Ryan Bourne In a new policy analysis out today, I make the case for a substantial spending‐cut‐led federal deficit reduction effort. Tomorrow I will outline three economic reasons why deficit reduction is desirable. But…
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Romina Boccia and Ivane Nachkebia [T]he European nations’ larger welfare states are the product of the transformative effect of the Second World War […] Total war suspended constraints on the…
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Clark Packard, Scott Lincicome, and Alfredo Carrillo Obregon Earlier today, the White House called on the US Trade Representative to “consider” tripling the existing Section 301 tariffs on Chinese steel.…
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Patrick G. Eddington House and Senate members can be notoriously thin‐skinned when questioned about their policy and legislative choices. That was evident on April 14, when Sean Vitka, policy director…
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Crime Rates, Not the Number of Crimes, Are a Better Way to Judge Immigrant Criminality
Alex Nowrasteh Yesterday, the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs held a hearing titled “How the Border Crisis Impacts Public Safety.” My…
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David J. Bier Critics of the H‑1B visa for skilled foreign workers often claim that the status amounts to “indentured” servitude. Indentured servitude is a contract to work for a single employer for a predetermined…
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New Defending Globalization Content: Tariffs, Climate Change, and the Moral Case for Globalization
Scott Lincicome Today we’ve published three essays for Cato’s Defending Globalization project: Separating Tariff Facts from Tariff Fictions, by Erica York, explains that tariffs are costly taxes, and economists consider…
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Travis Fisher Montana has become an unlikely frontier in the climate movement. Last August, Montana District Court Judge Kathy Seeley ruled in favor of climate activists in Held v. Montana,…
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Jeffrey Miron and Jacob Winter Occupational licensing — for doctors, lawyers, plumbers, barbers, and innumerable other trades — claims to improve service quality. Much evidence contradicts this claim. And even…
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Clark Packard and Alfredo Carrillo Obregon Earlier this week, President Biden welcomed Japanese Prime Minister Kishida for an official visit and state dinner. As tensions in the Pacific mount, particularly…