Jeffrey A. Singer As I explained in a Cato briefing paper last year, overdose prevention centers (OPCs) are a proven harm‐reduction strategy, begun in Switzerland in 1986. There are 147 sanctioned OPCs in…
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Thomas A. Berry and Nathaniel Lawson The Framers of the Constitution understood that the separation of powers is “essential to the preservation of liberty.” In line with this understanding, the Constitution…
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Gary Winslett All those Taylor Swift songs you listen to on Spotify may get taxed pretty soon if the 13th Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (MC13) happening this…
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Patrick G. Eddington Two actions this week highlight the Biden administration’s approach to surveillance issues implicating the constitutional rights of Americans. The first is an executive order (EO) issued on February…
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New Emergency Spending Would Cost $28-$41 Billion More Than Incomplete Budget Score Suggests
Romina Boccia and Dominik Lett Legislators and the public tend to underestimate the fiscal costs of emergency spending. Emergency supplemental bills, such as the Ukraine‐Israel foreign aid package, are often…
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Travis Fisher The social cost of carbon dioxide (SCC): Who needs it? As it turns out, anyone who cares about enacting climate policies that improve the lives of our fellow…
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Jeffrey Miron Recent debates over student loan cancellation ignore a fundamental question: should the federal government be subsidizing such loans in the first place? The standard argument for this intervention is…
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Adam N. Michel It’s tax season again in America. As we reconcile last year’s tax payment with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), it is natural to wonder where the $4.4…
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Illegal Immigrants Have a Low Homicide Conviction Rate: Setting the Record Straight on Illegal Immigrant Crime
Alex Nowrasteh I’ve written a series of papers on illegal immigrant crime in Texas based on data from the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS). My research was featured on the front page of The…
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Jeffrey A. Singer According to press reports, the New Zealand parliament is scheduled to take up, as a matter of “public urgency” (enabling lawmakers to bypass a public comment period), repealing the…