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March 29, 2018
Blog

Venezuela’s Petro: Fool’s Oil
… companies, and capital flight have joined unlimited central bank money‐printing to extinguish the purchasing power of Venezuelan money. Rational policymakers would react to such a catastrophic state of affairs by enacting a dramatic U‑turn and committing to it …
By Diego Zuluaga
March 29, 2018
Blog

Shulkin Out at VA
… rather than politicians who persistently renege on the commitments they make to veterans. Cato Vice President for Defense and Foreign Policy studies Christopher A. Preble and I explain in the New York Times how privatization can have bipartisan appeal: The …
By Michael F. Cannon
March 29, 2018
Blog

Spending Catastrophe
Chris Edwards looks at the budget in The Hill.
By Chris Edwards
March 29, 2018
Blog

Trump and Amazon: States Don’t Need More Sales Taxes
President Trump continued his grumbling about Amazon this morning, echoing common but misguided views about the states being hurt by the rise of retail sales over the Internet. But government data does not show any substantial toll to state revenues.
By Chris Edwards
March 29, 2018
Blog

Republicans’ St Augustine-like Fiscal Virtue-signalling
House Republicans want to hold a vote on a Balanced Budget Amendment, but there is little evidence to suggest they are serious about balancing the books.
By Ryan Bourne
March 29, 2018
Blog

Explaining the Bolton Appointment, and Why It’s Dangerous
… system. The unusual outsize power of the United States in the post-Cold War era has several implications for foreign policy. First, it is a permissive environment for foreign policy activism in that there are few external constraints on the …
By John Glaser
March 29, 2018
National Review (Online)

How Federal Housing Aid Promotes Fraud and Corruption
… to waste money subsidizing local groups and businesses, they should fund it themselves. Federal aid compounds waste because state‐local policymakers are not frugal with federal cash and federal policymakers are too distracted to worry about local abuse. With soaring …
By Chris Edwards
March 29, 2018
Blog

The World’s First Central Bank Electronic Money Has Come - And Gone: Ecuador, 2014-2018
By Lawrence H. White
March 28, 2018
Cato Daily Podcast

Trump’s Tariffs, Retaliation, and Trade Deficits
Featuring Inu Manak and Caleb O. Brown
March 28, 2018
National Interest (Online)

Boltonism: A Terrible Negotiating Strategy Toward North Korea
By Ted Galen Carpenter
March 27, 2018
Cato Daily Podcast

New Fed, Same As the Old Fed?
Featuring Tate Lacey and Caleb O. Brown
March 27, 2018
China US Focus

The US Disrupts a Delicate Balance on Taiwan
Even if the Trump administration does not fully implement the Taiwan Travel Act, a future administration now has congressional authorization and encouragement to do so.
By Ted Galen Carpenter
March 27, 2018
National Interest (Online)

Kim Jong-Un Makes His First Pilgrimage to China—Maybe
Washington should look for opportunities to bring China into what hopefully will become an ongoing diplomatic process.
By Doug Bandow
March 27, 2018
City A.M.

The EU’s Misguided Tax on Tech Giants Is Doomed to Fail
These are the questions international tax lawyers are grappling with, and there’s no simple or crude answer.
By Ryan Bourne
March 26, 2018
Blog

Emulating Our Adversaries, Betraying Our National Values
Both during the Cold War and the war on terror, too many U.S. officials have succumbed to the temptation to combat evil behavior with evil behavior.
By Ted Galen Carpenter

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Venezuela’s Petro: Fool’s Oil

Shulkin Out at VA

Spending Catastrophe

Trump and Amazon: States Don’t Need More Sales Taxes

Republicans’ St Augustine-like Fiscal Virtue-signalling

Explaining the Bolton Appointment, and Why It’s Dangerous

How Federal Housing Aid Promotes Fraud and Corruption

The World’s First Central Bank Electronic Money Has Come - And Gone: Ecuador, 2014-2018

Trump’s Tariffs, Retaliation, and Trade Deficits

Boltonism: A Terrible Negotiating Strategy Toward North Korea

New Fed, Same As the Old Fed?

The US Disrupts a Delicate Balance on Taiwan

Kim Jong-Un Makes His First Pilgrimage to China—Maybe

The EU’s Misguided Tax on Tech Giants Is Doomed to Fail

Emulating Our Adversaries, Betraying Our National Values