Geoffrey Lawrence

Research director, @ReasonFdn; #libertarian; @nevadapolicyri; policy + MMA; married to @JenLawNV w/ 2 great kids!

[Geoffrey Lawrence @GLawNV]

@JMilei fue elegido para controlar la inflación y generar crecimiento. Ha logrado ambas cosas, pero el crecimiento a largo plazo requiere grandes reformas fiscales. Tal como en el plan que elaboré con @libertadyprog. @ReasonFdn
https://t.co/ANPcRN0Ryo

[Reason Foundation @ReasonFdn]

Argentina won't restore long-term growth while its tax system drives workers and businesses into the shadows. @GLawNV’s research outlines a phased reform plan to simplify the tax code, reduce distortive taxes, and help Argentina reclaim the prosperity it once enjoyed. ⬇️

https://t.co/hN2n5KipUB

[Geoffrey Lawrence @GLawNV]

Taxes in Argentina are so high that nearly half the labor force chooses to work in the street economy to evade them. I show this is true empirically. Tax cuts could lead to more formality, a bigger tax base, and faster growth.
https://t.co/NA3qVEuQb2 via @ReasonFdn @liberyprogre

[Adrian Moore @reasonpolicy]

Milei has accomplished much in Argentina, but an excessive tax burden still drives workers and businesses into informality, and with the right tax reforms the country can regain the wealth it once had. https://t.co/u4EdTy8Fy9 via @ReasonFdn @GLawNV

[Geoffrey Lawrence @GLawNV]

@OglesbyPat I’m pulling for them to get second! 👍

[Geoffrey Lawrence @GLawNV]

Go, Knights, Go!!! #StanleyCup

[Chris Freiman @cafreiman]

It’s strange how many progressives talk as though the US has implemented some sort of radical austerity program since FDR

[Geoffrey Lawrence @GLawNV]

When I was a kid, there were still famines in many parts of the world. The reason you have so much energy and free time to rail against “capitalism” is precisely because it works so well.

[Chris Freiman @cafreiman]

Material inequality isn’t the same thing as poverty—the problem with the gap between rich and poor is the poverty, not the gap. And everyone has been getting richer as the rich have been getting richer.

[Adrian Moore @reasonpolicy]

Politicians on the left and right are increasingly blaming large investors for raising home prices. Here's why they're wrong.
https://t.co/a0PSNgCmLY @reason @christianbrits

[Genevieve Jurvetson @gjurvetson]

13M+ Americans suffer with PTSD, with veterans disproportionately impacted. We lose an estimated 22 vets a day to suicide, more than 21x the number lost in combat since 9/11.

With a fast-tracked FDA review of their new data, MDMA-assisted therapy could reach patients before year end. More than 250 VA therapists are already trained and ready to deliver treatment.

For so many families, hope can’t come soon enough.

[Geoffrey Lawrence @GLawNV]

Interesting column by a legacy journalist. She discusses the need to “restore trust,” but fails to recognize how the old media’s alignment with the gov. to promote propaganda during the pandemic and suppress dissenting views is what broke the trust. https://t.co/8suD76dFRU

[Geoffrey Lawrence @GLawNV]

Thanks to Pres. Trump for recently suggesting that natural 7-OH should be available as an approved drug. As I wrote a few months ago, this kratom alkaloid is commonly used to help people manage severe pain and to come off of opioids.

Trump continues his recent pattern of historic progress on drug policy.
https://t.co/MfOy2qZ25s via @ReasonFdn

[Geoffrey Lawrence @GLawNV]

@miguelhzv More Turgot!

[Geoffrey Lawrence @GLawNV]

People (Boomers especially) are always longing for the era when healthcare was “affordable.” It was affordable when (and because) you paid for it yourself. In cash.

[Milton Friedman Quotes @MiltonFriedmanW]

Milton Friedman on why medical care costs so much in the US:

“Most payments for medicine are third-party payments. The insurance company pays. The government pays.”

“As a result, everybody is spending everybody else’s money. And nobody spends somebody else’s money as carefully as he spends his own.”

[Geoffrey Lawrence @GLawNV]

No hay plata!

[Rothmus 🏴 @Rothmus]

The bankruptcy of the United States government would not be contained, it would pull us all down with it.

Many warned about this when Trump first took office, and the warning is even more urgent today.

We must combine serious restraint in government spending with bold, pro-growth policies.

We simply cannot afford to ignore this.

[Geoffrey Lawrence @GLawNV]

It’s very under-appreciated that the living standard of the median household grew faster in the so-called American “Gilded Age” than during any other time in human history.

“Robber barons,” my ass. Golden age. Literally.

[Handre @Handre]

From 1879 to 1914, America experienced the most spectacular economic boom in human history. Real wages doubled. Industrial production exploded 4x. Population grew from 50 million to 100 million while living standards soared across every income level.

The dollar stayed rock-solid because it meant something: 1/20th of an ounce of gold. Prices fell gently year after year (about 1% annually) as productivity gains got passed to consumers instead of getting inflated away. You could save money under your mattress and actually get richer. Wild concept.

Stable money creates long-term thinking. When money holds its value, entrepreneurs build for the long term instead of financial engineering their way to next quarter's earnings. When central banks can't print their way out of every problem, governments actually have to balance budgets. Powell would've lasted about six months in 1895.

[Kristian Niemietz @K_Niemietz]

Data is counterculture.

[Human Progress @HumanProgress]

Americans are much better off today than they were prior to 1980.

[Geoffrey Lawrence @GLawNV]

Good to see my friends in Ohio!

The multi-state ibogaine partnership marches on. @ReasonFdn @w_bryan_hubbard @americans4ibo @vetsforvets @LoganDavidsonTX

[American Legislative Exchange Council @ALEC_states]

“This policy is a template for participating in a multi-state research effort to conduct clinical trials for the use of ibogaine. 14 states have introduced legislation to fund ibogaine research in 2026.” ~ @federico_zach in @toledonews
https://t.co/PfXaUjS2te