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The Economic Engine of Home-Based Business
29 april 2022 · 16 min
About half of the businesses in the U.S. are based in homes. Why do local governments actively work against them? Chris Edwards explains. Lees meer
Related:
"Deregulate Home Food Businesses" by Chris Edwards, Cato at Liberty
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Twitter: A New Project of @elonmusk
28 april 2022 · 14 min
Content moderation poses a huge challenge for even the best-run social media platforms. Add to that challenge the vitriol and handwringing associated with Elon Musk's purchase of Twitter. Will Duffield comments. Lees meer
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The Muslim World and the Invasion of Ukraine
26 april 2022 · 10 min
How has the Muslim world reacted to Russia's invasion of Ukraine? Mustafa Akyol comments. Lees meer
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Where Russian Propaganda Thrives and Fails
25 april 2022 · 11 min
The propaganda machine in Russia has been working overtime to sell its war in Ukraine as just and necessary. Will Duffield analyzes why this effort has failed so remarkably while other efforts have succeeded. Lees meer
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Modern Monetary Theory in Inflationary Times
24 april 2022 · 13 min
Has Modern Monetary Theory weathered the historic inflation we face today? Economist Jeremy Horpedahl comments. Lees meer
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When Should the Federal Reserve Have Moved on Inflation?
23 april 2022 · 13 min
The Federal Reserve appears late to the inflation fight. How much grace is due them? Economist Will Luther makes his case. Lees meer
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Texas Messes with Social Media, Makes Mess
22 april 2022 · 11 min
Texas wants to treat social media companies as common carriers, but their arguments to support their imposition don't hold water. Tommy Berry explains why. Lees meer
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Narrow the Fed’s Mandate
21 april 2022 · 10 min
If Congress wants to hold the Federal Reserve accountable, why not narrow the Fed's mandate? Economist Alexander William Salter explains the upside. Lees meer
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The Big Student Bailouts Move Forward
20 april 2022 · 17 min
The President would like to expand debt forgiveness from the federal government. Neal McCluskey says the arguments for handing a massive windfall to former college students don't hold up. Lees meer
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The SEC's Gargantuan Pending Climate Change Rule
19 april 2022 · 23 min
The Securities and Exchange Commission proposes to compel public firms to make a broad range of disclosures related to climate change. Jennifer Schulp details why the massive rule now under consideration looks a tad hasty. Lees meer
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A Few Reasons for Optimism in Changing Times
18 april 2022 · 22 min
Writer Bari Weiss discusses optimism about the future of media and academia. Lees meer
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Prospects for Stability in Pakistan
15 april 2022 · 9 min
Leadership in Pakistan has again changed amid charges of U.S. meddling there. What are the prospects for U.S. relations there? Sahar Khan comments. Lees meer
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Supreme Court Clears One Hurdle to Claims of Malicious Prosecution
13 april 2022 · 13 min
What does it take to move a malicious prosecution claim forward? The Supreme Court tackled that question last week. Jay Schweikert explains what they decided. Lees meer
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Against Scientific Gatekeeping
12 april 2022 · 15 min
Owning ourselves means having the right and power to medicate ourselves as we choose. That's not the story of modern medicine. Jeff Singer discusses his new article in Reason, "Against Scientific Gatekeeping." Lees meer
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Cato FOIA Work Uncovers Substantial FBI Misconduct
11 april 2022 · 14 min
Getting a sense of the FBI's handling of its agents' misconduct has occupied a lot of Patrick Eddington's time the last two years. Earlier this year, the agency has begun providing some of the requested documents. Lees meer
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Immigration Restrictions Worsened the Labor Crunch
8 april 2022 · 11 min
Donald Trump's immigration restrictions helped lay the groundwork for employers' current labor woes. Joe Biden has done precious little to fix it. David Bier explains. Lees meer
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Wither Consumer Welfare to Guide Antitrust Regulators?
7 april 2022 · 44 min
The team in charge of the Federal Trade Commission appear to have very different ideas about what should guide the agency's actions. Duke economist Michael Munger discusses why the "consumer welfare" standard for antitrust action is on the ropes and what it means for a free economy. Lees meer
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Deregulate Low-Income Entrepreneurs to Address American Poverty
6 april 2022 · 10 min
The poverty rate in the United States is generally unmoved in recent years despite many trillions of dollars in spending. Creighton University economist Colin O'Reilly says there's a better way. Lees meer
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Do Immigrants Use More Welfare?
