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March 17, 2023
National Interest (Online)

The Interventionist Dilemma: Rules-Based Order Versus the Humanitarian Exception
Proponents of a highly activist U.S. policy in the world keep stumbling upon (and evading) a troubling contradiction. Washington repeatedly emphasizes the need to protect the “rules‐based international order that preserves stability worldwide.” The Biden administration and its …
By Ted Galen Carpenter
March 15, 2023
Blog

More Startups Can Help Fix the Startup Bank’s Problems
… more new financial tools and institutions, not fewer of them. Not every innovation may be right for every business, but policymakers should treat private alternatives to our legacy system as rational responses to manifest flaws and unmet needs, not incipient …
By Jack Solowey
March 15, 2023
Research Briefs in Economic Policy

No. 324
Preferences for Firearms and Their Implications for Regulation
… were more than 45,000 gun‐related deaths in the United States. Our research develops a framework for evaluating gun policy that simultaneously respects the individual enjoyment of gun ownership and takes seriously the harm caused by guns. Our research …
By Sarah Moshary, Bradley T. Shapiro, and Sara Drango
March 13, 2023
Blog

Introducing Cato’s Protectionist Madness 2023 Tournament
… Each trade policy has been matched up against another policy, with the public (i.e., you) voting for the worse policy in each matchup. If you don’t know about the policy, no problem: You can click on it to …
By Scott Lincicome
March 9, 2023
Blog

President Biden’s Budget Misses the Mark
President Biden finally released his annual budget blueprint for fiscal year 2024, more than a month late. This year’s presidential budget is filled with excessive spending, higher taxes, and misguided policies. The President proposes to reduce deficits by $3 …
By Romina Boccia and Dominik Lett
March 7, 2023
Power Problems

Quantifying US Militarism
Over time, U.S. foreign policy has become increasingly activist, interventionist, and hostile despite facing fewer direct national security threats. These military interventions have also gradually become less connected to the national interest. Tufts University professor Monica Toft and Bridgewater …
Featuring Monica Toft, Sidita Kushi, and John Glaser
March 6, 2023
Responsible Statecraft

Is Weakening Support for Ukraine War Following a Historical Pattern?
Recent public opinion surveys regarding the extent of domestic backing for Washington’s Ukraine policy provide a decidedly mixed picture. A majority of Americans still support the Biden administration’s efforts to assist Kyiv’s war effort through financial and …
By Ted Galen Carpenter
March 2, 2023
Legal Briefs

Tyler v. Hennepin County
… the National Association of Home Builders, and Owners’ Counsel of America. Unfortunately, Tyler is not alone. This theft‐like tax policy of seizing surplus equity occurs in 14 states, and it largely impacts the elderly and the poor—particularly those …
By Clark Neily, Thomas A. Berry, and Isaiah McKinney
February 28, 2023
Landing Page

2023 Protectionist Madness
2023 Protectionist Madness Thirty‐two terrible U.S. trade policies are going head‐to‐head in a classic, single‐elimination tournament format. And you get to decide the worst of the bunch. Scroll down to the tournament bracket below and …
February 28, 2023
Blog

Which States Are Best for Remote Workers?
In our chapter on remote work in Empowering the New American Worker, we explain how remote work can benefit both workers and employers, and we identify several state policies that make remote work needlessly difficult (especially across state lines).
By Scott Lincicome and Ilana Blumsack
February 27, 2023
Blog

SCOTUS Tackles Unconstitutional, and Unwise, Student Loan Cancelation
President Biden’s mass student-debt cancelation deserves to lose in the Supreme Court because it violates the Constitution. But it deserves to lose as a matter of higher-education policy as well.
By Clark Neily and Neal McCluskey
February 23, 2023
Blog

Two Years Later: Biden Has Finally Taken the First Step on Stopping Risky Arms Transfers
President Joe Biden’s administration just released its Conventional Arms Transfer policy, which dictates who can buy U.S. weapons and how the arms transfers process should function. It is the first step for Biden to stop risky weapons sales.
By Jordan Cohen
February 23, 2023
19FortyFive

America’s Biggest Problem? Political Armageddon Is Almost Here
Amid the parties’ ideological pirouettes, the American people will be choosing a future based more on image, tone, and perception than policy, virtue, and reality. And no one looks good.
By Doug Bandow
February 21, 2023
Blog

15-Minute Cities: Can a Good Idea Be Pushed Too Far?
If 15-Minute Cities are indeed an idea whose time has come, it will be adopted through choice with the support of relatively modest policy change. But if planners try to impose this vision through coercive or heavy-handed policies, backlash could spread.
By Marc Joffe
February 17, 2023
Blog

Poppin’ (Baby) Bottles for the One Year Anniversary of the Formula Crisis
One year ago today, Abbott Nutrition issued recalls of infant formula produced at its plant in Sturgis, Michigan. Congress should use today’s anniversary to consider prioritizing permanent reform to the trade and domestic policies that directly exacerbated the infant formula crisis.
By Gabriella Beaumont-Smith