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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...
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Walter Olson Voters in ten or so states this month turned down proposals to change the way elections are held, and reformers will be...
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Neal McCluskey In a bit of a surprise to education watchers, former World Wrestling Entertainment CEO Linda McMahon has been nominated to be the...
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Jeffrey A. Singer In a September blog post, I discussed the encouraging news from the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) that drug overdose...
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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,...
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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...
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Romina Boccia Congress will soon consider the repeal of the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO), which would unfairly increase benefits...
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Alex Nowrasteh In the October 1 vice-presidential debate, Senator JD Vance (R‑OH) said, “Look, in Springfield, Ohio and in communities all across this country...
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Walter Olson Number three in our series of occasional roundups on election law and policy: “Misinformation spreads after 750,000 names removed from North Carolina...
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Scott Lincicome Skeptics routinely mention “cheap t‑shirts” from abroad as an insufficient counterweight to globalization’s supposed costs. This argument, however, misunderstands the modern global economy...
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Jeffrey Miron Insider trading is the purchase or sale of securities—typically stocks or bonds—by someone with material non-public information (MNPI) about these companies. MNPI...
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Alex Nowrasteh Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) recently responded to Rep. Tony Gonzalez’s (R‑TX) question on the number of noncitizen criminals on ICE’s docket...
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Tad DeHaven Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris released a “policy book” this week, laying out the policies she would pursue in office. It clocks...
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