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  • October 30, 2015
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    The Politics of the TPP
    In the trade policy world, everyone is eagerly awaiting the release of the full text of the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement, but trade news sources say this is still several weeks away. My colleague Bill Watson has done a …
    By Simon Lester
  • October 29, 2015
    Blog
    Markets and Social Justice in Housing and Education
    … education policy. In a recently updated version of his 1998 paper, “A Requiem for Blockbusting,” Dmitri Mehlhorn of the Progressive Policy Institute details the sordid history of discriminatory housing policy in the U.S. When Southern agricultural jobs dried up …
    By Jason Bedrick
  • October 28, 2015
    Blog
    Three Months of Work to Write a Three-Week Bill
    … next year because it is an election year. Until a few years ago, Congress had a pay-as-you-go policy in which highway and transit spending was no more than actual highway revenues. But then Congress decided to increase …
    By Randal O’Toole
  • October 24, 2015
    Blog
    The Nitty-Gritty of Fed Rate Hikes
    … does not do, real values, including real incomes, are going to remain depressed into the foreseeable future. No amount of money and no monetary policy is going to change the government‐​imposed real depression. [Cross‐​posted from Alt‑M.org]
    By Richard H. Timberlake Jr.
  • October 15, 2015
    Blog
    Border Patrol Out Of Control
    Today, the ACLU’s Border Litigation Project released a damning report on the Department of Homeland Security’s Customs and Border Protection “interior operations” that should serve as a wake up call for Washington policy makers. Titled “Record of Abuse …
    By Patrick G. Eddington
  • October 14, 2015
    Blog
    How Bernie Sanders Is Like Ron Paul
    How Bernie Sanders and Ron Paul are alike: Both ran for president in their 70s, without any encouragement from pundits, politicians, or political operatives. Both were far more interested in talking about ideas and policies than in criticizing their opponents …
    By David Boaz
  • October 13, 2015
    Blog
    TONIGHT: Cato Scholars Live-Tweet The First Dem Debate
    … and broadcast nationwide. Cato scholars will be using #Cato2016 to live-tweet the debate, bringing insightful commentary and hard-hitting policy analysis to the discussion.   Join the conversation on Twitter with #Cato2016.   Tonight will kick off a series of six …
    By Kat Murti
  • October 12, 2015
    Blog
    Governments Subsidize Disaster—and the Wealthy
    … that they are welfare for the well‐​to‐​do. Politicians often talk about helping the poor, but many of their policies disproportionally benefit the well‐​off. A 2010 study, for example, looked at flood insurance claims data over a 10 …
    By Chris Edwards
  • October 12, 2015
    Blog
    Setting the REAL ID Record Straight in Minnesota
    … Better informed, Minnesota’s duly elected officials should turn and face down the DHS and defend their authority over state policy while they protect Minnesotans’ privacy and data security. The Star Tribune’s editorial board dismissed my arguments as part …
    By Jim Harper
  • October 7, 2015
    Blog
    Whole Milk and Humility
    Could decades of government warnings about whole milk be in error? Maybe that’s an argument for keeping dietary advice in the realm of persuasion, not official policy.
    By David Boaz
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