Stephen C. Miller
Economic Development Deals Are a Curse, Not a Blessing
"Bribing businesses to locate in your state is not free enterprise; it’s a form of cronyism. It turns what should be a competitive process between firms into a political competition…
A Flawed Report in the Funding Debate
"Not all higher ed dollars are created equal. Idaho’s legislators should create more incentives for the state’s students and colleges to excel instead of simply maintaining the institutional status quo."…
Nursing Homes and Covid Fatalities: The Empirical Relationship
"While not all deaths are preventable, we have a moral obligation to engage in focused protection rather than continue one-size-fits all approaches to public health. To the extent that resources…
An Experiment in Self-Governance
"This semester, millions of college students are unfortunately going to face a test that is far more important than any exam, assignment, or project that they will ever get in…
Lockdowns and Mask Mandates Do Not Lead to Reduced COVID Transmission Rates or Deaths, New Study Suggests
"The paper’s conclusion is that the data trends observed above likely indicate that nonpharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) – such as lockdowns, closures, travel restrictions, stay-home orders, event bans, quarantines, curfews, and…
Don’t Let Hospitalization Trends Blind You to the Numbers Themselves
"What we can see clearly from the trends around the world is that the virus’s impact has been very uneven, and massive outbreaks like those experienced in Italy and New…
What Spike? Hospitalization Data Show No Indication of a Second Wave
“Most states are either seeing declining or flat trends in hospitalizations, with a few notable exceptions such as North Carolina, Texas, and Arizona. But in those states the number of…
We Would Not Be Better Off With Medicare for All
Just because people would have health insurance does not mean they would receive health care when they need it most. In countries where everyone is covered by national insurance, the…
What Does the Growing Number of Coronavirus Cases Really Mean?
The infected are likely in the millions, but the rationing of tests prevents us from knowing the true number. In any case, that means the death rate is vastly overstated,…
The US Coronavirus Death Rate Is Falling, and Germany’s More So
Why would the U.S. death rate fall so much over just a few days? The answer is that as more people are tested for the virus, the death rate falls…
