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December 31, 2020
Blog

Market Allocation Would Treat COVID-19 Vaccines Like the Valuable Resource They Are
Government rationing is slowing the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines by diminishing the incentives for speed and security on the part of manufacturers and retailers. In some, cases it is costing lives by allowing vaccines to spoil.
By Michael F. Cannon
December 29, 2020
Blog

Creaking Jones Act Ships Turn to Chinese Shipyards for Maintenance Needs
Jones Act ship operators claim the law is needed to thwart China’s maritime ambitions. But it’s unclear how many actually believe such rhetoric given their enthusiasm for using Chinese shipyards.
By Colin Grabow
December 29, 2020
Power Problems

Should America Abandon “Global Leadership”?
Peter Beinart and host John Glaser discuss the problems of “global leadership” in U.S. foreign policy, why Washington over‐spends on the wrong threats, the implications of President‐elect Biden’s incoming national security team, and how America should …
Featuring Peter Beinart and John Glaser
Winter 2020
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La NATO Asiatica
… tentas- se di attaccare Taiwan”. Le raccomandazioni di Weichert sono considerate troppo estreme nella fase attuale dalla maggior parte dei policy makers statunitensi, ma la direzione di marcia è quella. Un’altra misura di enorme importanza, il Taiwan Defense Act …
By Ted Galen Carpenter
December 28, 2020
Blog

Will the Post‐Brexit EU-UK Trade Agreement Limit Regulatory Competition?
… provisions do is let one party to the agreement impose “rebalancing measures” whenever the other party “regresses” in the following policy areas: “labour and social, environmental or climate protection, or with respect to subsidy control.” So, as a simple example …
By Simon Lester
December 28, 2020
Blog

Has Bitcoin Succeeded?
If Bitcoin will continue to thrive as an investment and medium-of-exchange-in-waiting “until the authorities do better” at managing fiat money (and at allowing financial privacy), then Bitcoin may thrive for a long time to come.
By Lawrence H. White
December 26, 2020
China-US Focus

Between Biden and Beijing
A Biden administration has important incentives and justifications for trying to restore the more cooperative status quo that existed before Donald Trump became president.
By Ted Galen Carpenter
December 26, 2020
China-US Focus

A Restart for U.S.-China Relations?
There presently is little trust or rapport between the U.S. and China. That is unlikely to change; the two governments nevertheless must find a way forward.
By Doug Bandow
December 24, 2020
The American Conservative

Australia Faces An Angry China: What Should America Do?
An ally is being scorned by a totalitarian state, but that doesn’t mean Washington needs to empty its pockets once again.
By Doug Bandow
December 23, 2020
Cato Daily Podcast

How COVID-19 Changed the Federal Reserve
The Federal Reserve’s expansion into credit allocation during the COVID-19 pandemic will be difficult to roll back. Jim Dorn comments.
Featuring James A. Dorn and Caleb O. Brown
December 22, 2020
Legal Briefs

New Hampshire v. Massachusetts
By Trevor Burrus and Joseph Bishop-Henchman
December 21, 2020
Blog

Spending Bill Almost a Mile Long
Congress is set to pass a $2.3 trillion spending bill, including $900 billion in further coronavirus relief.
By Chris Edwards
December 21, 2020
Blog

Will Mexico’s “Kill Switch” Run Afoul of USMCA Digital Trade Rules?
A controversial proposal to block foreign providers of digital services from offering their services in Mexico if they fail to comply with Mexico’s digital tax rules has just been signed into law.
By Inu Manak and Alfredo Carrillo Obregon
December 20, 2020
National Review (Online)

Are You Committing Blasphemy?
The number of countries where you could go to jail — or be killed — for this supposed offense is staggering.
By Doug Bandow
December 19, 2020
National Interest

Can North Korea’s Kim Jong-un Make Peace with Joe Biden?
He appears to be no less resolute than his father and grandfather but may be more open to making a deal acceptable to America.
By Doug Bandow