Should Insider Trading Be Legal?
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. MNPI is corporate news or information that…
There Are Not 13,099 Illegal Immigrant Murderers Roaming Free on American Streets
Alex Nowrasteh Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) recently responded to Rep. Tony Gonzalez’s (R‑TX) question on the number of noncitizen criminals on ICE’s docket for removal (deportation) from the United…
Summarizing Harris’s Policy Book with a Word Count
Tad DeHaven Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris released a “policy book” this week, laying out the policies she would pursue in office. It clocks in at eighty-two pages, but approximately…
New Study Finds High Costs and Few Benefits from Protectionist Buy American Act
Colin Grabow Some Americans may be surprised to learn (or perhaps not, given trillion-dollar budget deficits) that a federal law requires the government to pay inflated prices for many of…
How Maduro Clings to Power
Daniel Raisbeck Venezuela’s 75-year-old president-elect, Edmundo González, fled to Spain on September 8, soon after the Chavista regime issued an arrest warrant against him. González’s exile is the product of…
Javier Milei at Cato Conference: “I’m a Liberal Libertarian … I Don’t Believe Politicians Are Gods”
Michael Chapman During a conference in Buenos Aries sponsored by the Cato Institute and Libertad y Progreso, Argentine President Javier Milei explained why socialism always fails, why big government (the…
Friday Feature: Pennsylvania Families for Education Choice
Colleen Hroncich As a mom with six daughters, Sharon Sedlar saw firsthand that one size doesn’t fit all when it comes to education. “At first, my children attended a private…
Pharmaceutical Pricing Around the World
Peter Van Doren The Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, chaired by Senator Bernie Sanders (I‑VT), held a hearing on Tuesday in which he asked the CEO of Novo Nordisk…
Climate Change and Hurricane Damage
Chris Edwards Climate change may increase the frequency of hurricanes that batter coastal regions. In discussing renewable energy and climate change the other day, the Wall Street Journal reported: Sticking…
What Are the Black Students Still Getting into Ivy League Schools Doing Right?
Erec Smith Much has been made about the post–affirmative action dip in college acceptance rates among black students, especially at elite institutions like the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where black…