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October 13, 2016
Blog

Alan Reynolds in 1997 on Exchange Rates and Trade
… Wikileak dream of Hemispheric free trade (but not for her other dream of “open borders” if that really meant unhindered migration). I may be biased, but the following heretofore lost quote from me still seems relevant, but for the U …
By Alan Reynolds
May/June 2022
Policy Report

Cato Studies
… do any good? There are reasons to be skeptical, as Ilya Somin explains in “The Case against COVID-19 Pandemic Migration Restrictions.” These measures actually do little to stop the spread of disease, but they impose severe harms on those …
November 18, 2024
News Releases

Cato Scholar Comments on Shift in Social Media Platforms Post-Election
… crackdown on X has prompted users to seek alternative platforms in the wake of the 2024 election, similar to the migration patterns observed after the 2020 election.“Following Brazil’s crackdown on X, many individuals went in search of alternative …
May 30, 2007
Blog

Canadian Tax Exiles
… the Canadian residence is not worth the price if government seizes too much of their income. One politician calls tax migration a form of “economic treason,” but the real problem is greedy politicians who think that successful people should be …
By Daniel J. Mitchell
November 9, 2010
Blog

Overpaid Feds: Some Market Evidence
… hiring and retaining the best and brightest former feds, as several economic forces under way hint at a potential mass migration from the private sector to public service.… ‘Government employment is growing more attractive during the economic downturn because it …
By Chris Edwards
June 10, 2021
Events

Maverick: A Biography of Thomas Sowell
… rigor, and accessibility. He has written more than 30 books covering topics including economic history, social inequality, political philosophy, race, migration, and culture. His bold and unsentimental assaults on liberal orthodoxy have endeared him to many but enraged most of …
Featuring Jason Riley, Aaron Ross Powell, and Trevor Burrus
June 10, 2021
Live Online Book Forum

Maverick: A Biography of Thomas Sowell
… rigor, and accessibility. He has written more than 30 books covering topics including economic history, social inequality, political philosophy, race, migration, and culture. His bold and unsentimental assaults on liberal orthodoxy have endeared him to many but enraged most of …
September/October 2022
Policy Report

To Be Governed…
… would we be forced to close? Which teachers and support staff would we have to lay off because of the migration from public to private schools?” —Axios, June 2, 2022 Coincidentally, That’s Where the Pentagon Is Raytheon Technologies is …
January 4, 2019
Blog

On Behavioral Economics
… are intuitive, while important economic concepts are not. In a world in which there is so much misunderstanding about trade, migration, the price mechanism and much else, the real value added of introductory economics comes in giving students the toolkit …
By Ryan Bourne
March 31, 2013
Times of India

Slums Are Hubs of Hope, Progress and Dignity
… far worse in most villages. Romantic pastoralists may fantasise about happy green villages as opposed to filthy urban slums. But migration of millions proves that villagers see slums, warts and all, as the way forward. Yes, slums are dirty, but …
By Swaminathan S. Anklesaria Aiyar
July 5, 2018
Blog

Gulf States Are Still Sponsoring Many Syrians
… million more than they were sponsoring in 2010 before the Syrian civil war began. The recently released World Bank bilateral migration index for 2017 shows that Gulf Countries are still sponsoring about 1.2 million Syrians, a 12 percent decline …
By Alex Nowrasteh
October 18, 2016
USA Today

Moving Vans More Powerful Than Ballot Boxes
… it easier for them to move. Sadly, the issue has been almost completely ignored by both major parties. Historically, interstate migration has been a major boon for Americans, especially the poor and oppressed. In the 19th century, many moved to …
By Ilya Somin
September 12, 2023
Globalization: Then and Now

Globalization Isn’t Going Anywhere
Contrary to the conventional wisdom, the world is not “de‐globalizing,” and the supposed “death of globalization” has been wildly oversold.
By Scott Lincicome
July 14, 1999
Journal of Commerce

Time to Repeal the Jackson-Vanik Amendment
By James A. Dorn
October 26, 2022
Blog

Shirley Svorny, RIP
Shirley was a genuinely generous and kind person, with an inquisitive, sharp, and therefore humble mind. She had a delightfully disarming way of showing that economic liberty is not radical but reasonable.
By Michael F. Cannon