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Jeffrey Miron

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Name: Jeffrey Miron

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Tax revenue estimates from legal marijuana may not materialize

WASHINGTON - When Colorado and Washington voted to legalize marijuana for recreational use, supporters sold the idea partially based on new tax revenue estimates that ranged as high as $2 billion over five years.But recent reports and analyses offer some ... [Published Herald & Review - May 20 2013]

Entities: Brian Smith, Taxes, Marijuana Legalized, Construction, Jeffrey Miron

First reported May 03 2013 - Updated May 03 2013 - 1 reports

Amarillo College

Amarillo College hosts debate on marijuana legalization

As polls from Gallup and Pew Research Center indicate a majority of Americans in favor of marijuana legalization, the Legal Society of Amarillo College hosted a debate on the subject Thursday evening. Criminal defense attorney Jeff Blackburn described ... [Published Amarillo Globe News - May 03 2013]

Entities: Amarillo College, Marijuana Legalized, Legalization, Drugs

First reported May 01 2013 - Updated May 01 2013 - 1 reports

Jeffrey Miron Delivers Lecture on Libertarian Politics

Last Thursday, April 25, Senior Lecturer and Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Department of Economics at Harvard University Jeffrey Miron delivered a lecture in PAC 001 entitled “A Libertarian Perspective on Economic, Social, and Foreign Poli ... [Published Wesleyan Argus - May 01 2013]

Entities: Jeffrey Miron, Charlie Smith, Interference, Jason Reitman

First reported Apr 29 2013 - Updated Apr 29 2013 - 1 reports

Daily Demand and Supply: Mary Jane's Last Dance?

With reference to Colorado proposing a 30% tax on recreational marijuana sales (15% excise tax and 15% sales tax), Jeffrey Miron, an economics professor at Harvard University and a senior fellow at the Cato Institute, a libertarian group ... said that ... [Published Environmental Economics - Apr 29 2013]

Entities: Jeffrey Miron, Taxes, Doritos

First reported Apr 25 2013 - Updated Apr 25 2013 - 1 reports

On marijuana tax, Colorado asks: What's too high?

DENVER -- If marijuana is legalized and properly regulated, its proponents have long said, it could generate millions of dollars in state tax revenue. But how the drug should be taxed has proved to be a thorny question.In Colorado, where voters approved ... [Published Anchorage Daily News - Apr 25 2013]

Entities: Taxes, Jeffrey Miron, black market, Jonathan Singer, Michael Elliott

First reported Apr 21 2013 - Updated Apr 21 2013 - 1 reports

Pat Robertson

How did Denver’s 4/20 marijuana day turn violent?

Three people were injured by gunshots fired at the 4/20 marijuana celebration in Denver Saturday. While there is growing acceptance of marijuana use, the issue remains politically controversial with federal law at odds with the decriminalization trend ... [Published Christian Science Monitor - Apr 21 2013]

Entities: Jeffrey Miron, Sonny Jackson, Gil Kerlikowske, Pat Robertson, Police

First reported Apr 20 2013 - Updated Apr 20 2013 - 1 reports

Pot Legalization Would Generate Billions In Tax Revenue

As Washington lawmakers struggle to find ways to balance the national budget, a significant source of revenue may be burning away right before their eyes.The federal legalization of marijuana would offer a large new revenue stream, according to research ... [Published AOL Black Voices - Apr 20 2013]

Entities: Legalization, Marijuana Legalized, Medical Marijuana, Jeffrey Miron, Carl Davis

First reported Apr 18 2013 - Updated Apr 18 2013 - 1 reports

A Harvard economist makes the case for legalizing drugs

It's not that unusual to hear free-market-minded economists argue for the legalization of drugs, but few do it with quite the gusto of Harvard professor Jeffrey Miron. In a March interview with the German newspaper Der Spiegel, Miron made several familiar ... [Published Boston Globe - Apr 18 2013]

Entities: Jeffrey Miron, Drugs, Harvard University, Legalization

First reported Apr 16 2013 - Updated Apr 16 2013 - 1 reports

Latteno Food Strengthens Resources & Increases Revenue Projections to Meet Demand Momentum

/PRNewswire/ -- Latteno Food Corp. (OTC: LATF) announced today that, based on the growing number of states that have either enacted or soon to enact favourable legislation, it has been forced to increase its revenue projections and initiate an aggressive ... [Published NewsBlaze - Apr 16 2013]

Entities: Latteno Food Corp, Stock Dividend, Washington DC, Medical Marijuana

First reported Apr 12 2013 - Updated Apr 12 2013 - 1 reports

Medical marijuana for Illinois: Benefits waiting to be reaped

According to an article from the Chicago Tribune titled “La Grange prepares for medical marijuana law,” Rep. LaShawn Ford, D-Chicago, said he believes the bill “will pass” during the spring legislative session. The bill would be another move in the right ... [Published Bradley Scout - Apr 12 2013]

Entities: Medical Marijuana, Jeffrey Miron, Cannabis

First reported Mar 04 2013 - Updated Mar 04 2013 - 1 reports

The Sequester Will Be Good for the Economy

Jeffrey Miron, Daily CallerPoliticians, pundits and economists are all forecasting horrific impacts on the U.S. economy as sequestration hits Friday. The basis for this view is the standard — Keynesian — claim that spending cuts slow economic ... [Published RealClearPolitics - Homepage - Mar 04 2013]

Entities: Sequester, Jeffrey Miron, Sequestration, Economic Growth, Recession

First reported Mar 02 2013 - Updated Mar 02 2013 - 1 reports

The Sequester Will Be Good for the Economy

Jeffrey Miron, Cato InstitutePoliticians, pundits and economists are all forecasting horrific impacts on the U.S. economy as sequestration hits Friday. The basis for this view is the standard "” Keynesian "” claim that spending cuts ... [Published RealClearPolitics - Homepage - Mar 02 2013]

Entities: Sequester, Jeffrey Miron, Sequestration, Economic Growth, Recession

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"Nobody has any idea (about revenue)," said Jeffrey Miron, a Harvard economist and analyst at the libertarian Cato Institute. "there's only one good way to find out what the revenue would be, and that would be for all levels of government to legalize it and then we see what happens."

