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The Arson of Federalism: How Overcharging Scorches the Constitution
Reputational Risk Is Still Here
Access to Choice Is the Best Way to Appreciate Teachers
Apply for the Cato Innovation Project—Create Your Own Job at the Cato Institute
Gatekept and Overprescribed: The Strange Economics of Psychiatric Medication
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Mike Fox On March 30, US District Judge Roy Dalton drew a line in the Florida sand, injecting a dose of sanity into a...
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Norbert J. Michel and Nicholas Anthony All signs were pointing to the end of reputational risk regulation. The president called out the practice, and...
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Colleen Hroncich As you’ve probably seen if you’re on social media or have visited a national restaurant chain, it’s Teacher Appreciation Week. There are...
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Alex Nowrasteh The newly launched Cato Innovation Project asks applicants to propose the job they want us to create for them, rather than seeking...
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In the late 1800s, American finally went in search of empire abroad, taking land by force and subjugating people who simply wanted their captors...
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Jeffrey A. Singer and Adam Omary According to the National Institute of Mental Health, half of all American adolescents have met diagnostic criteria for...
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The bulk of the US gold reserves held in Fort Knox are made up of impure “non-standard” bars that don’t qualify for use in...
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The best guarantee of jobs in the industry isn’t subsidies for the losers, but the prospect of profits for the winners.
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Robert A. Levy On April 29, in Louisiana v. Callais, the Supreme Court examined what might be characterized as reverse gerrymandering. Four years earlier, in...
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Politicians love to claim they are cutting taxes all the while running up ruinous debts and deficits. If they wish to get serious about...
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DOJ prosecutor Gaston replied: “I would like to take a special assignment of finding and prosecuting [habited nuns].”
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Mainstream economists, not to mention most financial journalists, claim that deflation is as bad or worse than inflation. The Austrians know better. We need...
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The question is not whether a politician’s intention is good. The market does not care about intentions. It responds to incentives.
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“The number of Fed policymakers willing to consider an interest rate hike rose … as higher gas prices stemming from the Iran war threatened...
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Brent Skorup Presidents and their top officials have long chafed at criticisms that undermine public support for war, along with unfavorable media coverage that...