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.
Where Was the Media's Pre-pandemic Concern About Vaccine Politicization?
There are numerous stories about conservatives and Fox News politicizing the national vaccination effort. But the media weren't nearly so concerned about that politicization last fall when Democrats were the vaccine skeptics.
White House High-fiving More Jobs While Killing Economy
The latest jobs report from the federal government shows unemployment is 5.9%, which is positive news, but an economic think tank predicts little improvement as long as Joe Biden is in the White House.
No, Unemployment Rates Won't Return to Pre-pandemic Levels
The White House and media are predicting when unemployment will return to pre-pandemic lows, but that won't happen if the White House and media get their big-government budget blowout.
Treasury Traders Brace for Volatility With Debt-Limit Chaos Near
In a protracted 2013 debt-limit episode, Fitch Ratings put the U.S. rating on negative watch given the government’s failure then to raise its borrowing limit as the Treasury’s hard deadline neared. In 2011, a split House and Senate took the debt-limit debate down to the wire, prompting S&P Global Ratings to cut America’s sovereign credit grade for the first time.
Oops! That Darned Debt Ceiling Is Back
The federal debt ceiling is back, and it poses yet another roadblock to the Democrats' spending spree.
Your Portion of the Federal Debt Is Likely Much Larger Than You Think
Economists often highlight the federal debt's per-person obligation. But not everyone pays federal income taxes and half only pay a small portion, thus the debt burden falls heavily on higher-income households.
Not The Babylon Bee: Biden Nixes a GOP Gas Tax Increase Proposal
President Biden is schooling some Republicans on the harm caused by taxes hikes—no, seriously.
Biden's Backdoor Scheme for Effectively Raising the Minimum Wage
Joe Biden is unlikely to get his $15/hour minimum wage proposal passed, so he's trying to increase wages through the backdoor—and it may be working.
Sham 'Pay-Fors' Are Another Washington Trick
Once again Washington is using sham accounting practices to claim that a massive new spending bill will be "paid for."
Biden's Latest Effort to Undermine Vaccine Trust
Biden is facing significant vaccine resistance, which will only be exacerbated by his recent prescription drug importation executive order.
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