Tax revenue estimates from legal marijuana may not materialize [Published Herald & Review - May 20 2013]

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Tax revenue estimates from legal marijuana may ... [Published Herald & Review - May 20 2013]
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Not So Fast: Marijuana Payoff May Not Materialize [Published Huffington Post - May 14 2013]
Amarillo College hosts debate on marijuana lega... [Published Amarillo Globe News - May 03 2013]
Colorado Barely Breaking Even on Medical Mariju... [Published FOX Business - Video - May 01 2013]
Jeffrey Miron Delivers Lecture on Libertarian P... [Published Wesleyan Argus - May 01 2013]
Daily Demand and Supply: Mary Jane's Last Dance? [Published Environmental Economics - Apr 29 2013]
On marijuana tax, Colorado asks: What's too high? [Published Anchorage Daily News - Apr 25 2013]
This War Isn't Working [Published City Pulse - Apr 24 2013]
Cato: $20B in Taxes from Legalized Marijuana [Published FOX Business - Video - Apr 23 2013]
How did Denver’s 4/20 marijuana day turn violent? [Published Christian Science Monitor - Apr 21 2013]
The Issue: Discord between state, federal marij... [Published UPI - Apr 21 2013]
Pot Legalization Would Generate Billions In Tax... [Published AOL Black Voices - Apr 20 2013]
A Harvard economist makes the case for legalizi... [Published Boston Globe - Apr 18 2013]
Latteno Food Strengthens Resources & Increases ... [Published 9&10 News - Apr 16 2013]
Latteno Food Strengthens Resources & Increases ... [Published Equities.com - Apr 16 2013]
Latteno Food Strengthens Resources & Increases ... [Published NewsBlaze - Apr 16 2013]
Medical marijuana for Illinois: Benefits waitin... [Published Bradley Scout - Apr 12 2013]
America's Longest War: The Trailer [Published REASON Online - Mar 19 2013]
The Sequester Will Be Good for the Economy [Published RealClearPolitics - Homepage - Mar 04 2013]
The Sequester Will Be Good for the Economy [Published RealClearPolitics - Homepage - Mar 02 2013]
Medbox Featured in Huffington Post Report on th... [Published PR Newswire - Feb 25 2013]
What is the Right Economic Plan to Boost Growth... [Published FOX Business - Video - Feb 13 2013]
Where Will the Money Come from for Further Gove... [Published FOX Business - Video - Feb 13 2013]
Government Policies Getting in the Way of Econo... [Published FOX Business - Video - Jan 25 2013]
Do Tax Cuts “Starve the Beast”? [Published Cato @ Liberty - Jan 07 2013]
SmartPlanet: Why More US States Could Legalize ... [Published Public Intelligence Blog - Dec 14 2012]
Prohibition: The Real Reefer Madness [Published REASON Online - Nov 12 2012]

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Daily Demand and Supply: Mary Jane's Last Dance? [Published Environmental Economics - Apr 29 2013] With reference to Colorado proposing a 30% tax on recreational marijuana sales (15% excise tax and 15% sales tax), Jeffrey Miron, an economics professor at Harvard University and a senior fellow at the Cato Institute, a libertarian group ... said that ...
The Sequester Will Be Good for the Economy [Published RealClearPolitics - Homepage - Mar 04 2013] Jeffrey Miron, Daily CallerPoliticians, pundits and economists are all forecasting horrific impacts on the U.S. economy as sequestration hits Friday. The basis for this view is the standard — Keynesian — claim that spending cuts slow economic ...
The Sequester Will Be Good for the Economy [Published RealClearPolitics - Homepage - Mar 02 2013] Jeffrey Miron, Cato InstitutePoliticians, pundits and economists are all forecasting horrific impacts on the U.S. economy as sequestration hits Friday. The basis for this view is the standard "” Keynesian "” claim that spending cuts ...
Do Tax Cuts “Starve the Beast”? [Published Cato @ Liberty - Jan 07 2013] Daniel J. Mitchell There’s a debate among policy wonks about whether a no-tax-hike policy is an effective way of restraining the burden of government spending . At the risk of over-simplifying, the folks who support the “starve the beast” theory argue ...

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Colorado Barely Breaking Even on Medical Mariju... [Published FOX Business - Video - May 01 2013]
Cato: $20B in Taxes from Legalized Marijuana [Published FOX Business - Video - Apr 23 2013]
What is the Right Economic Plan to Boost Growth... [Published FOX Business - Video - Feb 13 2013]
Where Will the Money Come from for Further Gove... [Published FOX Business - Video - Feb 13 2013]
Government Policies Getting in the Way of Econo... [Published FOX Business - Video - Jan 25 2013]

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Medbox Featured in Huffington Post Report on th... [Published PR Newswire - Feb 25 2013]