Stephen Slivinski Certificate-of-need (CON) laws accomplish exactly what they were created to do. That’s actually a big problem, especially for rural areas. Under these...
Solveig Singleton and Ryan Chan-Wei Merchants pay swipe fees to credit card networks (also called “interchange fees”) each time a consumer uses a card....
Colleen Hroncich “I learned over the years of homeschooling that all of my kids were different,” says Arizona mom Denise Lever, who homeschooled her...
Nicholas Anthony The European Central Bank is working to create a full-fledged system for sanctions evasion, and no one seems to have noticed. Central...
Tad DeHaven Commercial shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has collapsed in the wake of the Trump administration’s “precise, overwhelming military campaign” against...
Jeffrey A. Singer A new survey from the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania finds that Americans make a clear distinction...
Jeffrey Miron Many public schools face persistent teacher vacancies. Lacking fully certified candidates, they often hire uncertified teachers instead. Evidence from Texas shows that expanding...
Kevin T. Frazier Many New Yorkers are struggling to access needed resources because of a shortage of available and affordable mental health treatment, legal...
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...