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Fiscal Policy Report Card on America’s Governors 2024
15 oktober 2024 · 12 min
How did your governor perform on various fiscal policy metrics? Cato's Chris Edwards details the Fiscal Policy Report Card on America’s Governors 2024. Lees meer
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Courts Grappling with Realities of Retaliatory Arrests
14 oktober 2024 · 10 min
What makes an arrest retaliatory and what evidence ought to be up for consideration when courts decide if an arrest was, in fact, a retaliation? Thanks in part to a clarifying decision from the Supreme Court earlier this year, courts now must grapple more seriously with that question. Patrick Jaicomo of the Institute for Justice offers his thoughts. Lees meer
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The Great American Homeschooling Surge
11 oktober 2024 · 14 min
Homeschooling has been having a moment that seems to have been going on for a few years. Angela Watson of Homeschool Hub and Cato's Colleen Hroncich discuss the implications. Lees meer
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A Bigger Government Means Giving Up Almost Half Your Paycheck
10 oktober 2024 · 12 min
In the absence of significant reforms, Americans should be prepared for a future that looks more like the European tax system. Adam Michel discusses what that would mean in a new Cato paper. Lees meer
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When State Executive Agencies Take You to Their Own 'Court'
9 oktober 2024 · 12 min
Federal agencies can haul you into their own court-like rooms and delay your day in a real court. State agencies often do the same. This isn't how it ought to be. Daniel Dew of the Pacific Legal Foundation discusses how state officials avoid making their arguments in real courts. Lees meer
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Financing Opportunity: How Financial Markets Have Fueled American Prosperity for More than Two Centuries
8 oktober 2024 · 14 min
America's financial system is inseparable from America's enormous growth, productivity, and prosperity. Many myths about financial markets persist. Norbert Michel and Jennifer Schulp detail the many critical benefits of robust financial markets in Financing Opportunity. Lees meer
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Hayek's Nobel at 50
7 oktober 2024 · 31 min
F.A. Hayek's contributions to economics are hard to overstate. This week marks fifty years since Hayek became a Nobel Laureate for that work. Economists Peter Boettke and Bruce Caldwell detail some of Hayek's enduring contributions. Lees meer
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These Candidates Have Terrible Views on Freedom of Speech
4 oktober 2024 · 37 min
Democratic VP nominee Tim Walz seems to have a poor understanding of what the First Amendment protects. Donald Trump pledges to use the Department of Justice to punish Google over the presentation of negative news stories about him. Cato's Brent Skorup and Nico Perrino of FIRE detail the candidates' troubling views. Lees meer
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Harris and Trump Have No Plans to Substantially Liberate Health Care
3 oktober 2024 · 17 min
Federal health programs contribute to massive and unsustainable government overspending. Government control of most health care dollars continues apace. Neither Donald Trump nor Kamala Harris has a plan to fix it. Michael Cannon explains. Lees meer
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Buckeye v. IRS
2 oktober 2024 · 19 min
Ohio's Buckeye Institute is challenging the IRS practice of collecting and storing information on major donors to American nonprofits. Buckeye president Robert Alt explains why the case matters. Lees meer
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Reforming State and Local Economic Development Subsidies
1 oktober 2024 · 12 min
Offering subsidies is how many states show interest in bringing in a new business enterprise and states regularly try to offer more than other states can, but it doesn't have to be that way. Marc Joffe explains how states can get out of the trap of playing the subsidies game against their neighbors. Lees meer
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Could We Have Better Presidential Debates?
30 september 2024 · 13 min
A few changes might make for broadly better political debates, especially debates among presidential candidates. Erec Smith makes his case. Lees meer
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How States Might Address the 'Squatter or Trespasser' Problem
27 september 2024 · 22 min
Squatters pose a challenge for property owners, law enforcement, and state legislatures. Kyle Sweetland of the Pacific Legal Foundation offers some ways for states to address the issue to give owners more control over their property. Lees meer
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Where Are the Rooming Houses?
