Scott Lincicome Today we’ve published two new essays for Cato’s Defending Globalization project: The “China Shock” Demystified: Its Origins, Effects, and Lessons for Today, by Scott Lincicome...
Colin Grabow In a new paper, economists Ryan Kellogg and Richard L. Sweeney examine what might happen if oil and petroleum products could be transported from the Gulf...
Colleen Hroncich It looks like last month’s New York Times editorial on learning loss struck some nerves. Over the weekend, the paper ran a handful of letters in...
Travis Fisher and Jennifer J. Schulp Proposals to mandate transparency and accountability in corporate environmental practices are becoming law. So far, the most aggressive actions have come...
Alex Nowrasteh The immigration system of the United States favors family reunification even in the so‐called employment‐based (EB) green card categories. Under current interpretations of US immigration...
Colleen Hroncich “I was a homeschool mom, you know, just trying to make community for my kids.” This sums up what motivated Yalonda Chandler to start what eventually...
Thomas A. Berry Two years ago, Texas passed a law declaring that large social media services are “common carriers” subject to onerous regulations dictating what speech they must...
Jeffrey A. Singer Yesterday, December 7, 2023, Representative David Joyce (R‑OH), joined by four colleagues—Earl Blumenauer (D‑OR), Brian Mast (R‑FL), Lori Chavez‐DeRemer (R‑OR), and Troy Carter (D‑LA)—...
Nicholas Anthony On November 28, Cecilia Skingsley, head of the Bank for International Settlements’ Innovation Hub, delivered a speech about central bank digital currencies, or CBDCs, that covered...
Gene Healy In recent decades, American universities have erected a multitude of new offices, deploying swarms of bureaucrats to harass undergrads and eat out the substance of campus...