Investing
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Property Rights and Economic Progress
Jeffrey Miron Does a government definition of property rights promote economic progress? A recent paper suggests yes: Cadastres—records of landownership—provide…
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New Cato Briefing Paper Warns of President’s Unilateral Authorities to Raise Tariffs
Clark Packard and Scott Lincicome Article I, Section 8 of the US Constitution grants to Congress the power to “lay…
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New Report: Big Government Means High Taxes on Everyone, Not Just the Rich
Adam N. Michel The United States is at a fiscal policy crossroads. If federal spending remains on its current upward…
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FEMA’s Role in Hurricanes
Chris Edwards Hurricanes Helene and Milton have now passed, leaving trails of destruction. Some politicians are using the disasters as…
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Hayek, Peru, and The Road to Serfdom
Ian Vásquez (Screenshot: Amazon.com) This fall marks both the 50th anniversary of economist Friedrich Hayek winning the Nobel Prize and…
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States May Liberalize CPA Licensing
Marc Joffe As I’ve discussed in this space previously, state licensing requirements are contributing to the shortage of Certified Public Accountants…
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50th Anniversary of Hayek’s Nobel
Ryan Bourne Fifty years ago today, on October 9, 1974, Friedrich Hayek was awarded the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences…
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Kamala Harris’s Irresponsible Proposal to Expand Medicare
Michael F. Cannon Vice President and Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris proposes to expand Medicare by having it subsidize in-home…
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Public Schooling Culture War Appears to Be Cooling—Why?
Neal McCluskey Over the last few years, the country has experienced especially heated culture war in public schools. But new…
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Introducing the Cato Handbook on Executive Orders and Presidential Directives
Alex Nowrasteh American presidents have enormous and growing power over our lives, liberty, and private property. Article II of the…
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