Johan Norberg I am honored to have written the first‐ever cover story for Free Society, Cato’s new quarterly magazine. Titled “Through Progress and Peril: The Precarious State of Human Freedom,”…
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The Threat of Fiscal Dominance: Will the US Resort to Money-Printing to Finance the Rising Debt Challenge?
Romina Boccia and Dominik Lett With entitlement spending growth driving a worsening fiscal picture, the US could enter a new period of fiscal dominance where monetary policy serves fiscal ends, threatening central…
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Chris Edwards There are eight federal programs remaining in Spending Madness 2024. These are high‐priority spending cuts for Congress to consider, according to our crowdsourced tournament results so far. Please…
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Scott Lincicome Is the United States “losing” from international trade? Does globalization harm American workers or lead to a “race to the bottom” for the world’s poor? Are we really…
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Nicholas Anthony Between its proposal to restrict overdraft fees and nonsufficient fund (NSF) fees, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has created a mess. When I testified before Congress, I warned that establishing…
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To Replace the Francis Scott Key Bridge Quickly, Turn to a Private Owner/Operator
Marc Joffe South Norfolk Jordan Bridge. As we mourn the six who perished in the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse and consider the near‐term implications for the Port of Baltimore,…
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Eric Gomez On March 11, 2024, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) released an annual update to its Arms Transfers Database, which is the primary data source that our…
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Andrew Gillen Mass student loan forgiveness is terrible policy (see this report for a comprehensive list of reasons), but that hasn’t stopped the Biden administration from trying to forge ahead. While…
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Romina Boccia I am grateful to Dr. William Beach, a Coolidge Foundation Coffin Family Fellow and former Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner, for inviting me to present on my fiscal BRAC…
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Chris Edwards Politicians often say one thing but do another. President Biden rails against tax breaks for big corporations, and the White House boosts that Biden “has fought to build…