As GLP-1 Drug Shortage Ends, Why Will Patients Pay More?
Jeffrey A. Singer People who have taken high school economics should know about the law of supply and demand. Put simply, if demand for a good or service rises relative…
“Mustafa Akyol Is an Incorrigible Optimist”: Review of The Islamic Moses in The Tablet
Mustafa Akyol The British Catholic magazine The Tablet just ran an eloquent review of my new book, The Islamic Moses: How the Prophet Inspired Jews and Muslims to Flourish Together…
Property Rights and Economic Progress
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,…
New Cato Briefing Paper Warns of President’s Unilateral Authorities to Raise Tariffs
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…
New Report: Big Government Means High Taxes on Everyone, Not Just the Rich
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…
FEMA’s Role in Hurricanes
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…
Hayek, Peru, and The Road to Serfdom
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…
States May Liberalize CPA Licensing
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)…
50th Anniversary of Hayek’s Nobel
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…
Kamala Harris’s Irresponsible Proposal to Expand Medicare
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…