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August 8, 2024
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Assessing JD Vance: Votes Not Vibes
I am reliably informed that the Republican Party’s 2024 vice-presidential nominee, Ohio senator J. D. Vance, is not a libertarian. Given the standard set by Mike Pence, Paul Ryan, Sarah Palin, and er, Dick Cheney, I was braced for this news and have so far managed to contain my disappointment.
By Gene Healy
August 8, 2024
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Does Capturing Drug Kingpins Reduce Violence?
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
By Jeffrey Miron
August 8, 2024
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Commerce’s Mistaken Decision to Continue Vietnam’s Nonmarket Economy Status
The Department of Commerce’s decision makes clear that there will be no substantive changes in the US-Vietnam bilateral economic relationship. This is an economic and strategic mistake.
By Clark Packard
August 8, 2024
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US Citizens Were 80 Percent of Crossers with Fentanyl at Ports of Entry from 2019 to 2024
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 than speculation to support it. New data obtained by the Cato Institute via a Freedom of Information Act request calls this belief into question.
By David J. Bier
August 7, 2024
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As EV Sales Hit a Speed Bump, North Carolina Is Left Waiting for a Return on Its VinFast Investment
The economic downsides (and upsides) should belong to companies and their voluntary investors, not taxpayers forced to subsidize billion-dollar corporations by over-eager state and local governments searching for highly visible political wins.
By Marc Joffe
August 7, 2024
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To Reduce Teen Marijuana Consumption, Legalize It for Adults
Legal retailers of adult-only substances tend to enforce age restrictions on minors diligently. Black market drug dealers ignore them.
By Jeffrey A. Singer
August 7, 2024
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Poll: 63% of Americans Want to Increase Trade with Other Nations, 75% Worry Tariffs Are Raising Consumer Prices
While Americans believe global trade has helped the country and themselves personally, many perceive problems too.
By Emily Ekins
August 6, 2024
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CrowdStrike Is the Latest Example of the “Brussels Effect”
Some American regulators like the Federal Trade Commission are actively working with EU bureaucrats to regulate US companies through such policies rather than recognizing that this approach hampers American innovation, the economy, and consumers.
By Jennifer Huddleston
August 5, 2024
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Taiwan Arms Backlog, July 2024 Update
July 2024 was a quiet month for the backlog of US weapons that have been sold but not delivered to Taiwan.
By Eric Gomez and Benjamin Giltner
August 5, 2024
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Checking in with the Cato Private Schooling Status Tracker
As educational freedom spreads, it’s important to track the health of the private school sector.
By Colleen Hroncich
August 5, 2024
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Study Finds GLP-1s Are Effectively Over-the-Counter Drugs in Online Grey Market
If the FDA lets consumers legally buy GLP-1s OTC, it will reduce the risks consumers assume when purchasing fake or adulterated knockoffs in the grey market.
By Jeffrey A. Singer
August 5, 2024
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The Racial Impact of Professional Licensing
Yet again, licensing fails to generate its alleged benefits while creating significant adverse consequences.
By Jeffrey Miron
August 2, 2024
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Thank You, Paul Krugman, for Making the Case for Light-touch Crypto Regulation
If the US took a pro-innovation and light-tough regulatory approach to crypto—as it did for the Internet—skeptics’ opinions of crypto, right or wrong, wouldn’t matter so much, because the technology would be free to rise or fall on its own merits.
By Jack Solowey and Jennifer J. Schulp
August 2, 2024
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Friday Feature: KaiPod Catalyst
Amar Kumar was inspired to create KaiPod Catalyst when he saw the number of educators looking for alternative career paths and the number of families looking for alternative education options.
By Colleen Hroncich
August 2, 2024
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Will CBDCs Mark the End of Cash?
Several central banks have openly said their goal is to go cashless and that CBDCs are a way to get there.
By Nicholas Anthony