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 information necessary to tax and clarify ownership,…
Clark Packard and Scott Lincicome Article I, Section 8 of the US Constitution grants to Congress the power to “lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises” and to regulate…
Adam N. Michel The United States is at a fiscal policy crossroads. If federal spending remains on its current upward trajectory, the US budget will increasingly resemble government budgets in…
Chris Edwards Hurricanes Helene and Milton have now passed, leaving trails of destruction. Some politicians are using the disasters as a political football, focusing particularly on the funding of the…
Ian Vásquez (Screenshot: Amazon.com) This fall marks both the 50th anniversary of economist Friedrich Hayek winning the Nobel Prize and the 80th anniversary of the publication of his book The…
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 American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)…
Ryan Bourne Fifty years ago today, on October 9, 1974, Friedrich Hayek was awarded the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel. The prize committee recognized Hayek’s…
Michael F. Cannon Vice President and Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris proposes to expand Medicare by having it subsidize in-home long-term care for enrollees—paying for someone to help them with…
Neal McCluskey Over the last few years, the country has experienced especially heated culture war in public schools. But new data from Cato’s Public Schooling Battle Map suggest things might…
Alex Nowrasteh American presidents have enormous and growing power over our lives, liberty, and private property. Article II of the Constitution vests the president with “executive power,” which includes faithfully…