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Chris Edwards Kamala Harris selected Tim Walz as her presidential running mate. Let’s look at his record on spending and taxes as Minnesota governor since 2019. Walz has performed poorly…

Travis Fisher What comes to mind when you try to imagine a truly free market in electricity? Many electricity policy experts would point to the advent of wholesale electricity markets…

Neal McCluskey There has been a revolution in school choice over the past few years. After decades of slowly creating programs focused on students from low-income families, with disabilities, or…

Gene Healy I am reliably informed that the Republican Party’s 2024 vice-presidential nominee, Ohio senator JD Vance, is not a libertarian. Given the standard set by Mike Pence, Paul Ryan,…

Jeffrey Miron The United States recently arrested two Mexican drug kingpins. Will this reduce violence or generate other beneficial effects? According to a recent Cato Research Brief, just the opposite:…

Clark Packard Late last week, the US Department of Commerce announced that it had denied Vietnam’s petition to change its status to a market economy from a “nonmarket economy” for…

David J. Bier Many people wrongly believe that immigration is critical to the illicit supply of fentanyl in the United States. However, proponents of this view have offered little more…

Marc Joffe With electric vehicle sales growing more slowly than hoped, EV makers are reining in plans to build new car and battery factories. This is coming as a disappointment…

Jeffrey A. Singer Colorado and Washington were the first states to legalize recreational marijuana in 2012. The states began allowing retailers to sell marijuana to adults in 2014. Currently, 24…

Emily Ekins A newly released national survey from the Cato Institute of 2,000 Americans conducted by YouGov finds that two-thirds (66%) of Americans say global trade is good for the…