Within the Overton Window
Yesterday, I listed some proposals that are not yet easy for politicians to talk about. Today, let me list some policy positions I favor that are sometimes echoed by politicians, and so lie within the Overton window of what can be said without sounding too extreme. Here they are, with links:
- Free Trade
- Free Speech
- Charter Cities
- School Choice
- The Free Market
- Copyright Reform
- Honoring Tax Payers
- Libertarian Paternalism
- Redesigning Mortgages
- Laws Against Deception
- Taking Care of the Poor
- Nonpartisan Redistricting
- Medical Reform Federalism
- Keeping the Federal Reserve
- The Reintroduction of the Deutsche Mark
- A Dramatic Reduction in Occupational Licensing
- Exporting Jobs to Places They are Desperately Needed
- Public Health Interventions in the Area of Food and Drink
- Frontloading Federal Transfers to States During Recessions
- Going to War If Necessary to Stop Iran from Getting Nuclear Weapons
- The End of Income Taxes and Capital Taxes, Replaced by Consumption Taxes (also here)
- The Careful Use of Subjective Measures of Well Being to Inform Policy (also here)
- A Modest Carbon Tax (also here) and Increased Support for Research in Low-Carbon Energy Technology, Without Alarmism
- Reorienting Unions and Workplace Law toward Improving the Workplace Experience and away from Politics and from Artificially Pushing Up Wages and Benefits
Together with yesterday’s post, this post gives an update to the post
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