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April 5, 2018
Blog

Dallas Fed: High And Rising Public Debt Is Associated With Slower Growth
… Office will publish its economic and fiscal outlook, which will show much higher deficits over the coming years following recent policy changes, and hence an even worse baseline of debt to ride into this fiscal headwind. Analysts expect the annual …
By Ryan Bourne
April 4, 2018
Blog

Corruption in Virginia Government
Where there is government spending, there is corruption.
By Chris Edwards
April 4, 2018
Blog

New Study on the Economic Development Administration
If the Republicans can’t cut the EDA, they can’t cut anything.
By Chris Edwards
April 4, 2018
Blog

Interest on Excess Reserves: The Hobie Cat Effect
The more liquidity the banking system takes in while a floor system of monetary control is in place, the more effort it takes to pull out of it.
By George Selgin
April 4, 2018
National Review (Online)

Why Americans Love Amazon, and Why Trump Is Wrong to Attack It
The issue is Trump’s Bernie Sanders–style misunderstanding of economics and his nostalgia for an imagined 1950s America.
By Michael D. Tanner
April 4, 2018
CNBC.com

What the World Thinks of Trump’s America Now
… majority. Still, a plurality dislikes U.S. ideas about democracy. That skepticism may reflect the role of U.S. government policy, since Washington often purports to spread “democracy” abroad. Very different were confidence levels in American presidents. George W. Bush …
By Doug Bandow
April 4, 2018
Research Briefs in Economic Policy

No. 107
Do Taxes Increase Economic Inequality? A Comparative Study Based on the State Personal Income Tax
… before the policy change. Absent this, one would not be able to ascribe the change in the series to the policy of interest because of the confounding preexisting difference. Second, there should not be other contemporaneous policy events affecting the …
By Ugo Troiano
April 3, 2018
Blog

Hearings Show Most Republicans Are Spendthrifts
Most Republicans support higher spending on nearly all programs.
By Chris Edwards
April 3, 2018
City A.M.

Everything the Left Thinks It Knows About Inequality Is Wrong
Levels of wealth inequality are neither unprecedented nor exploding.
By Ryan Bourne
April 2, 2018
Reuters

An Ego-Pleasing Way for Trump to Push Trade Talks
Concluding a multilateral trade negotiation would not only solidify Trump’s legacy, but also bring the United States back as a leader in international trade liberalization.
By Simon Lester and Inu Manak
April 2, 2018
Power Problems

Out of Africa: A New Front in the War on Terror
Featuring Emma Ashford, A. Trevor Thrall, and Bronwyn Bruton
April 2, 2018
National Interest (Online)

The West Should Avoid Starting a New Cold War with Russia
The Russian Federation is too important a country to treat as an enemy. No one would gain from a new conflict, whether cold or hot.
By Doug Bandow
March 31, 2018
Cato Daily Podcast

A Big-Spending, Big-Borrowing Week in Washington
Featuring Jonathan Bydlak and Caleb O. Brown
March 30, 2018
The Hill (Online)

Trump’s First Trade Deal Is More Bark Than Bite
By Simon Lester and Inu Manak
March 30, 2018
The Wall Street Journal

Politicians Want to Start a Bank. What Could Go Wrong?
New Jersey looks to follow North Dakota’s example, but without the same low-corruption culture.
By Walter Olson

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Dallas Fed: High And Rising Public Debt Is Associated With Slower Growth

Corruption in Virginia Government

New Study on the Economic Development Administration

Interest on Excess Reserves: The Hobie Cat Effect

Why Americans Love Amazon, and Why Trump Is Wrong to Attack It

What the World Thinks of Trump’s America Now

Do Taxes Increase Economic Inequality? A Comparative Study Based on the State Personal Income Tax

Hearings Show Most Republicans Are Spendthrifts

Everything the Left Thinks It Knows About Inequality Is Wrong

An Ego-Pleasing Way for Trump to Push Trade Talks

Out of Africa: A New Front in the War on Terror

The West Should Avoid Starting a New Cold War with Russia

A Big-Spending, Big-Borrowing Week in Washington

Trump’s First Trade Deal Is More Bark Than Bite

Politicians Want to Start a Bank. What Could Go Wrong?