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Fall 2018
Cato Journal

The Bitcoin Standard: The Decentralized Alternative to Central Banking by Saifedean Ammous
By Tyler Whirty
September 24, 2018
Governing

Tax Incentives’ Bipartisan Folly
… researchers at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University put it, think of it like multilateral disarmament — against bad economic policy. The problem with tax incentives is not that they don’t work to attract business. They do, but at …
By William Ruger and Jason Sorens
Fall 2018
Cato Journal

American Default: The Untold Story of FDR, the Supreme Court, and the Battle over Gold by Sebastian Edwards
… inflation were seeking a rise in commodity prices, especially agricultural prices. That was certainly true of FDR. In general, monetary policy debates of the time were dominated by monetary cranks and the otherwise uninformed. Politics ruled over economics. Executive Order …
By Gerald P. O’Driscoll Jr.
September 23, 2018
National Interest (Online)

Syria Is a Lost Cause and America Must Move On
… territories in the north and southeast—which have U.S. bases—lie outside the Assad regime’s control. U.S. policy has been counterproductive, even irrational, throughout the extended conflict. The Obama administration originally labeled Assad a “reformer.” Then Washington …
By Doug Bandow
September 21, 2018
Blog

Another Jones Act Absurdity
North Carolina officials are attempting to secure a government-owned ship to send supplies to Wilmington, NC in the wake of Hurricane Florence. If the ship was privately-owned, however, its distribution of needed goods would be illegal thanks to the Jones Act.
By Colin Grabow
September 21, 2018
Blog

HUD’s Inexperienced Bureaucrats
… associations and businesses (when their team is out) and executive branch agencies (when their team is in). Arguably, Carson’s policy of bringing non‐housing outsiders into HUD is consistent with Trump’s “drain the swamp” promise. After all, when …
By Chris Edwards
September 21, 2018
Cato Daily Podcast

Double Game: Why Pakistan Supports Militants and Resists U.S. Pressure to Stop
Featuring Sahar Khan and Caleb O. Brown
September 21, 2018
Blog

“Fort Trump” and Mounting U.S. Tensions with Russia
Relations with Russia already are bad enough without pouring gasoline on the fire. Unfortunately, the Trump administration is doing exactly that.
By Ted Galen Carpenter
September 21, 2018
Blog

China Decides To Lower Some Tariffs
China has a long way to go to become a true market economy, but this is a good step.
By Simon Lester and Huan Zhu
September 21, 2018
The Korean Times

Lesson for Trump: US Must Give up Something for Peace
The chief challenge facing the president is ignorance.
By Doug Bandow
September 21, 2018
Forbes.com

To Stabilize the World, Stabilize the USD/Euro Exchange Rate
By Steve H. Hanke
September 20, 2018
Cato Daily Podcast

Brexit, Trade, and Regulatory Barriers in Great Britain
Featuring Liz Truss, MP and Caleb O. Brown
September 20, 2018
Blog

A Contemporary Economist’s Account of the “Crowning Folly of Tariff of 1930”
“The market, not the President, was right”
By Alan Reynolds
September 20, 2018
Caixin

How China Should Respond to Trump’s Trade Attack
By Simon Lester and Huan Zhu
September 19, 2018
Blog

Highways and Gas Tax Diversions
President Trump has indicated a willingness to raise the federal gas tax, but that wouldn’t make much sense.
By Chris Edwards

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The Bitcoin Standard: The Decentralized Alternative to Central Banking by Saifedean Ammous

Tax Incentives’ Bipartisan Folly

American Default: The Untold Story of FDR, the Supreme Court, and the Battle over Gold by Sebastian Edwards

Syria Is a Lost Cause and America Must Move On

Another Jones Act Absurdity

HUD’s Inexperienced Bureaucrats

Double Game: Why Pakistan Supports Militants and Resists U.S. Pressure to Stop

“Fort Trump” and Mounting U.S. Tensions with Russia

China Decides To Lower Some Tariffs

Lesson for Trump: US Must Give up Something for Peace

To Stabilize the World, Stabilize the USD/Euro Exchange Rate

Brexit, Trade, and Regulatory Barriers in Great Britain

A Contemporary Economist’s Account of the “Crowning Folly of Tariff of 1930”

How China Should Respond to Trump’s Trade Attack

Highways and Gas Tax Diversions