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Taiwan Arms Backlog, September 2024 Update: New Maintenance Sale and Details of Troubled PDA Transfer
Eric Gomez and Benjamin Giltner There were multiple developments in US security assistance to Taiwan in September 2024, but the…
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How to Skirt Congress, Hide Medicare Costs, and Buy Votes in an Election Year
Michael F. Cannon President Joe Biden has touted how the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) gives Medicare the power to negotiate…
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New Defending Globalization Content: The Trade Balance, Globalization of Popular Music, and Globalized Film and TV
Scott Lincicome Today we’ve published three new essays for Cato’s Defending Globalization project: “The Trade Balance and Winning at Trade,”…
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Senator Vance, Please Keep the Feds out of School Policing
Kayla Susalla During the October 1 vice-presidential debate, when asked about holding parents accountable for mass shootings in schools, Sen.…
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Marijuana Use and Mental Health
Jeffrey Miron A common critique of marijuana legalization asserts that marijuana use causes mental illness. Numerous studies document a correlation between…
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Controversial Social Security Benefit Increase Would Cost Taxpayers $196 Billion
Romina Boccia Congress will soon consider the repeal of the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO), which…
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JD Vance Is Correct: Immigration Increases Housing Prices, and That’s Okay
Alex Nowrasteh In the October 1 vice-presidential debate, Senator JD Vance (R‑OH) said, “Look, in Springfield, Ohio and in communities…
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I, T-Shirt
Scott Lincicome Skeptics routinely mention “cheap t‑shirts” from abroad as an insufficient counterweight to globalization’s supposed costs. This argument, however, misunderstands…
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Should Insider Trading Be Legal?
Jeffrey Miron Insider trading is the purchase or sale of securities—typically stocks or bonds—by someone with material non-public information (MNPI)…
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There Are Not 13,099 Illegal Immigrant Murderers Roaming Free on American Streets
Alex Nowrasteh Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) recently responded to Rep. Tony Gonzalez’s (R‑TX) question on the number of noncitizen…
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