New Arizona Data Shows School Choice Is Saving the State Money
Colleen Hroncich A few years ago, EdChoice released what’s casually known as the Chicken Little report. The official title was a little less catchy and a little more explanatory: Who’s…
New Survey: Polarization Is Deep, But Localism Might Be Averting Book “Banning” Battles
Neal McCluskey With a new school year upon us, a painful phenomenon over the last few years is likely to resurge: battles over books in public schools. A new survey…
More Safeguards for Expression Needed as Zuckerberg Says Government Pressured Meta to Censor US Speech
David Inserra In an August 26 letter to the House Judiciary Committee, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg admitted what many of us already knew: the federal government repeatedly tried to pressure…
New Defending Globalization Content: US Trade Agreements and International Financial Centers
Scott Lincicome Today we’ve published two new essays for Cato’s Defending Globalization project: How Trade Agreements Have Enhanced the Freedom and Prosperity of Americans by Daniel Griswold and Clark Packard shows…
Arrest of Telegram CEO Yet Another Threat to American Free Speech and Security Online
David Inserra European threats against tech companies and the speech of its users continued to escalate last weekend (August 24) as French authorities arrested Pavel Durov, the CEO of the…
France Detains Telegram Founder Pavel Durov
Will Duffield On August 24, French police arrested Telegram founder Pavel Durov moments after his plane touched down at Le Bourget airport outside Paris. He remains detained on “an arrest…
Harris’s Tax on Unrealized Gains is Only the Tip of a $5 Trillion Tax Iceberg
Adam N. Michel Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaign recently confirmed that she supports all the nearly $5 trillion in tax increases included in President Biden’s 2025 budget proposal. Among the…
Tobacco Harm Reduction Opponents Should “Consider the Conterfactual”
Jeffrey A. Singer A paper published in the journal Harm Reduction in June by Arielle Selya, PhD argues against the “gateway” hypothesis that nicotine-vaping prohibitionists like to employ. Electronic nicotine…
State Tax Cuts: Cheers and Jeers
Chris Edwards State legislative sessions have wrapped up for the year, and taxpayers have once again gained ground. Budget surpluses are prompting many states to cut taxes. Unfortunately, the quality…
Do Family Leave Policies Work?
Jeffrey Miron Policies that subsidize or mandate family leave aim to reduce the gender pay gap, shrink the “child penalty,” and otherwise promote success for women in the labor market.…