New GAO Report Details Sugar Program Dysfunction
Colin Grabow For decades the federal government has been manipulating the domestic sugar market through a system of import and production restrictions that increases the price...
Ohioans Decisively Vote to Legalize Recreational Marijuana
Jeffrey A. Singer Yesterday, Ohio voters approved Issue 2, which legalizes recreational marijuana, by a decisive 57 to 43 percent vote. Issue 2 allows adults aged 21...
California State Auditor Gives Up on Local Government Monitoring
Marc Joffe The Census Bureau recently reported that the US has 90,837 local governments. Many of these entities are superfluous, insolvent, or poorly managed. In...
An Incredible Example of How Globalization Puts the World on Your Plate
Scott Lincicome When people hear the word “globalization” they probably think of giant container ships, wonky economic terms like “offshoring” and “trade deficit,” or geopolitical...
How Should We Think About Epic Games’ Antitrust Lawsuit Against Google?
Peter Van Doren Google Store certifies and distributes applications for mobile phones using its Android operating system and charges a percentage of the price that the...
New Defending Globalization Content: Cryptocurrency and Food
Scott Lincicome Today we’ve published two new essays for Cato’s Defending Globalization project: Money Across Borders: How Cryptocurrency Has Opened Global Exchange, by Nicholas Anthony,...
Breaking Down Taiwan’s Arms Backlog, Part 1: Overview and Methodology
Eric Gomez and Benjamin Giltner US support for Ukraine and the strain that effort places on the defense industrial base are prompting concerns about US...
New Cato Study Confirms Fed Cannot Control Inflation
Jai Kedia Research by Cato’s Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives (CMFA) shows that there is not much empirical support for the notion that the...