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December 19, 2022
Blog

January 6 Select Committee Makes Criminal Referrals on Trump to DoJ
As expected, today the House January 6 Select Committee held a nearly two-hour public business meeting at which it approved four criminal referrals on former President Donald Trump to the Department of Justice.
By Patrick G. Eddington
December 19, 2022
Blog

Give the Gift of P. J. O’Rourke
The best answer to the question “What’s the best book to start learning economics?” is Eat the Rich by P. J. O’Rourke.
By David Boaz
December 19, 2022
Blog

To Strengthen the Electoral College, Enact Electoral Count Act Reform
Americans will go on debating whether some version of a national popular vote would be preferable to the Electoral College. Those who value the Electoral College as an institution should want it to work smoothly and as intended — which is among the best arguments for updating and clarifying the creaky Electoral Count Act of 1887.
By Walter Olson
December 19, 2022
Blog

USCIS Has Added 500 Pages to Its Immigration Forms Since 2003
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is facing an unprecedented backlog of immigration cases. Nearly 9 million applications across a variety of categories were pending in 2022, an entire year’s worth of submissions. One reason that it is taking the agency more resources to process applications is that it has dramatically lengthened the forms that it requires.
By David J. Bier
December 19, 2022
Blog

Responding to the State and Local Bailout Narrative
Sending funds to state and local governments that they do not need and are unlikely to spend efficiently is not a recipe for long-term economic growth.
By Marc Joffe
December 19, 2022
Blog

U.S. Maritime Industry’s Jones Act Christmas Present Could Be a Dangerous Lump of Coal for Energy-Insecure Americans
Language included in the most recent National Defense Authorization Act further restricts the executive branch’s ability to issue waivers of the protectionist Jones Act.
By Colin Grabow
December 19, 2022
Media Highlights Radio

David J. Bier discusses the Farm Workforce Modernization Act on KIDO Radio
Featuring David J. Bier
December 19, 2022
Blog

Nigeria Restricts Cash to Push Central Bank Digital Currency
As governments continue to weigh the costs and benefits of CBDCs, they should be mindful that if a product or service has to be forced on citizens, it’s probably not a product or service that should be offered at all.
By Nicholas Anthony
December 19, 2022
Working Paper

No. 72
Fintech Fraud or Federal Failure?
Although PPP fraud should be condemned, the fraud itself was a symptom of a much more fundamental problem
By Nicholas Anthony
December 19, 2022
American Spectator (Online)

Biden Is at His Worst When Sucking Up to the Arrogant and Authoritarian
Fear of China has become the excuse for all bad policies in Washington.
By Doug Bandow
December 19, 2022
The National Interest (Online)

Washington’s Dubious Syria Intervention Continues
The U.S. intervention in Syria should be objectionable on constitutional, moral, and strategic grounds, yet it retains widespread bipartisan support in Congress and the foreign policy establishment.
By Ted Galen Carpenter
December 19, 2022
Blog

The New Deal and Recovery, Part 22: Postwar Monetary Policy
By George Selgin
December 19, 2022
Cato Daily Podcast

Congressional Dysfunction and Separation of Powers
Outgoing Republican Representative Peter Meijer of Michigan would like to see Congress reassert powers over war from the executive branch and address its own dysfunction. We discussed what he’s learned in his term in Congress, if his party plans to engage in any form of introspection, and what’s next for him.
Featuring Rep. Peter Meijer (R-MI) and Caleb O. Brown
December 18, 2022
Media Highlights Radio

Ilya Somin discusses Wilkins v. United States on the Federalist Society SCOTUScast
Featuring Ilya Somin
December 18, 2022
Media Highlights Radio

Marian L. Tupy discusses his book, Superabundance: The Story of Population Growth, Innovation, and Human Flourishing on an Infinitely Bountiful Planet, on KVOI’s Inside Track with Bruce Ash
Featuring Marian L. Tupy