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  • October 12, 2018
    Blog
    Would Government Paid Leave Benefits Grow Over Time?
    Would Government Paid Leave Benefits Grow Over Time?
    Some advocates and policymakers think government should be involved in providing a limited or modest paid leave benefit, just 12 weeks or less. Their support seems implicitly contingent on the expectation that a paid leave entitlement wouldn’t grow, or …
    By Vanessa Brown Calder
  • July 18, 2018
    The Hill (Online)
    Congress Won’t Stop Trump’s Trade Assault
    With U.S. trade policy teetering, some in Congress are belatedly realizing the need for oversight over this key determinant of the country’s economic health. In particular, there is an effort to restrain the president’s ability to impose …
    By Colin Grabow
  • Fall 2017
    Regulation
    Foxes, Hedgehogs, and Regulators
    … leave regulatory policy in the hands of those who are even more clearly hedgehogs: experts in a particular area of policy who have dedicated their lives to the idea that government intervention in a policy area is the appropriate solution …
    By Stuart Shapiro
  • November 9, 2016
    Blog
    GOP Shouldn’t Mistake Clinton Loss For a Nativist Mandate
    Donald Trump’s signature policy issue during his campaign was forcing unauthorized immigrants out of the United States. But it would be a mistake for Republicans in Congress to fund any effort to make this dream a reality during his …
    By David J. Bier
  • September 29, 2016
    Blog
    More Regulation Won’t Make Housing Affordable
    A new Housing Policy Toolkit from the White House admits that “local barriers to housing development have intensified,” which “has reduced the ability of many housing markets to respond to growing demand.” The toolkit, however, advocates tearing down only some …
    By Randal O’Toole
  • September 19, 2016
    Blog
    Dose of Reality
    From my new policy analysis (joint with Angela Dills and Sietse Goffard) on state marijuana legalizations: In November 2012 voters in the states of Colorado and Washington approved ballot initiatives that legalized marijuana for recreational use. Two years later, Alaska …
    By Jeffrey Miron
  • February 19, 2016
    Blog
    How to Dissuade Congressional Action
    A recent Cato policy forum on European over‐​regulation took an unexpected turn when my friend and colleague Richard Rahn suggested that falling prices and increasing availability of writing paper may have been responsible for increasing the number and length …
    By Marian L. Tupy
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