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…
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…
Walter Olson Where do the candidates in this fall’s White House race stand on issues of election and voting policy? The record holds few surprises, and the surprises that can…
Vanessa Brown Calder Vice President Kamala Harris recently injected some policy ideas into a presidential campaign season that has been light on policy. Unfortunately, her ideas for reform are misguided…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…