Ryan Bourne

Ryan Bourne occupies the R. Evan Scharf Chair for the Public Understanding of Economics at Cato.

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Sorry, Donald Trump: A Big Infrastructure Bill Won't Save the Economy

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A pedestrian walks past a closed barber shop in Ward 7 as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak continues in Washington, U.S., May 8, 2020. REUTERS/Leah Millis

We Need Flexibility In Labor Markets To Recover After Coronavirus

A cone is placed at the entrance of a McDonald's, closed for over a month as South Africa starts to relax some aspects of a stringent nationwide coronavirus disease (COVID-19) lockdown in Johannesburg May 1, 2020. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

Minimum Wage Makes It Harder To Reopen the Economy After Coronavirus

U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) signs H.R. 266, the Paycheck Protection Program Healthcare Enhancement Act, an additional economic stimulus package that passed earlier in the week by the U.S. Senate, during a signing ceremony on Capitol Hill

Congress Threw $2.2 Trillion At Coronavirus—Here Are the Unintended Consequences

U.S. President Donald Trump takes questions during a news conference where the president declared the coronavirus pandemic a national emergency in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, U.S., March 13, 2020. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

Is Trump Asking the Right Coronavirus Questions?

Why Stopping Price-Gouging Will Make Coronavirus Shortages Worse

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$15 Minimum Wage Is a Fraught Fight Filled with False Promises

AOC Has It Wrong: Why You Won't Like a $15 Minimum Wage

Can Economic Logic Guide Vaccine Distribution?

Surprise: The National Debt is Still a Problem (It Always Has Been)

Has Coronavirus Money Kept Americans From Working?

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Sorry, Donald Trump: A Big Infrastructure Bill Won't Save the Economy

A pedestrian walks past a closed barber shop in Ward 7 as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak continues in Washington, U.S., May 8, 2020. REUTERS/Leah Millis

We Need Flexibility In Labor Markets To Recover After Coronavirus

A cone is placed at the entrance of a McDonald's, closed for over a month as South Africa starts to relax some aspects of a stringent nationwide coronavirus disease (COVID-19) lockdown in Johannesburg May 1, 2020. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

Minimum Wage Makes It Harder To Reopen the Economy After Coronavirus

U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) signs H.R. 266, the Paycheck Protection Program Healthcare Enhancement Act, an additional economic stimulus package that passed earlier in the week by the U.S. Senate, during a signing ceremony on Capitol Hill

Congress Threw $2.2 Trillion At Coronavirus—Here Are the Unintended Consequences

U.S. President Donald Trump takes questions during a news conference where the president declared the coronavirus pandemic a national emergency in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, U.S., March 13, 2020. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

Is Trump Asking the Right Coronavirus Questions?