Eric Gomez and Benjamin Giltner There were multiple developments in US security assistance to Taiwan in September 2024, but the size of the…
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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.…
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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…
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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)…
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Jeffrey Miron A common critique of marijuana legalization asserts that marijuana use causes mental illness. Numerous studies document a correlation between use and conditions…
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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…
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Alex Nowrasteh In the October 1 vice-presidential debate, Senator JD Vance (R‑OH) said, “Look, in Springfield, Ohio and in communities all across this…
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Walter Olson Number three in our series of occasional roundups on election law and policy: “Misinformation spreads after 750,000 names removed from North…
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Scott Lincicome Skeptics routinely mention “cheap t‑shirts” from abroad as an insufficient counterweight to globalization’s supposed costs. This argument, however, misunderstands the modern global…
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Jeffrey Miron Insider trading is the purchase or sale of securities—typically stocks or bonds—by someone with material non-public information (MNPI) about these companies.…