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Romina Boccia For nearly 90 years, a widespread misconception has shaped how Americans view Social Security. Many believe that their payroll taxes are saved in...
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Jon Hoffman In 2025, the Cato Institute will host its eighth annual Junior Scholars Symposium (JSS), a paper workshop for graduate students on policy-relevant...
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Scott Lincicome When the Washington Post recently asked House Representative Jared Golden (D‑ME) about the economic harms that would arise from the universal tariffs...
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Ryan Bourne Inaugural addresses have historically been used by incoming or returning presidents to outline the broad principles by which they intend to govern....
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Colleen Hroncich As she went through the twists and turns of life, Lauren Novak had no idea she was being prepared to start and...
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Brandan P. Buck A perennial yet fanciful idea, the notion of sending US Special Forces into Mexico, has once again entered American political discourse....
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Chris Edwards President-elect Trump is moving quickly to choose cabinet members and announce his priorities for next year. Tax policy will be on the...
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David Inserra The election is over and the losing side is scrambling to justify its defeat. An emerging narrative is that misinformation is to...
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Nicholas Anthony Millions of Americans do not have a bank account. Known as the “unbanked,” these Americans are often referred to in discussions of...
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Romina Boccia and Dominik Lett As Congress reconvenes post-election, a critical agenda item is likely to be an emergency funding request to replenish disaster...
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Travis Fisher, Adam N. Michel , and Joshua Loucks Full Republican control of Washington creates an opportunity to repeal many of the previous administration’s...
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Scott Lincicome One of the main motivations behind Cato’s ongoing Defending Globalization project was that most public discussions of “globalization” miss what it actually...
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Neal McCluskey When it comes to the most important issues in the just-completed presidential election, education was not likely among them, coming in sixth...
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Chris Edwards Coming into office next year, Donald Trump will face massive budget deficits of $2 trillion a year and rising. Trump and every...
