Alexander Hamilton hated decentralization, and wanted a strong central government, high taxes, and a central bank. Hamilton’s legacy today dominates in Washington, DC.

By appealing to the self-interest of buyers and sellers, capitalism foils attempts by lawmakers to create racially constructed limits on voluntary exchange. Capitalism undermines racism.

Critics of capitalism claim that private enterprise gives workers the unhappy choice of either working difficult, low-paying jobs or outright starving. The claim is false and the history of capitalism…

The 1866 civil rights law was historical not because it promised racial equality but because it changed the legal relationship between the states and the federal government.

The degrowth movement seeks to mitigate climate change by ending economic growth, which is really a move to engage in large-scale depopulation.

Colleen Hroncich With a new school year approaching, it’s time to reset the Cato Private Schooling Status Tracker and see what happened over the last year. The tracker runs from…

Eric Gomez and Benjamin Giltner July 2024 was a quiet month for the backlog of US weapons that have been sold but not delivered to Taiwan. There were no new…

While Kamala Harris accuses Republicans of censoring books and library materials, her press secretary, Brian Fallon, tried to censor opinion articles critical of Eric Holder and the Department of Justice…

With the European economy remaining relatively stagnant and government debt levels climbing to disturbing levels, it’s possible that some of these countries will see another debt crisis like we saw…

Jeffrey A. Singer A qualitative study published August 2 in the Journal of the American Medical Association reported that “semaglutide products are actively being sold without prescription by illegal online pharmacies,…