David J. Bier Read: Manhattan Institute’s Criticisms Vindicate Cato’s Report on the Fiscal Effect of Immigrants: Part 1 The Manhattan Institute (MI) published a...
David J. Bier The Cato Institute published our comprehensive assessment of immigrants’ effects on government budgets over the last 30 years. My coauthors and I...
Jeffrey Miron At the core of many public policy decisions is the question of centralization. Libertarians prefer leaving policy to local governments while acknowledging...
Alex Nowrasteh and Jerome Famularo (Wikimedia Commons) Steven Camarota of the Center for Immigration Studies recently criticized our research on immigrant welfare use at...
Marcos Falcone Cuba’s economy is on the verge of collapsing. True, the standard of living has deteriorated under communism—most notably after the fall of...
Colleen Hroncich Candice Hilton had been a public school teacher for almost a decade, but was still excited when December rolled around. Christmas should...
Matthew Cavedon and Kayla Susalla Earlier this month, the Oregon Supreme Court required the state to dismiss about 1,400 criminal cases because of a lack of defense counsel. The court held that misdemeanor...
Adam N. Michel and Santiago Forster The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) struck down President Donald Trump’s so-called “reciprocal tariffs” enacted under...
Clark Packard The Supreme Court’s decision to strike down President Trump’s International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) tariffs is a welcome victory for constitutional...
Jon Hoffman After ordering a massive military buildup in the Middle East, President Donald Trump appears intent on initiating war with Iran—a conflict the...