It’s time we retired the millennial misery myth.
And The War on Prices arrives…
https://www.cato.org/commentary/us-government-hypocrisy-junk-fees
The BSA and the massive federal anti‐money laundering framework that it spawned gives the government warrantless access to the financial records of any American with a bank account.
https://www.cato.org/commentary/bank-secrecy-act-bigger-threat-fisa
The Israeli prime minister has a history of encouraging Washington to get involved in Middle Eastern conflicts.
https://www.cato.org/commentary/benjamin-netanyahu-pushing-war-iran
With universities’ abandonment of their truth‐seeking mission, it’s time conservatives take a new approach to higher education.
https://www.cato.org/commentary/rights-old-strategy-higher-education-isnt-working-one-would
Nigeria’s currency is collapsing because of financial mismanagement. Now, two Binance employees have been entangled in the government’s search for scapegoats.
https://www.cato.org/commentary/nigerias-government-blaming-binance-its-own-mismanagement
At present, there is no probable cause‐based warrant requirement imposed on FBI agents if they want to access the stored communications of Americans swept up under the 702 program.
Trump, Musk, and Vance’s baseless accusations undermine public confidence in American elections and are dangerous.
https://www.cato.org/commentary/rights-bogus-claims-about-noncitizen-voting-fraud
The political narrative has eclipsed the actual economics, and that’s a policy problem today.
Thatcher did dramatic things in Britain. She tamed the unions and inflation, lifted exchange controls, privatized, cut marginal tax rates, and redistributed wealth and income from the poor to the...
https://www.cato.org/commentary/thatcher-did-not-stimulate-economic-growth
Online platforms provide more opportunities for those traditionally ignored by empowered people, including women, to find reviews and information from those whose experiences more closely resembl...
https://www.cato.org/commentary/technological-advances-offer-women-new-louder-voice
If we want to continue to greatly increase standards of living, we need to get back on the path of freedom and move away from populism and other forms of illiberalism.
https://www.cato.org/commentary/freedom-center-flourishing-country-how-us-doing
Cities and counties elsewhere in Southern California should learn the lessons of this costly, lengthy project and find more affordable mobility alternatives.
Washington should focus on genuine defense. The US can no longer afford to treat the Pentagon as a welfare agency for the influential and well‐connected abroad.
https://www.cato.org/commentary/uncle-sam-addicted-debt-faces-future-military-bills
Policymakers are considering a liability regime that is bad economics and bad law.
https://www.cato.org/commentary/ai-providers-should-not-be-liable-users-securities-violations
The United States should welcome the prospect of a Japan‐North Korea summit. The current state of play on the peninsula is already in such a bad place that any diplomatic overture, even on...
https://www.cato.org/commentary/potential-japan-north-korea-summit-dont-fear-wedge
The only way to ensure permanent peace is to convince all major groups that their success requires mutual respect and cooperation. It is a lesson that Americans could ponder.
Recent calamities in Seattle, Minneapolis, and D.C. provide some clues.
Provided that the United States retains its relatively open posture to the exchange of goods, people, and services, American manufacturing should continue to prosper for decades to come.
https://www.cato.org/commentary/us-manufacturing-doing-just-fine
State lawmakers can relieve treatment bottlenecks by expanding pharmacists’ ability to prescribe common medications.
Nobody forced America to adopt state capitalism. Unfortunately, we did it on our own accord.
https://www.cato.org/commentary/letter-editor-markets-not-state-worked-china
My explanation for why out‐of‐state students are charged more is a combination of political constraints—the state legislature limiting tuition for in‐state students but not for ...
Microeconomic policies are a dead end for an anti‐inflation agenda, ranging from merely ineffective to highly destructive.
https://www.cato.org/commentary/rachel-reeves-inflation-confusion
Ironically, Xi’s attempt to enforce theological conformity to the CCP is likely to backfire.
https://www.cato.org/commentary/xi-jinpings-persecution-chinese-christians
Alternatively, lawmakers can extend the list of drugs pharmacists can prescribe under Florida’s 1985 law to include those that Ontario and Queensland allow.
https://www.cato.org/commentary/fewer-doctors-should-florida-pharmacists-be-given-prescription-pad