The Congressional Budget Office projects the federal deficit will continue to rise, reaching $2.7 trillion by 2035, due to ...

The recent wildfires in the Los Angeles area have led to thousands of Californians considering moving to red states with ...

Merrill Matthews is a resident scholar with the Institute for Policy Innovation in Dallas, Texas. Follow him on X@MerrillMatthews.

Merrill Matthews, Ph.D., is a resident scholar with the Institute for Policy Innovation. He is a public policy analyst specializing in health care issues, and is the author of numerous studies in ...

He's also proposed universal 10 to 20 percent tariffs on all imported goods. On Thursday, Merrill Matthews, co-author of “On the Edge: America Faces the Entitlements Cliff," wrote in the Journal ...

Merrill Matthews makes a good point about the unintended consequences of tariffs (“Tariffs Will Refill the Swamp,” op-ed, Dec. 27). Even without the imagery of fat-cat lobbyists and expensive ...

The “two likely results” of the LA fires are that “thousands of Californians who lost their homes will respond to the tragedy ...