Merrill Matthews, Ph.D., is a resident scholar with the Institute for Policy Innovation, a research-based, public policy “think tank.” He is a health policy expert and opinion contributor at The Hill. He also serves on the Texas Advisory Committee of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.
Dr. Matthews is a past president of the Health Economics Roundtable for the National Association for Business Economics, the largest trade association of business economists. Dr. Matthews also served for 10 years as the medical ethicist for the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center’s Institutional Review Board for Human Experimentation, co-author of On the Edge: America Faces the Entitlements Cliff, and has contributed chapters to several books, including Physician Assisted Suicide: Expanding the Debate and The 21st Century Health Care Leader and Stop Paying the Crooks (on Medicare fraud).
He has been published in numerous journals and newspapers, including The Wall Street Journal, Investor’s Business Daily, Barron’s, USA Today, Forbes magazine and the Washington Times. He was an award-winning political analyst for the USA Radio Network.
Dr. Matthews received his Ph.D. in Humanities from the University of Texas at Dallas.
How the Western Hemisphere Became the Leftist Hemisphere
The left’s widespread grip on the Western Hemisphere means slower economic growth and less individual freedom at a time when the world needs more of both. In years past, the United States could have served as a model for reform.
When Government's 'Strings' Create Business Puppets
President Biden is using federal subsidies to force companies to do what he couldn't get Congress to force them to do.
Is a Four-Day Work Week in Our Future?
Tired of going to school or working five days a week? There's a small but growing four-day week trend that may change the way we work.
How to Tell When a Presidential Candidate Is Really Running for Vice President
A large percentage of potential GOP presidential candidates probably recognize that a VP slot, or perhaps a Cabinet appointment, is likely their best outcome.
What You Need to Know About Government's Clean Energy Subsidies
The current push for more clean energy efforts is being driven more by government subsidies than consumer demand.
If Cutting Social Security Is a Scandal, Then Biden Did it First
If some Republicans have suggested a type of means-test for Social Security, be assured that Joe Biden beat them to it by 40 years.
Republicans Don't Like Earmarks, Except When They Do
Can Republicans embrace earmarks and gain voters' trust that they are fiscally responsible? There may be one way.
A National Sales Tax Would Be Simple and Efficient--But the Current Plan Won't Work
The only way a national sales tax could actually work is if the percentage could be significantly lower. But doing that would require Congress to vastly reduce federal spending. Not much chance of that.
Republicans Must Refuse to Suspend or Eliminate the Federal Debt Ceiling
Congress needs to keep a debt limit on federal spending because it is the only forcing mechanism to make Washington face how much money it's spending.
Estimating Illegal Immigration's Cost to Public Education
Immigrants can bring much-need workers, innovation and vitality to an economy. But while those benefits are limited when the immigration system is as dysfunctional and politically polarizing as ours, the costs are not.
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