Nicholas Anthony The Treasury Borrowing Advisory Committee has published a new presentation calling for central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) to replace stablecoins. Pointing to a history of so-called “wildcat banking,”…
Jeffrey Miron In recent months, both President Biden and Vice President Harris have endorsed government interventions aimed at curbing rent increases, particularly targeting corporate landlords. Biden’s proposal to cap rent…
Thomas A. Berry In September I became the fourth director of Cato’s Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies. This is the biggest honor of my professional life, and it…
Colleen Hroncich In the early months of COVID-19, the private school sector took quite a hit. According to the Cato Institute’s Private Schooling Status Tracker, a whopping 130 private school…
Tad DeHaven With days remaining until Tuesday’s presidential election, the candidates are making their closing arguments to voters. One area Kamala Harris and Donald Trump have in common is their…
Walter Olson Number four in our series of occasional roundups on election law and policy: The Dispatch invited writers to share our worries about a new Trump or Harris administration.…
Marc Joffe The Federal Transit Administration’s (FTA’s) Capital Grants Dashboard shows that Austin, Texas, is on track to get over $4 billion of federal funds. The grant would cover 49…
Adam N. Michel While the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) cut taxes for most individuals and businesses (as the name implies), the legislation also made significant structural changes to…
David J. Bier Donald Trump has portrayed his immigration policies as good for public safety. He said this month that he had the “safest” immigration policy in history. However, data…
Clark Neily Chip Mellor (December 31, 1950 – October 11, 2024), cofounder of the Institute for Justice. (Photo: Institute for Justice website) My friend and former boss at the Institute…