5 april 2022 · 7 min
Alex Nowrasteh is coauthor of "Immigrant and Native Consumption of Means-Tested Welfare and Entitlement Benefits in 2019." Lees meer
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Pleading Out: How Plea Bargaining Creates a Permanent Criminal Class
1 april 2022 · 31 min
What happened to the jury trial, something considered essential to the Founders' vision for a criminal justice system? Dan Canon traces the slow death of the American jury trial in Pleading Out: How Plea Bargaining Creates a Permanent Criminal Class. Lees meer
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The If, Who, Why, and How of Weapons Transfers to Ukraine
31 maart 2022 · 8 min
Who should and shouldn't send weapons to Ukraine? What weapon transfers should be viewed as provocation of war? What tends to happen after weapons transfers? Cato's Jordan Cohen discusses the ins and outs of weapons transfers. Lees meer
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Joe Biden's Taxing Plans for Unrealized Capital Gains
30 maart 2022 · 11 min
If you like business investment and the innovation that comes with it, Joe Biden's plan to tax certain unrealized capital gains makes no sense. Chris Edwards explains. Lees meer
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The Biden Plan for Universal Pre-K
29 maart 2022 · 7 min
Colleen Hroncich is author of the new Cato paper, "Universal Preschool: Lawmakers Should Approach with Caution." Lees meer
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Full Senate Considers SCOTUS Nomination for Ketanji Brown Jackson
28 maart 2022 · 14 min
The Senate will now consider what it knows and has heard about the record of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson before a vote on her nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court. Tommy Berry and Jay Schweikert discuss the most important parts of the hearings. Lees meer
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Development with Dignity
25 maart 2022 · 15 min
Putting an end to poverty means prioritizing the dignity of the individuals involved. Matt Warner is coauthor of the new book, Development with Dignity. Lees meer
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Narratives of Public Schools, Narratives of Educational Freedom
24 maart 2022 · 23 min
School choice had a big year in 2021, but 2022 is different, and a particular faction of the school choice movement is clearly winning. That troubles Chris Stewart, CEO of Brightbeam. We discussed the culture war fights now taking center stage in state legislatures. Lees meer
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'Naked Collectivism' Animates Putin's War in Ukraine
23 maart 2022 · 18 min
Cato Institute senior fellow Tom Palmer is on the ground in Poland and Ukraine. We discussed the broad liberty movement's role in providing humanitarian aid and the collectivism animating Vladimir Putin's aggression. Lees meer
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Will the U.S. Welcome Ukrainian Refugees?
22 maart 2022 · 10 min
The less-than-warm welcome by the United States for refugees fleeing Ukraine again highlights the lackluster immigration policy of President Biden. David Bier details the issue. Lees meer
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Biden's ‘Buy American’ Plans Deny Opportunities to Build Cheaply
21 maart 2022 · 9 min
How much will "Buy American" rules cost Americans paying for government infrastructure in the coming years? Colin Grabow details some troublesome rhetoric and policy from President Biden. Lees meer
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The Harsh Realities of No-Fly Zones
18 maart 2022 · 15 min
What's actually involved in creating a "no-fly zone" over Ukraine? Eric Gomez explains why it would likely mean the U.S. engaging in direct war with Russia. Lees meer
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NATO and War in Ukraine
17 maart 2022 · 23 min
How has NATO altered European security? What has NATO's role been in setting the stage for war in Ukraine? Stephen Wertheim, a senior fellow in the American Statecraft Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and Cato Institute senior fellow Ted Galen Carpenter comment. Lees meer
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Crowdfunding a Ukrainian Defense Revisited
16 maart 2022 · 12 min
Economist Garrett Wood revisits Ukraine's unique defense arrangement. Lees meer
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FDA Moves Toward Prohibition of Menthol Cigarettes
15 maart 2022 · 15 min
The FDA is moving ahead with plans to ban menthol cigarettes. Guy Bentley and Jeff Singer discuss the likely, if unintended side effects of such a policy change. Lees meer
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Let's Be Reasonable: A Conservative Case for Liberal Education
14 maart 2022 · 23 min
Where have universities failed to deliver education to help foster reasonable adults? Jonathan Marks is author of Let's Be Reasonable: A Conservative Case for Liberal Education. Lees meer
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Some Unfortunate Consequences of Politics
10 maart 2022 · 18 min
The nature of politics is that some win and some lose, and that can have negative consequences for our own senses of compassion. Alexander William Salter, a professor of economics at Texas Tech, and Aaron Ross Powell discuss the simple idea that politics makes us worse. Lees meer
