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February 21, 2025
Blog

The Folly of Tariff Reciprocity
… folly. Tariff reciprocity surrenders US decision-making over trade policy. US tariff policy should be dictated by self-interest. A policy based on reciprocity, however, essentially hands policymaking to US trade partners. If these countries opt to pursue a policy …
By Colin Grabow
February 20, 2025
News Releases

Vote on HALT Fentanyl Act
… the bill if passed. In a new podcast, Dr. Jeff Singer states, “Lawmakers wouldn’t truly change current federal fentanyl policy with the HALT Fentanyl Act; they’d simply continue a framework that has failed over the past seven years …
February 20, 2025
News Releases

New Cybersecurity and AI Scholar Joins Cato
Cato is excited to announce that Matthew Mittelsteadt will be joining our technology policy team as a distinguished expert in cybersecurity and AI policy. Matthew brings a wealth of knowledge and insight into the evolving realms of technology and security …
February 19, 2025
Cato Daily Podcast

Fentanyl Smugglers Don’t Care about Your Stinkin’ Laws
Lawmakers wouldn’t truly change current federal fentanyl policy with the HALT Fentanyl Act; they’d simply continue a framework that has failed over the past seven years to stop sellers of illicit fentanyl from meeting market demand. Jeff Singer …
Featuring Jeffrey A. Singer and Caleb O. Brown
February 19, 2025
Blog

Leave Child Tax Credit Expansion to the States
… shows the number of states by year with a state-level CTC or EITC. The data indicate that state-level policy is responsive to political demands. Following the temporarily increased child credit during the pandemic, many policymakers and activists pushed …
By Adam N. Michel
February 18, 2025
Power Problems

Reconsidering US Strategy in Europe & Asia
… upon the ‘isolationist’ label, the complicated politics of restraint, and how to put diplomacy at the forefront of US foreign policy, among other topics. Show NotesMiranda Priebe, Jasen Castillo, “Here’s why Trump’s foreign policy is hard to pin …
Featuring Miranda Priebe and John Glaser
February 14, 2025
Cato Video

The Future of NATO: A Discussion on What NATO’s History Tells Us About Its Potential Future
In this discussion, Justin Logan, director of defense and foreign policy studies, talks with Joshua Shifrinson and Marc Trachtenberg about what NATO’s history reveals about its potential future. The dialogue explores aspects that contemporary debates overlook or misunderstand, as …
Featuring Marc Trachtenberg, Joshua Shifrinson, and Justin Logan
February 13, 2025
DC Journal

Counterpoint: Let Parents and Teachers Make Decisions About Cellphones in Schools
… In reality, it is a more complicated question than it appears. Yet, oftentimes, when complicated questions arise, broad state-level policies that take the choice away from parents and educators lack the flexibility needed for a more nuanced solution.As …
By Jennifer Huddleston
February 12, 2025
News Releases

Cato Scholar on Trump’s Move to Reinstate Relaxed Energy Standards for Home Appliances
… for a variety of home appliances, which were tightened by the previous administration. Travis Fisher, Director of Energy and Environmental Policy Studies at the Cato Institute, commented on the president’s directive: I wholeheartedly agree with the President that the …
February 11, 2025
Blog

The Senate’s Budget Shell Game: Big Spending, Empty Offsets
… crisis seriously. With the debt burden rising and the window for reform narrowing, lawmakers should reject budget gimmicks and prioritize policies that promote economic growth, fiscal sustainability, and long-term prosperity—this starts with a deficit-neutral path to extend …
By Romina Boccia and Dominik Lett
February 7, 2025
Blog

Recapping the Cato Tax Boot Camp
taxes Last month, we kicked off the Cato Institute’s Congressional Fellowship in Tax & Trade Policy ahead of a year that has already been busy for both policy areas. The first four discussion sessions focused on tax policy, covering all …
By Adam N. Michel
February 4, 2025
Testimony

Statement for the Record: The Fentanyl Crisis in America
Dear Chairman Grassley, Ranking Member Durbin, and Members of the Committee: My name is Jeffrey A. Singer. I am a Senior Fellow in Health Policy Studies at the Cato Institute. I am also a medical doctor specializing in general surgery …
By Jeffrey A. Singer
February 4, 2025
News Releases

A Blueprint for Liberty: The Libertarian Mind Returns to Defend Freedom in an Era of Government Overreach
Over more than four decades as vice president for public policy and executive vice president, David Boaz played a key role in the development of the Cato Institute and the libertarian movement.
January 31, 2025
Blog

Should the US Respond to “Unfair” Trade Practices?
Subsidies for particular industries harm the countries that adopt them by distorting the allocation of productive activity and forcing residents to pay higher taxes. But such policies benefit the United States overall.
By Jeffrey Miron
January 31, 2025
National Review (Online)

Trump Targets EU Regulations and ‘Taxation’ of American Companies
Having rightly identified the EU as a bad actor, President Trump and American policymakers must resist the siren song to respond with our own taxes, tariffs, regulations, and “competition” policies that will cripple American businesses and harm the expression and pocketbooks of American citizens.
By David Inserra and Jennifer Huddleston