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  • August 6, 2013
    Washington Times
    Making Regulations That Do More Harm than Good
    Terrorists, money launderers, drug dealers and tax evaders use automobiles, airplanes, telephones, computers, banks and countless other goods and services that we all use. Yet all too many government policymakers think that if we make these things very difficult to …
    By Richard W. Rahn
  • October 18, 2012
    Blog
    Romney Derangement Syndrome Begins
    Back in 2003 psychiatrist‐​turned‐​columnist Charles Krauthammer “discovered” a new psychiatric syndrome: Bush Derangement Syndrome: the acute onset of paranoia in otherwise normal people in reaction to the policies, the presidency — nay — the very existence of George W. Bush …
    By David Boaz
  • November 3, 2011
    Blog
    Announcing Libertarianism.org
    I’m pleased to announce the immediate launch of Lib​er​tar​i​an​ism​.org, a new project from the Cato Institute. Libertarianism is more than a set of policies about education, health care, defense, and trade. Behind those …
    By Aaron Ross Powell
  • September 15, 2011
    Blog
    Should the Federal Reserve Supervise Banks?
    … policy and bank regulation had any influence on the banking sector. Their results: 1) Relative to countries that combine monetary policy and banking regulation, those countries that separate the two have fewer nonperforming loans as a percent of GDP; 2 …
    By Mark A. Calabria
  • March 31, 2011
    Blog
    Energy Independence: Obama Embraces the Department of Nutty Ideas
    Every president since Richard Nixon has asserted that we are sitting ducks for those who brandish the oil weapon. To keep the evildoers at bay, the government must adopt policies that ensure our energy independence. Like his predecessors, President Obama …
    By Steve H. Hanke
  • April 2, 2010
    Blog
    More Ravitch Ridiculousness
    Great post by Chris Edwards responding to historian Diane Ravitch’s op‐​ed in today’s Washington Post. For a good ripping apart of Ravitch’s reality‐​free thinking from an education‐​policy standpoint, check out my review of her …
    By Neal McCluskey
  • October 3, 2009
    Blog
    Obama, Chicago and the Olympics
    The decision to hold the Olympics in Rio may be bad news for Chicago, but it may be great news for the country! For more about Mr. Obama’s wrongheaded policies, go here and here (pdf).
    By Tim Lynch
  • September 29, 2009
    San Jose Mercury News
    Get Serious about Decriminalizing Drugs; Others Are
    … it is time to closely study the decriminalization of marijuana, which is already the state’s largest cash crop. American policy makers seem to be cautiously following the shift in public opinion on drug policy. A recent Zogby poll showed …
    By Tim Lynch and Juan Carlos Hidalgo
  • May 4, 2009
    Blog
    Bank ‘Stress Tests’ Need Transparency
    As the bank stress tests are released, it is vital that the public receive specific and detailed information on each financial institution. The Administration’s and the Federal Reserve’s continued policy of attempting to disguise the differing health of …
    By Mark A. Calabria
  • March 23, 2009
    Blog
    This Is System Failure …
    … the DC voucher program and we witnessed some in the center‐​left media come out swinging in defense of the policy. Support for school choice is mainstreaming. And while we have seen serious setbacks on voucher policy in recent years …
    By Adam B. Schaeffer
  • December 17, 2008
    American Spectator
    Hillary May Be Unconstitutional
    Hillary Clinton is President‐​elect Barack Obama’s choice for the nation’s top diplomat. Setting aside the wisdom of such an appointment — putting aside ideology, does she have both foreign policy expertise and a good working relationship with the …
    By Ilya Shapiro
  • June 29, 2008
    Blog
    Should the Internet Be Nationalized?
    Vint Cerf is the nominal “father of the Internet,” and currently a vice president and “Chief Internet Evangelist” at Google. His employer recently unveiled an “Internet for Everyone” public policy program, which I view with skepticism. (Julian Sanchez nailed the …
    By Jim Harper
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