Colin Grabow Last week, the Philly Shipyard announced the ceremonial start of construction on three Aloha class containerships. While typically a celebratory occasion,…
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Jeffrey A. Singer People who have taken high school economics should know about the law of supply and demand. Put simply, if demand…
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“Mustafa Akyol Is an Incorrigible Optimist”: Review of The Islamic Moses in The Tablet
Mustafa Akyol The British Catholic magazine The Tablet just ran an eloquent review of my new book, The Islamic Moses: How the Prophet…
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Jeffrey Miron Does a government definition of property rights promote economic progress? A recent paper suggests yes: Cadastres—records of landownership—provide governments with the…
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New Cato Briefing Paper Warns of President’s Unilateral Authorities to Raise Tariffs
Clark Packard and Scott Lincicome Article I, Section 8 of the US Constitution grants to Congress the power to “lay and collect Taxes,…
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Adam N. Michel The United States is at a fiscal policy crossroads. If federal spending remains on its current upward trajectory, the US…
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Chris Edwards Hurricanes Helene and Milton have now passed, leaving trails of destruction. Some politicians are using the disasters as a political football,…
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Ian Vásquez (Screenshot: Amazon.com) This fall marks both the 50th anniversary of economist Friedrich Hayek winning the Nobel Prize and the 80th anniversary…
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Marc Joffe As I’ve discussed in this space previously, state licensing requirements are contributing to the shortage of Certified Public Accountants (CPAs). Recently, the…
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Ryan Bourne Fifty years ago today, on October 9, 1974, Friedrich Hayek was announced as a winner of the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic…