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,...
Ryan Bourne In a new policy analysis out today, I make the case for a substantial spending‐cut‐led federal deficit reduction effort. Tomorrow I will outline three economic reasons...
Romina Boccia and Ivane Nachkebia [T]he European nations’ larger welfare states are the product of the transformative effect of the Second World War […]...
Clark Packard, Scott Lincicome, and Alfredo Carrillo Obregon Earlier today, the White House called on the US Trade Representative to “consider” tripling the existing...
Patrick G. Eddington House and Senate members can be notoriously thin‐skinned when questioned about their policy and legislative choices. That was evident on April...
Alex Nowrasteh Yesterday, the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs held a hearing titled “How the...
David J. Bier Critics of the H‑1B visa for skilled foreign workers often claim that the status amounts to “indentured” servitude. Indentured servitude is a contract to...
Scott Lincicome Today we’ve published three essays for Cato’s Defending Globalization project: Separating Tariff Facts from Tariff Fictions, by Erica York, explains that tariffs...
Travis Fisher Montana has become an unlikely frontier in the climate movement. Last August, Montana District Court Judge Kathy Seeley ruled in favor of...
Jeffrey Miron and Jacob Winter Occupational licensing — for doctors, lawyers, plumbers, barbers, and innumerable other trades — claims to improve service quality. Much...
Clark Packard and Alfredo Carrillo Obregon Earlier this week, President Biden welcomed Japanese Prime Minister Kishida for an official visit and state dinner. As...