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April 18, 2024
The Times

Debt Is the Can That Keeps On Getting Kicked Down the Road
In fact, it means the Conservatives might well be able to cut taxes before the coming election, while still complying with their fiscal targets.
By Ryan Bourne
April 18, 2024
The American Conservative

Europe Is Starting to Wake Up to Needing Defense—Including a Nuclear Deterrent
… faithless and dishonest allied officials subsequently sought to deny, Moscow’s displeasure over NATO expansion and Washington’s aggressive military policy. U.S. presidents, secretaries of defense, and secretaries of state knew that they were recklessly crossing a red line …
By Doug Bandow
April 18, 2024
National Review (Online)

Why Do Women Pay More for Shampoo? It’s Not Sexism
… new book I edited, The War on Prices: How Popular Misconceptions about Inflation, Price Controls, and Value Lead to Bad Policy, reminds us, it wasn’t long ago that we were told prices were “sexist.” During the late 2010s, it …
By Ryan Bourne
April 18, 2024
Blog

WWII’s Impact: The Birth of Europe’s Extensive Welfare System
Had it not been for the extraordinary devastation brought on by the war, the modern European welfare state might look very different today. The US would be wise not to go down a similar path.
By Romina Boccia and Ivane Nachkebia
April 17, 2024
Cato Daily Podcast

Tariffs Are Taxes, but Who Pays the Tax?
When countries impose tariffs, that begins a chain reaction that frequently doesn’t end in the outcomes preferred by tariff advocates. Erica York of the Tax Foundation separates fact from fiction on tariffs.
Featuring Erica York and Caleb O. Brown
April 17, 2024
The War on Prices

U.S. Government Hypocrisy on “Junk Fees”
And The War on Prices arrives…
By Ryan Bourne and Sophia Bagley
April 16, 2024
National Interest

Benjamin Netanyahu Is Pushing for War with Iran
The Israeli prime minister has a history of encouraging Washington to get involved in Middle Eastern conflicts.
By Jon Hoffman
April 16, 2024
Power Problems

Regional “Push Factors” in the Emigration Upsurge
James Bosworth, founder of Hxagon and columnist at World Politics Review, discusses the various “push factors” throughout Latin America and the Caribbean driving the recent upsurge in migration to the US-Mexico border. He covers US-Mexico relations as well as gang violence, poor governance problems, and other instability in Haiti, Venezuela, Cuba, Ecuador, and beyond. Bosworth also discusses the transnational network dynamics of criminal organizations throughout the region, including their involvement in human trafficking, and argues that only an internationally coordinated approach within the hemisphere can mitigate such problems. Finally, he explains why the US’s drug war approach to the region is misguided and provides recommendations for how DC can better approach this hemisphere’s problems.
Featuring James Bosworth and John Glaser
April 15, 2024
Cato Daily Podcast

Income Taxes Are Scheduled to Go Up in 2026
Income taxes are on pace to increase on virtually all Americans in 2026. Cato’s Adam Michel has some reforms in mind.
Featuring Adam N. Michel and Caleb O. Brown
April 15, 2024
National Review (Online)

It’s Time to End Automatic Tax Withholding
While convenient, the practice distances citizens from the financial workings of their government, diluting their sense of participation and oversight.
By Adam N. Michel
April 13, 2024
Cato Daily Podcast

What Has the US Promised to Taiwan?
It’s been 45 years since the US made certain promises to Taiwan in the form of the Taiwan Relations Act, so what exactly has the US committed to provide? Eric Gomez discusses the strategic ambiguity of those American promises.
Featuring Eric Gomez and Caleb O. Brown
April 11, 2024
Blog

Analysis of 2022 Audited Financial Reports Shows Wide Variance in State Fiscal Health
The availability of these reports allows us to compare the balance sheet health of all state governments on an apples-to-apples basis because they all use the same accounting standard.
By Marc Joffe
April 11, 2024
Blog

Energy Subsidies Win Spending Madness 2024
After five rounds, tens of thousands of online voters have chosen the most wasteful federal program: the subsidies and tax breaks in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022. The results from Spending Madness suggest that the highest priority budget cut for Congress is the vast corporate welfare unleashed by the IRA.
By Chris Edwards
April 10, 2024
Blog

President Biden Would Make the US a Tax Rate Outlier
Imposing internationally high tax rates on American workers, investors, and employers would not address the US fiscal problems and would come at a high economic cost.
By Adam N. Michel
April 9, 2024
Cato Daily Podcast

Reevaluating the US/Israel Relationship
The US continues to provide Israel with roughly $3.8 billion annually in addition to other arms deals and security benefits. What exactly the United States gets in return for this relationship remains unclear. Jon Hoffman explains.
Featuring Jon Hoffman and Caleb O. Brown