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“Repeal the Tax Exclusion for Employer-Sponsored Insurance to Transfer Health Care Spending Focus to Individuals”
Michael F. Cannon That sentence (headline), which appears in a report Rep. Chip Roy (R‑TX) issued this week, is the…
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Trump Orders Declassification of Remaining JFK, RFK, and MLK Assassination Records
Patrick G. Eddington It’s rare for a sitting federal chief executive to unilaterally order a mass declassification of historical records.…
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Not Everything You Dislike Is a “Negative Externality”
Jeremy Horpedahl Economics is a powerful set of tools for analysis. It’s also a set of tools that illustrates the…
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USTR Report on China’s Maritime Subsidies Offers Thin Evidence and Flawed Logic
Colin Grabow As the Biden administration readied its exit last week, the US Trade Representative’s office released a report that found China’s…
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The Case for Conditioning Disaster Aid to California
Romina Boccia and Dominik Lett The California wildfires have been devastating—not only in their human and environmental toll but in…
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Tradeoffs Podcast: the Case for Medicaid Reform
Michael F. Cannon If you’ve never listened to the Tradeoffs podcast, this episode would be a good place to start.…
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There Is No Good Reason to Revoke Birthright Citizenship
Alex Nowrasteh Shortly after being inaugurated, President Trump issued an executive order that purports to restrict birthright citizenship. The only…
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Recent Law Grads and Current Law Students: Come Work at Cato!
Thomas A. Berry Are you graduating from law school this year, or have you graduated from law school in roughly…
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Who Loses from Immigration Restrictions?
Jeffrey Miron A long-standing concern about immigration is that it might reduce job opportunities for native workers: In 1882, the…
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Reviewing the House Budget Committee Tax Options
Adam N. Michel Last week, a copy of House Budget Committee Republicans’ draft menu of reconciliation options leaked to the…
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