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A New Kind of Government in Prospera
9 maart 2022 · 15 min
Prospera is an attempt to allow many different regulatory structures to exist simultaneously, and its creators hope to offer a new way of thinking about the rules we live by. Joel Bomgar is the president of Prospera. Lees meer
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How Federal Regulators Keep Crypto out of Your Portfolio
8 maart 2022 · 11 min
If you're doing your taxes and you have cryptocurrency purchases and sales, get ready for some headaches. Cato's Jennifer Schulp explains why federal regulators have chosen to keep it as difficult as possible for investors to have crypto exposure without the Tax Day complications. Lees meer
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The Immigrant Superpower
7 maart 2022 · 25 min
What makes America great? Author Tim Kane believes immigrants are a key component. He makes his case in The Immigrant Superpower: How Brains, Brawn, and Bravery Make America Stronger. Lees meer
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Oxfam Confuses Inequality with Poverty
4 maart 2022 · 10 min
Johan Norberg details why inequality isn't the same thing as poverty. In human efforts at eradicating poverty, Norberg says our planet has plenty to celebrate. Lees meer
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Will A Putin-led Cyberwar Visit Ukraine?
3 maart 2022 · 8 min
In the early stage of Russia's war in Ukraine, cyberwar has been largely absent. Brandon Valeriano discusses why. Lees meer
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The Infuriating Five of Administrative Law (Part Two)
2 maart 2022 · 25 min
Will Yeatman details even more infuriating cases in administrative law. Part one is here. Lees meer
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The Infuriating Five of Administrative Law (Part One)
1 maart 2022 · 12 min
Will Yeatman details some of the worst cases in American administrative law history. Lees meer
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Biden Nominates Ketanji Brown Jackson to SCOTUS
25 februari 2022 · 7 min
District of Columbia Circuit Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is President Biden's nominee to replace the retiring Stephen Breyer on the U.S. Supreme Court. Cato's Thomas Berry discusses her professional background and qualifications. Lees meer
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Should Ukraine Have Kept Its Nukes?
25 februari 2022 · 9 min
In the wake of the fall of the Soviet Union, Ukraine suddenly became a major nuclear power, but maintaining a nuclear arsenal isn't exactly simple. As major powers became very concerned about the proliferation of both nuclear technology and know-how, Ukraine became convinced to give up the arsenal. Would keeping the nuclear weapons have deterred Russia today? Eric Gomez details some of the history of why Ukraine gave up nuclear weapons. Lees meer
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How the FBI Crime Lab Promotes and Defends Junk Science
24 februari 2022 · 24 min
The FBI's crime lab is considered one of the very best, but the agency also has a long record of scientific errors that have contributed to false convictions. Radley Balko details the latest scandal. Lees meer
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Senate Republicans Shocked to Learn about False Convictions
23 februari 2022 · 10 min
A few U.S. Senators speaking in opposition to a candidate for a federal judgeship appeared shocked to learn a few facts about false convictions. Clark Neily discusses the nomination of Nina Morrison to serve as a judge in U.S. District Court. Lees meer
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Biden's Big Promises on Seized Afghanistan Cash
22 februari 2022 · 13 min
Joe Biden's promises about what to do with seized assets from Afghanistan face both problems and problematic implications. Sahar Khan explains. Lees meer
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SEC Moves to Curtail Public Input on Regulation
18 februari 2022 · 13 min
The disconnect between the public and the massive regulatory state was already large. Now one federal agency, the SEC, appears ready to reduce the amount of time the public has to comment on pending regulation. Jennifer Schulp and Will Yeatman comment. Lees meer
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Is Strip Searching Students in a School Covered by Qualified Immunity?
17 februari 2022 · 10 min
Discussions of qualified immunity focus almost exclusively on police. What about when public school administrators clearly violate the rights of students? Should parents of those children be able to hold administrators accountable in civil court? Chris Kemmitt is deputy director of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. Lees meer
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Conservatives Embrace Big Government over Big Tech
16 februari 2022 · 12 min
How have conservatives changed their tune about large tech companies, so-called Big Tech? Matthew Feeney and Ryan Bourne comment. Lees meer
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