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December 21, 2022
Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft

Ending the Syria War, Getting Us Troops Out, and Lifting Sanctions
… endgame.” That isn’t likely to change, he says, “given the dramatic shift in priorities of the U.S. foreign policy agenda and acute lack of safe options for reengagement in Syria.” However, Erdogan has proposed to meet with Syria …
By Doug Bandow
December 20, 2022
Blog

U.S. Can’t Afford Another Decade Without New Free Trade Agreements
… system.” Still, these agreements are preferable to no liberalization at all. Over the years, Cato scholars have argued U.S. policymakers should simply unilaterally eliminate trade barriers irrespective of what other countries do. If that is politically impossible, then the …
By Clark Packard
December 20, 2022
National Review (Online)

How to Stop Wasting Money on Government Bailouts
Free, up-to-date, readily available data on state and local governments’ finances are the key to more effectively targeting federal aid.
By Marc Joffe
December 20, 2022
Blog

Emergency Spending Is on the Rise: Here’s How Congress Can Stop It
The increasing reliance on supplemental appropriations for emergencies reduces congressional oversight, evades spending limits, and avoids the trade-off considerations such rules are intended to impose, thus leading to more wasteful spending.
By Romina Boccia and Dominik Lett
December 19, 2022
Blog

Responding to the State and Local Bailout Narrative
… reason to doubt the most pessimistic forecasts, but there was a lack of mechanisms for including that knowledge into the policymaking process. Having been repeatedly cited by Joe Biden as a candidate and as president, Moody’s Analytics estimates appear …
By Marc Joffe
December 19, 2022
Blog

Nigeria Restricts Cash to Push Central Bank Digital Currency
As governments continue to weigh the costs and benefits of CBDCs, they should be mindful that if a product or service has to be forced on citizens, it’s probably not a product or service that should be offered at all.
By Nicholas Anthony
December 15, 2022
Blog

Testing Nuclear Weapons in the Lab Instead of the Ground
Nuclear fusion power plants remain a dream of the distant future. Preventing a new nuclear arms race will help us reach that future.
By Eric Gomez
December 15, 2022
Forbes

The Federal Reserve Should Drop FedNow and Any Plans to Launch a CBDC
If Congress really wants to provide more access to financial markets and ensure more innovation in financial services, members should support more private innovation and competition.
By Norbert Michel
December 15, 2022
The American Conservative

A Trade for a Smile
Putting a smile on an American citizen’s face really is not an appropriate goal for the U.S. government.
By Doug Bandow
December 14, 2022
Blog

Fiscal Illusion and Deficit Spending
Why are deficits projected to be so high and persistent into the next decade, even after the pandemic emergency has ended and without CBO projecting a new crisis?
By Romina Boccia
December 14, 2022
Blog

Warren Targets Financial Privacy in Wake of FTX Fall
Although this bill does little to nothing to address the issues behind FTX, it would levy a hefty blow to financial privacy for American citizens.
By Nicholas Anthony
December 13, 2022
Blog

The Yemen War Powers Resolution Vote Is An Important Step Towards Recalibrating the U.S.-Saudi Relationship
The War in Yemen is the worst manmade humanitarian disaster in the 21st century, and the United States has sponsored it from the start.
By Jordan Cohen and Jonathan Ellis Allen
December 13, 2022
Blog

Jones Act Leaves New England Vulnerable to Wintertime Calamity
Lifting Jones Act shipping restrictions would encourage the shipment of fuel to New England and reduce the possibility of an energy shortage this winter.
By Colin Grabow
December 13, 2022
Antiwar.com

How Will the Blob React if Ukraine Faces Defeat?
One key measure that should be extremely worrisome to Ukraine and its Western patrons is the extent of military casualties.
By Ted Galen Carpenter
December 12, 2022
Blog

Echoing Trump, Biden Embraces International Trade Lawlessness
As its statements in reaction to the WTO ruling on the steel and aluminum tariffs demonstrate, the Biden administration seems perfectly content to rely on the rule of power.
By James Bacchus