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October 20, 2021
Blog

More Bad Policies Contributing to the “Supply Chain Crisis”
… recovery resulted from not only short‐term, pandemic‐related issues, but also longstanding and misguided trade, labor, and other government policies that have decreased system‐wide flexibility and efficiency that’s today so badly needed. Now, via the Journal of …
By Scott Lincicome
October 19, 2021
Blog

Did Industrial Policy Really Boost the South Korean Economy?
… policy in South Korea has had sizeable long‐term benefits: This paper provides causal evidence of the impact of industrial policy on firms’ long‐term performance and quantifies industrial policy’s long‐term welfare effects. Using a natural experiment and …
By Jeffrey Miron and Pedro Aldighieri
Fall 2021
Cato Journal

The Economic Policies of Lord Liverpool
… war, Britain had been forced into agricultural self‐sufficiency, most notably during Napoleon’s 1807–1812 Milan Decrees. This agricultural policy had required planting much inferior agricultural land. Corn prices were unprecedentedly high, and there was much hardship for the …
By Martin Hutchinson and Kevin Dowd
October 13, 2021
Blog

Heidi Grant’s Resignation and the Future of U.S. Weapons Sales Policy
… allies. This division fits within a large discussion about the role and safety of arms transfers in U.S. foreign policy. As policymakers are coming to agree, American weapons transfer policy needs to change as the risks and lack of …
By Jordan Cohen
October 5, 2021
National Interest (Online)

Reality Check: Sanctions Hurt North Koreans and Won’t Change Policy
There will be no solution without diplomacy. Unfortunately, there may be none even with diplomacy.
By Doug Bandow
October 2, 2021
The Virginian-Pilot

Veterans Pay the Price of Bungled Opioid Policies
In early August, a study showed that tapering chronic pain patients off opioids led to a dramatic increase in mental health crises, suicide attempts and overdoses.
By Jeffrey A. Singer and Josh Bloom
October 2, 2021
National Interest (Online)

The Biden Administration’s Gaffe-Prone Foreign Policy Team
This disturbing pattern casts doubt on the competence of U.S. foreign policy officials from the president on down.
By Ted Galen Carpenter
September 29, 2021
The Dispatch

No, We Shouldn’t Copy Other Countries’ Industrial Policies
Aside from political and economic differences, even the successes have been exaggerated.
By Scott Lincicome
September 28, 2021
Blog

Other Countries’ Industrial Policies Don’t Justify Our Own
U.S. industrial policies have a long history of high costs, failed objectives, political dysfunction, and empty justifications.
By Scott Lincicome
September 23, 2021
Blog

Biden’s Border Policy Is Not “Open Borders”
President Biden has faced claims that his immigration policies amount to “open borders.” In reality, he has actually more strictly enforced Trump-era policies.
By David J. Bier
September 22, 2021
Cato Daily Podcast

Politics and Policy of Policing in Virginia
States are moving forward with changes to how policing works with mixed results. Nick Freitas, a Republican delegate in the Virginia House, discusses the reform proposals his state is considering.
Featuring Del. Nick Freitas and Caleb O. Brown
September 20, 2021
Landing Page

Policy and Current Events
September 17, 2021
Forbes

House Financial Services Is Pushing for a Downpayment Assistance Program, Another Failed Policy from the Past
One more example of how to design a housing finance system that does more for crony-capitalists than it does for the typical American.
By Norbert Michel
September 14, 2021
Economic Freedom of the World

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Chapter 5: The Dangers of South Africa’s Proposed Policy of Confiscating Property
September 7, 2021
Antiwar.com

When Foreign Policy Becomes Farce: Bring Brazil into NATO?
Instead of further expanding America’s military liabilities around the world, to Brazil and other non-European states, Washington should end its system of military welfare for prosperous and populous allies.
By Doug Bandow