The Incursion into Russia Will Not Solve Ukraine’s Biggest Problem
While the Ukrainian incursion in Russia’s Kursk region is dramatic, the operation does not change the fact that the Ukrainian position in future talks with Russia continues to grow weaker…
More Safeguards for Expression Needed as Zuckerberg Says Government Pressured Meta to Censor US Speech
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…
Only the Federal Reserve Can Cause Inflation
As politicians denounce “greedflation,” claiming that “record corporate profits” are what fuels inflation, reality tells us something else. By increasing the supply of money in the economy, the Federal Reserve…
The Problem with Trump’s Agenda 47 for Homeschoolers
While Donald Trump’s proposed Agenda 47 claims to champion homeschooling, it likely performs the role of the government’s Trojan Horse. History proves that government aid sooner or later becomes government…
New Defending Globalization Content: US Trade Agreements and International Financial Centers
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…
Arrest of Telegram CEO Yet Another Threat to American Free Speech and Security Online
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…
Natural Law and Rothbardian Liberty
Modern mainstream economics bases its theories on utilitarianism. Murray Rothbard, on the other hand, saw economic law as based in natural law. Furthermore, he rejected the legal positivism of our…
Austrian Business Cycle Theory: An Introduction
Austrian economists argue that macroeconomics must be built upon microeconomic foundations. Only once we understand how the smaller parts of an economy work together can we begin to understand how…
How the Federal Government Conquered Utah
In its fight against the Mormons of Utah Territory we see how Washington began to impose federal rule directly on Americans at the point of a bayonet.