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...
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,...
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...
Marc Joffe The City and County of San Francisco are fighting a court injunction against the removal of tent encampments from city streets. Instead of...
Anastasia P. Boden The Constitution literally made an appearance at the first Republican presidential debate last Wednesday. When Doug Burnham was asked whether he...
Jeffrey A. Singer Bloomberg News is reporting that U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Assistant Secretary for Health Rachel Levine has sent a letter...
Chris Edwards Did the debt‐ceiling deal passed in May reflect a new congressional focus on spending restraint? Or was it a fluke win by House conservatives...
Vanessa Brown Calder Late last year, Congress passed the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) as part of the sprawling 2023 Consolidated Appropriations Act. The...
Kevin Dowd and Nicholas Anthony Advocates of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) often claim that CBDCs will help increase financial inclusion, by which they...
David J. Bier The employment‐based green card backlog reached a new record of 1.8 million cases this year. The backlog consists of immigrants who are...
Jordan Cohen and Jonathan Ellis Allen President Joe Biden wants to sign a security agreement with Saudi Arabia despite its history of human rights abuses...