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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…

Jennifer Huddleston In July 2024, millions of individuals and businesses found their lives disrupted by a global IT outage caused by a faulty update to software issued by cybersecurity company…

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…

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…

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,…