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October 5, 2021
Power Problems

Bad Friends: America’s Middle East Allies
President Joe Biden claimed he would defend human rights around the world, but his track record paints a different picture, especially in the Middle East. Quincy Institute senior fellow Annelle Sheline discusses how U.S. policies in the region have …
Featuring Annelle Sheline and John Glaser
October 5, 2021
Antiwar.com

Washington Keeps Poking the Panda Regarding Taiwan
Expectations that Joe Biden’s administration would pursue a more conciliatory policy toward the People’s Republic of China (PRC) than its predecessor did have not been borne out. The surprising continuity with the Trump administration’s approach is most …
By Ted Galen Carpenter
October 4, 2021
American Institute for Economic Research

China as Excuse: Special Interests Mulct Americans in the Name of Battling Modern “Yellow Peril”
… to use the specter of China as an excuse to further bloat Uncle Sam’s budget, imitating Beijing’s worst policies in the bargain. Then Mao died in 1976. And China changed. The U.S. and PRC established diplomatic relations …
By Doug Bandow
October 1, 2021
Blog

Central Banking and Climate Change
… approach to monetary policy, central banks would be more limited, there would be greater certainty about the course of monetary policy, and public expectations regarding the role of monetary policy would be more realistic. There would also be a sharper …
By James A. Dorn
September 30, 2021
The American Conservative

Making Ukraine a NATO Member in All but Name
… and Berlin (as well as some other European capitals) continues to thwart Kiev’s bid for formal membership, U.S. policy has made NATO’s relationship with Ukraine functionally equivalent to a security guarantee under Article 5 of the North …
By Ted Galen Carpenter
September 29, 2021
Cato Daily Podcast

When Think Tanks Train Future Politicians
What’s the case for think tanks training candidates to challenge incumbents? Matt Paprocki of the Illinois Policy Institute makes the argument.
Featuring Matt Paprocki and Caleb O. Brown
Fall 2021
Regulation

The Threat of Externalities
The concept and its underlying theory have problems that policymakers often ignore.
By Pierre Lemieux
September 27, 2021
Cato Daily Podcast

Luxury Housing, Market-Rate Housing, and Affordable Housing
The fights over housing in California and other states with high housing costs will spill over into other states with similar policies. The fights will continue for years to come. Timothy Lee of Full Stack Economics comments.
Featuring Timothy B. Lee and Caleb O. Brown
September 24, 2021
Responsible Statecraft

US Continues to Push China and Russia Together at Its Own Peril
It’s called institutionalizing hubris, and it’s taking U.S. global foreign policy nowhere fast.
By Doug Bandow
September 24, 2021
Cato Daily Podcast

Illinois Has a Public Pension Warning for Your State
The problems faced by Illinois today will be faced by many other states down the road, and it threatens to bring states close to bankruptcy. Adam Schuster of the Illinois Policy Institute says pension reform needs to come sooner than later.
Featuring Adam Schuster and Caleb O. Brown
September 23, 2021
Blog

Area Cartel Laments Cost of Joining, Proposes Government Pay the Tab
The American Bar Association has enacted policies that have driven up student loan debt for law school students. Now, they’re asking the federal government to help alleviate the burden they created.
By Scott Lincicome and Ilana Blumsack
September 22, 2021
Blog

Infrastructure Bill Requires Cars to Detect “Impaired” Drivers
Divorcing intent from outcomes in this way encourages the policy equivalent of reckless driving, leaving unelected technocrats to grapple with the panoply of privacy, efficacy, and security questions raised by the mandate long after the applause has faded.
By Julian Sanchez
September 22, 2021
The Dispatch

America’s Ports Problem Is Decades in the Making
Systemic problems and bad policy have exacerbated pandemic-related shipping delays.
By Scott Lincicome
September 21, 2021
Power Problems

The Battle of Ideas over America’s Role in the World
Stephen Wertheim is a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for Peace. He discusses 20 years of failed post-9/11 national security policies, the strategy of global military dominance, and the ongoing the battle of ideas on the U.S. role in the world.
Featuring Stephen Wertheim and John Glaser
September 15, 2021
Cato Daily Podcast

Trends in State-Level Criminal Justice Reform in 2020
How did states alter the landscape of policing and broader criminal justice issues in 2020? Robert Alt is president of the Buckeye Institute and author of a forthcoming report on state-level criminal justice trends.
Featuring Robert Alt and Caleb O. Brown