The State of Student Loan Forgiveness: September 2024
Andrew Gillen Note, this post updates last month’s post. The biggest changes from last month include: The Supreme Court has let the Eighth Circuit’s pause on the SAVE plan remain…
Libertarian Consistency
Jeffrey Miron Popular opinion views liberalism and conservatism as radically different perspectives about the proper size and scope of government. Liberals and conservatives do advocate dramatically different policies regarding abortion,…
Trump’s IVF Plan Is a Mistake
Vanessa Brown Calder On the campaign trail last week, former President Trump promised that under a future Trump administration, “government will pay” or “your insurance company will be mandated to…
Friday Feature: Detroit Catholic Central High School
Colleen Hroncich Given the focus on unconventional education, the Friday Feature often highlights newer educational entities such as microschools and hybrid schools. But traditional schools can also be places where…
Trump Proposes to Socialize IVF
Jeffrey A. Singer On August 29, at a town hall in La Crosse, Wisconsin, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump told the audience, “I’m announcing today in a major statement that…
Barriers to Energy Supply Are Everywhere—Let’s Get Serious about Permitting Reform
Travis Fisher and Josh Loucks Just north of Boston in Everett, Massachusetts sits the poster child for irrational energy permitting in the United States. The Everett Marine Terminal is a…
Will Brazil’s Government Shut Down X for 20 Million Brazilians? David Inserra Comments
David Inserra Statement from David Inserra, a fellow for free expression and technology at the Cato Institute: Brazilian courts have now formally threatened to shut down X (formerly Twitter) in…
The Tax Cut and Jobs Act of 2017
Jeffrey Miron Focusing on the business tax cuts, a new paper reaches five conclusions: First, large corporate tax cuts are expensive and increase the deficit substantially; specifically, the reform reduced…
Ignore the Politicians: Trade Deficits Don’t Really Matter
Michael Chapman The 2024 Republican Party platform, reflecting the protectionist views of presidential nominee Donald Trump, notes that “our trade deficit in goods” is over $1 trillion a year and…
Americans Think Increased Manufacturing Employment Would Be Good for the Country but Not for Themselves
Colin Grabow One of the more intriguing results of a recent Cato Institute–commissioned poll about trade and globalization was the respondents’ views on manufacturing. When asked whether the country would…