Ports, Automation, and Progress
Tad DeHaven The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) strike, which halted the movement of exports and imports from East and Gulf Coast ports for three days,...
Friday Feature: Christian Halls International
Colleen Hroncich Nicholas Ellis wants to tell a different story about what it means to flourish. “What does it mean to win at life if...
Collecting Jurisdiction: The SEC’s Wrongheaded Expansionary Approach to NFTs
Jennifer J. Schulp and Jack Solowey What do Yankees tickets and Pokémon cards have in common? If you guessed wish list items for elementary school...
Xi Isn’t a Follower of Hayek, But He Should Be
James A. Dorn In her recent article in Business Insider, Linette Lopez, a graduate of the School of Journalism at Columbia University, argues that China’s latest...
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 size of the arms sale...
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 lower drug prices. He has...
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,” by Andreas Freytag and Phil...
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. JD Vance (R‑OH) responded, in...
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 use and conditions such as...
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 would unfairly increase benefits for...