26 september 2024 · 16 min
An old and common law on many cities' books was meant to crack down on houses of prostitution. Today those same laws are used to effectively ban boarding houses or college student housing. Deirdre McCloskey and Art Carden tell the tale. Lees meer
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The Search for Accountability for Warrantless Surveillance
25 september 2024 · 12 min
Cato's Patrick Eddington details what he's learned about how intelligence agencies handle requests for information about their own internal accountability measures. Lees meer
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Don't Get Your Hopes Up for a New Iran Nuclear Deal
24 september 2024 · 10 min
Discussions about renewing or adopting something like the JCPOA to slow Iran's advance toward nuclear weapons should be tempered by the evidence. Justin Logan believes it's a dead letter. Lees meer
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Trump Pitches Voters on a Price Control for Credit Card Interest
23 september 2024 · 19 min
When the government sets the allowable interest rate on credit cards, that's a straightforward price control. Nick Anthony explains why Donald Trump's recent proposal to limit credit card interest would be disastrous. Lees meer
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A New Chapter in Mexico's Hard Turn against Liberalism
20 september 2024 · 12 min
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has continued his largely successful push to centralize power in Mexico under him. Cato's Ian Vasquez says the turn away from markets and freedom will bring dire results for average people. Lees meer
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Shifting Views on Religious Education and School Choice
19 september 2024 · 14 min
The legal landscape for parents seeking religious education for their children has become friendlier, thanks in large part to court rulings relating to school choice and religious discrimination. Neal McCluskey details where things stand now. Lees meer
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TikTok Divest-or-Ban Law Goes to Court
18 september 2024 · 12 min
A new law challenging TikTok's presence in the US went before a federal court this week. Cato's Jennifer Huddleston and Tommy Berry detail the arguments presented. Lees meer
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Defending Financial Privacy Matters More than Ever
17 september 2024 · 28 min
At the Cato Institute's conference on financial privacy, Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC) discussed the civil liberties implications of pervasive financial surveillance of Americans among other issues with Cato's Jennifer Schulp. Lees meer
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When the Fed Hates Your Financial Innovation
16 september 2024 · 24 min
When the Federal Reserve uses a ministerial task to punish financial innovation, what's a bank to do? Take them to court, for one. Caitlin Long is CEO of Custodia Bank. She and Cato's Jack Solowey detail how and why the Fed is cracking down on innovators. Lees meer
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Oprah Joins the AI Conversation
14 september 2024 · 13 min
In evaluating the potential outcomes of the expansion of AI, the natural tendency is to downplay the benefits and highlight the risks. Oprah Winfrey recently jumped into the conversation. Jennifer Huddleston comments. Lees meer
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Does Fighting Corporate ESG Mean Ending Private Environmental Efforts?
13 september 2024 · 10 min
Protecting our earthly environment is a worthy task, so why do many conservatives seem to believe that the private sector should have a severely limited role? Todd Myers of the Washington Policy Center offers his take. Lees meer
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Future MDMA Treatment Following FDA's Rejection
13 september 2024 · 24 min
The FDA's rejection of MDMA as a treatment may well be a short-term setback for legally helping people with PTSD and other disorders. Mason Marks of Harvard Law School’s Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy offers his assessment. Lees meer
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How Is Free Speech Doing at American Colleges?
11 september 2024 · 14 min
After months of protest, counterprotest, and administrative overreaction over the last school year, the protection of free speech on college campuses seems less certain than ever. Angela Erickson of the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression discusses their new College Free Speech Rankings. Lees meer
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The Islamic Moses: How the Prophet Inspired Jews and Muslims to Flourish Together and Change the World
10 september 2024 · 16 min
In The Islamic Moses, Mustafa Akyol provides a theological and historical exploration of the connection between Islam and Judaism through the single most-mentioned character in the Quran. Lees meer
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Freedom Conservatives in 2024
6 september 2024 · 16 min
What will/should conservatism look like after this election year? John Hood of the John William Pope Foundation comments. Lees meer
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Economic Growth Is (Still) Underappreciated
6 september 2024 · 9 min
The "degrowth" movement has many adherents, so it's worth emphasizing the manifold benefits of economic growth to the lives of humans across the globe. Justin Callais of the Archbridge Institute explains. Lees meer
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X (and More) Banned in Brazil
5 september 2024 · 15 min
What appears to have started as a judge's request to have critical content removed from X (Twitter) has escalated into the country's highest court banning the service altogether. Cato’s David Inserra discusses how the US should respond. Lees meer
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Hard Data on States That Impose Big Regulatory Burdens
3 september 2024 · 11 min
Getting a handle on the state-level regulatory burdens can identify inexpensive ways for states to step away from useless intervention. Patrick McLaughlin of the Mercatus Center details a new index aimed at that task. Lees meer
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Illegal Public Sector Electioneering against School Choice?
