Romina Boccia Congress will soon consider the repeal of the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO), which would unfairly increase benefits...
Jeffrey Miron A common critique of marijuana legalization asserts that marijuana use causes mental illness. Numerous studies document a correlation between use and conditions such...
Scott Lincicome Today we’ve published three new essays for Cato’s Defending Globalization project: “The Trade Balance and Winning at Trade,” by Andreas Freytag and...
Kayla Susalla During the October 1 vice-presidential debate, when asked about holding parents accountable for mass shootings in schools, Sen. JD Vance (R‑OH) responded,...
Jack Solowey and Jennifer J. Schulp After the Senate voted with bipartisan support last week to reject SAB 121, a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)...
Chris Edwards School choice reforms are spreading across the nation. Governments in 33 states are now providing financial support for private schooling through 80...
Norbert Michel In recent years, national conservatives (natcons) have complained that a blind adherence to free‐market philosophy has hollowed out the middle class and all...
Nicholas Anthony Over a year ago, Rep. Tom Emmer (R‑MN) introduced a bill intended to prohibit the Federal Reserve from issuing a retail central bank digital currency...
Nicholas Anthony and Jeffrey A. Singer America has increasingly moved in favor of legalizing cannabis consumption (Figure 1), but the shadow of prohibition still...
Romina Boccia and Dominik Lett The United States has been experiencing remarkable economic growth, even as debt and deficits soar to unprecedented heights. The...
Walter Olson In testimony before a House committee, a Republican witness recently cited as credible claims by researcher James Agresti that “10% to 27% of non‐citizens...
David Kemp The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently finalized a rule imposing new carbon dioxide emissions controls on fossil fuel power plants. The rule requires...
Adam N. Michel I recently testified before the Senate Finance Committee on the importance of personal savings and how poorly designed tax systems and...
Jeffrey Miron The state of New York legalized recreational marijuana in 2021. Recent estimates, however, count 2,000 unlicensed vendors and only 100 licensed ones. ...