Ryan Bourne As I outlined in “Five Fiscal Truths,” the United States faces an alarming fiscal outlook characterized by historically high budget deficits, high accumulated debt levels, and...
David Inserra Last month, Instagram users took notice of two features that change how much political content users see on Instagram. However, the rollout wasn’t exactly smooth,...
Ryan Bourne In a new Policy Analysis out today, I make the case for a substantial spending cut‐led federal deficit reduction effort. Tomorrow I will outline three economic reasons why deficit...
Romina Boccia and Ivane Nachkebia [T]he European nations’ larger welfare states are the product of the transformative effect of the Second World War […] Total war suspended...
Clark Packard, Scott Lincicome, and Alfredo Carrillo Obregon Earlier today, the White House called on the US Trade Representative to “consider” tripling the existing Section 301 tariffs...
Patrick G. Eddington House and Senate members can be notoriously thin‐skinned when questioned about their policy and legislative choices. That was evident on April 14, when Sean...
Alex Nowrasteh Yesterday, the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs held a hearing titled “How the Border Crisis Impacts...
David J. Bier Critics of the H‑1B visa for skilled foreign workers often claim that the status amounts to “indentured” servitude. Indentured servitude is a contract to work for a single...
Scott Lincicome Today we’ve published three essays for Cato’s Defending Globalization project: Separating Tariff Facts from Tariff Fictions, by Erica York, explains that tariffs are costly taxes,...
Travis Fisher Montana has become an unlikely frontier in the climate movement. Last August, Montana District Court Judge Kathy Seeley ruled in favor of climate activists in...