2 september 2024 · 10 min
Fights over whether states should give parents a broader range of education options don't get much more pointed than public school officials leveraging state resources to advocate against public questions. Jacob Huebert of the Liberty Justice Center details two current cases of that kind of electioneering. Lees meer
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Prescribing Psychologists and Access to Care
30 augustus 2024 · 14 min
What should we expect from the state-level advance of prescribing psychologists, non-physicians who are able to prescribe certain medications? Jeff Singer says their potential for helping patients is strong. Lees meer
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Harris's Price-Control Free Plan to Control Grocery Store Prices
29 augustus 2024 · 16 min
It's still just a wisp of an idea, but Kamala Harris's plan to ban so-called "corporate price gouging" assumes a lot (wrongly) about how grocery stores operate. Scott Lincicome offers his thoughts. Lees meer
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Parental Empowerment in Education Works for West Virginia
28 augustus 2024 · 16 min
Parents in West Virginia have new education options thanks to the Hope Scholarship. It's also dramatically expanded education entrepreneurship in the state. Jessi Troyan of the Cardinal Institute explains what it means for other efforts to broaden the range of choices available to families. Lees meer
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The Parallel Handouts from Trump and Harris Campaigns
27 augustus 2024 · 13 min
A large child tax credit is among a handful of remarkably similar campaign pledges from the campaigns of Kamala Harris and Donald Trump. Vanessa Brown Calder offers some analysis. Lees meer
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Police and Prosecutor Misconduct Protections and A Possible Path Forward
26 augustus 2024 · 25 min
At Cato University earlier this month, journalist Radley Balko discussed a range of ways that public sector officials, particularly police and prosecutors, are largely able to escape accountability for misconduct. He offers at least one way to evaluate certain incidents to prevent tragic outcomes for Americans going forward. Lees meer
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Federal Reserve Commitment to a Rule and Credible Monetary Policy
24 augustus 2024 · 13 min
The Federal Reserve, when committed to a policy rule, could enhance its own institutional credibility while giving Congress a means to hold the central bank more accountable. Jai Kedia explains. Lees meer
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Threats to Free Speech (Still) Abound
23 augustus 2024 · 18 min
From Tim Walz misunderstanding what the First Amendment protects to European regulators trying to squelch speech on American platforms, the threats to free speech are numerous. David Inserra comments. Lees meer
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Ukraine's Moves in Russia Should Mean More Cautious US Policy
22 augustus 2024 · 10 min
The US ought to take a step back from the war in Ukraine. Doug Bandow explains why. Lees meer
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Candidates Should Stop Pushing Special Tax Carveouts
16 augustus 2024 · 10 min
Presidential candidates Harris and Trump both seem amenable to special tax benefits for their favored groups of voters, be they tipped workers or recipients of Social Security benefits. Is that good tax policy? Adam Michel explains. Lees meer
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Does Expanding Educational Freedom Hammer State Budgets?
14 augustus 2024 · 13 min
Giving parents a wider variety of choices for their own kids means disrupting existing institutional power. But does enhancing parental choice in education "blow a hole" in state budgets? Cato’s Neal McCluskey evaluates the case of Arizona. Lees meer
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Americans Seem Fine with Protectionism as Long as It's Costless
13 augustus 2024 · 15 min
New polling from the Cato Institute asks Americans to weigh their preferences for Buy American policies against the very real likelihood that protectionism will hit them in their pocketbooks. Scott Lincicome and Emily Ekins detail the results. Lees meer
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Google and What Makes a Monopoly
12 augustus 2024 · 11 min
What makes a monopoly depends on who you ask and what’s being monopolized. In the case of Google, it's a narrow focus on one element of its business: search. Jennifer Huddleston details how a court concluded that Google, despite its many competitors, is still a search monopolist. Lees meer
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Is 2024 a Crypto Election?
8 augustus 2024 · 13 min
How have candidates navigated the thorny politics of cryptocurrency? Nicholas Anthony discusses how crypto crept into the 2024 election. Lees meer
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Prospects for Immigration Reform amid Declining Public Support
7 augustus 2024 · 13 min
Public support for fostering robust legal immigration has taken a dramatic negative turn. What's likely under a Trump or Harris administration on immigration? David Bier comments. Lees meer
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Candidates Harris and Trump on Tech Policy
6 augustus 2024 · 10 min
Does a former U.S. Senator from the Bay Area have more than the usual sympathy for tech firms fearing the heavy hand of federal regulators? Cato's Jennifer Huddleston evaluates candidates Trump and Harris on tech policy and regulation. Lees meer
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State of Emergency: An Economic Analysis
5 augustus 2024 · 13 min
Many states declared states of emergency during the recent pandemic, and those declarations conferred fresh powers to the executive branch. What do those powers do in terms of saving lives? Christian Bjørnskov is coauthor of State of Emergency: An Economic Analysis. Lees meer
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Project 2025, the GOP, and Trump on Education
2 augustus 2024 · 18 min
Project 2025 has effectively become an epithet for many Democrats. The project was aimed at providing the next administration with a roadmap for reform in a wide variety of areas, some more controversial than others. Neal McCluskey offers a couple cheers aimed at the education portion of the document. Lees meer
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Helping Parents Navigate the New School Choice Landscape
1 augustus 2024 · 13 min
When parents have choices to make in education, it's an opportunity for parents to engage with what schools are offering. Colleen Hroncich and Jamie Buckland detail how states should proceed with helping those parents navigate the new landscape. Lees meer
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