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What Is the Opportunity Cost of State AI Policy? A New Cato Policy Analysis Discusses
Jennifer Huddleston In the first half of 2025, over 1,000 bills related to artificial intelligence (AI) have been introduced at…
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The New Retaliation Tax, Section 899
Adam N. Michel The House-passed reconciliation bill includes a new tax measure designed to retaliate against foreign taxes that discriminate…
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Crypto Market Structure in Focus: The CLARITY Act
Jennifer J. Schulp On June 10, the House Financial Services Committee and the House Committee on Agriculture will hold markups…
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Housing Subsidies Boost Costs
Chris Edwards A Washington Post investigative piece confirms what we’ve been saying for years at Cato about federal housing subsidies.…
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I Shot the Tariff (But I Swear It Was in Self-Defense)
Dan Greenberg Court of International Trade. Nearly 150 years ago, as the nation’s Civil War dragged on, President Lincoln grew increasingly…
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Getting It Half-Baked: The Real Cause of Cannabis Market Failures
Jeffrey A. Singer In a May 30 article for the Wall Street Journal, Steven Malanga from the Manhattan Institute rightly…
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GOP Cuts and State Budgets
Chris Edwards The Republican reconciliation bill would trim Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). These are shared federal-state…
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How to Eliminate Waste, Fraud, and Abuse in Medicare
Michael F. Cannon President Trump and Senate Republicans will consider measures to eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse in Medicare. Along…
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Deportations to Add Almost $1 Trillion in Costs to the “Big Beautiful Bill”
David J. Bier The House of Representatives recently passed its budget reconciliation spending bill, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act…
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When the President Bit: From the Shark House to the White House
Mike Fox May 28 started like any other day but ended with a profound triumph for my Cato colleagues and…
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