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December 11, 2024
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Cato Institute Report to the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)
The only route to more efficient government is radically shrinking its role.
By Alex Nowrasteh and Ryan Bourne
October 15, 2024
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Fiscal Policy Report Card on America’s Governors 2024
This report grades governors on their fiscal policies from a limited‐government perspective. Governors receiving an A are those who have cut taxes and spending the most, whereas governors receiving an F have increased taxes and spending the most.
By Chris Edwards
October 8, 2024
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Cato Handbook on Executive Orders and Presidential Directives
Executive orders and other presidential directives that conflict with the principles of individual liberty, free markets, limited government, peace, and the American Constitution should be revoked or amended by the next president.
By Alex Nowrasteh
March 21, 2023
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The Fiscal Impact of Immigration in the United States
With some variation and exceptions, the net fiscal impact of immigrants is more positive than it is for native‐born Americans and positive overall for the federal and state/local governments.
By Alex Nowrasteh, Sarah Eckhardt, and Michael Howard
November 29, 2022
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Cops Practicing Medicine
Government and law enforcement increasingly surveil and influence the way doctors treat pain, psychoactive substance use, and substance use disorder.
By Jeffrey A. Singer and Trevor Burrus
October 12, 2022
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Fiscal Policy Report Card on America’s Governors 2022
This report grades governors on their fiscal policies from a limited‐government perspective. Governors receiving an A are those who have cut taxes and spending the most, whereas governors receiving an F have increased taxes and spending the most.
By Chris Edwards and Ilana Blumsack
September 28, 2021
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Questioning Industrial Policy
The United States undoubtedly faces economic and geopolitical challenges, including ones related to China, but the solution does not lie in copying China’s top‐down economic planning.
By Scott Lincicome and Huan Zhu
August 10, 2021
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Public Opinion on War and Terror: Manipulated or Manipulating?
There were quite a few reasons to expect that public fears about terrorism would wane in the years following the 9/11 attacks, including the fact that elite alarmism on the issue became much less strident; but mass anxiety remained unchanged.
By John Mueller
October 20, 2020
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Drug Reformation: End Government’s Power to Require Prescriptions
Government‐imposed prescription requirements violate the rights of individuals to access the medicines they want. Evidence suggests that government‐imposed prescription requirements make patients less safe, not more.
By Jeffrey A. Singer and Michael F. Cannon
October 5, 2020
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Fiscal Policy Report Card on America’s Governors 2020
Governors receiving an A are those who have cut taxes and spending the most, whereas governors receiving an F have raised taxes and spending the most.
By Chris Edwards and David Kemp
May 26, 2020
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Building a Modern Military: The Force Meets Geopolitical Realities
Security comes through prudence, not overwhelming force, permanent alliances, or massive investments in weapons platforms.
By Eric Gomez, Christopher A. Preble, Lauren Sander, & Brandon Valeriano
May 13, 2020
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12 New Immigration Ideas for the 21st Century
Policy analysts, economists, political scientists, journalists, and advocates from around the world offer new policy suggestions that future Congresses could use to liberalize the legal immigration system.
By Alex Nowrasteh, David J. Bier, Daniel Griswold, Stuart Anderson, Michael Clemens, Michelangelo Landgrave, Jack Graham, Rebekah Smith, Grover Norquist, Justin Gest, Steve Kuhn, Nathan Smith, & Robin Hanson
October 9, 2018
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Fiscal Policy Report Card on America’s Governors 2018
By Chris Edwards
September 18, 2018
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The Ideal U.S.-U.K. Free Trade Agreement: A Free Trader’s Perspective
By Daniel J. Ikenson, Simon Lester, and Daniel Hannan
September 12, 2018
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Indispensable Remedy: The Broad Scope of the Constitution’s Impeachment Power
By Gene Healy