou

Michael Toth

Economic Dynamism

Apr 1, 2025

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Richard Epstein: Law and Economics of Public Sector Unions

Economic Dynamism

Jun 19, 2025