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June 16, 2024
The Hill (Online)

The Rise of Central Bank Digital Currencies Is Not a Path the US Should Follow
The creation of CBDCs endangers financial privacy, freedom, and markets by giving governments complete surveillance and control over money.
By Nicholas Anthony
June 11, 2024
Cointelegraph

CBDCs’ Threat to Freedom Put under the Microscope at Oslo Conference
Attendees of the 2024 Oslo Freedom Forum were united in addressing the threat that central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) pose to freedom around the globe.
By Nicholas Anthony
May 23, 2024
Blog

US House Prohibits Fed from Issuing CBDC
CBDCs are not something that should be left to the discretion of unelected officials.
By Nicholas Anthony
May 23, 2024
Blog

New X Poll: Who Said It—a Socialist or a Natcon?
For the next few weeks, Cato’s Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives will post quotes on X from critics of financial markets and ask followers to vote whether they think the quote is from a national conservative or a socialist.
By Norbert Michel
May 23, 2024
Blog

Considering Safe Banking for the Cannabis Industry
America has increasingly moved in favor of legalizing cannabis consumption, but the shadow of prohibition still hangs over even the freest of states.
By Nicholas Anthony and Jeffrey A. Singer
May 15, 2024
Blog

NPR Digs into CBDCs
Governments around the world are weighing whether to launch central bank digital currencies, or CBDCs. But are CBDCs even a good idea?
By Nicholas Anthony
May 13, 2024
The Wall Street Journal

Preventing Bailouts Is Simple, but It Isn’t Easy
The Fed could simply stop blocking run-proof banks from emerging. But that would take political will.
By John H. Cochrane and Amit Seru
May 8, 2024
City Journal

Costly Ignorance
The public’s failure to understand monetary policy encourages price controls and other misguided inflation “solutions.”
By Ryan Bourne
May 6, 2024
Blog

Fed’s Asset Purchases Result in Increased Market Volatility
The Fed’s operating framework drastically changed after 2008 with its quantitative easing program. These asset purchases now lead to increased financial market volatility.
By Jai Kedia
May 2, 2024
Forbes.com

Fully Backed Stablecoins Do Not Need Complex Federal Regulation
Rather than doubling down and further expanding the federal regime, Congress should provide a straightforward legal framework that fosters competition in financial markets.
By Norbert Michel
May 2, 2024
Media Highlights TV

Scott Lincicome discusses the Federal Reserve’s announcing there won’t be another rate increase, retailers pushing private label brands, and China’s industrial capacity on Sinclair Broadcast Group’s The National Desk
Featuring Scott Lincicome
April 30, 2024
Blog

Samourai Charges Mark Chilling Moment for Financial Privacy
The news marks yet another example of the U.S. government’s ever-growing intolerance for financial privacy.
By Nicholas Anthony
April 29, 2024
CoinDesk

Stablecoin Legislation Must Respect the Dual-Banking System
The Lummis‐Gillibrand stablecoin bill subordinates state regulation to federal control, giving Washington too much power as to which entities can issue these important digital assets.
By Jack Solowey and Jennifer J. Schulp
April 23, 2024
Forbes.com

There Is No Good Version of a Central Bank Digital Currency
A fully implemented CBDC gives the government complete control over the money going into and coming out of every person’s account. It’s not difficult to see that this level of government control is incompatible with both economic and political freedom.
By Norbert Michel
April 19, 2024
Blog

A Case for Deficit Reduction
Here are three economic arguments I present in my new policy analysis for why policymakers should reduce deficits now, even if a fiscal crisis doesn’t appear imminent.
By Ryan Bourne