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Is Nuclear Power’s High Cost Justified for Clean Energy?

Subsidies and Tech Deals Don’t Change the Economics of Nuclear Power

Does Austin Need an $8 Billion Light Rail Project?

American Businesses Face a New Caesar

Is the Federal Transit Administration Fighting Climate Change or Subsidizing Pro Sports Teams?

Can Million-Dollar Apartments Solve California’s Housing Crisis?

USTR Acknowledges China Tariffs Failed, Will Continue Anyway

New Cato Briefing Paper Warns of President’s Unilateral Authorities to Raise Tariffs

As GLP‑1 Drug Shortage Ends, Why Will Patients Pay More?

New Ships Offer a Case Study in Protectionist Dysfunction

New IRS Tax Gap Estimate

FEMA’s Role in Hurricanes

Climate Change and Hurricane Damage

Ports, Automation, and Progress

Pharmaceutical Pricing Around the World

Central Planning Will Not Solve California’s Housing Shortage

New Study Finds High Costs and Few Benefits from Protectionist Buy American Act

Will Intel Become Yet Another Cautionary Tale of State Subsidies’ Unseen Costs?

Australian Bill Targets Harmful Misinformation Online but Hits Free Speech Around the World

What Americans Think about Trade with China

The Misguided Antitrust Investigations in AI

California Corruption and Zoning Reform

New Study Shows Decriminalization Did Not Cause Spike in Oregon’s Overdose Deaths

Kennedy Says Cut Subsidies for Farmers and Junk Food

Americans Think Increased Manufacturing Employment Would Be Good for the Country

Polarization Is Deep, But Localism Might Be Averting Book “Banning” Battles

Kamala Harris’s Misguided Family Policy

Trump’s IVF Plan Is a Mistake

AI Legislation at a State Level in 2024

Americans Paid for the Trump Tariffs

Thailand Uses Digital Wallet for 10,000 Baht Handout

Arrest of Telegram CEO Yet Another Threat to American Free Speech and Security Online

Big Brother’s Censorship Will Harm Those They Claim to Protect

Five Questions All Crypto Crime Bills Must Answer

Grocery Price Gouging?

63% of Americans Want to Increase Trade with Other Nations, 75% Worry Tariffs Are Raising Consumer Prices

Senator Warren Is Way Off on Raspberries—and Americans’ Living Standards

Corporate Welfare Breeds Corruption

Study Finds GLP-1s Are Effectively Over-the-Counter Drugs in Online Grey Market

Thank You, Paul Krugman, for Making the Case for Light-touch Crypto Regulation

Governor Tim Walz’s Fiscal Record

Government Debt Varies Widely by State

Interstate Migration of High Earners and Retirees

There’s Nothing “Absurd” or “Dangerous” about Ending the US Department of Education

How the Kansas City Chiefs and Royals Restarted a (Subsidies) War

Twelve Graphs on Why Maduro Could Only “Win” by Stealing Venezuela’s Election

How the Market of Tech Platforms Uncovered Potential Google Search Bias

Venezuela: How Monetary Mismanagement Contributed to Maduro’s Weakness

Why It Is So Hard to Become an Acupuncturist in California

Regulation Is Europe’s Key Leverage in Global Tech Industry

Is Argentina’s Sale of Puts on Treasury Bonds Less Risky than Dollarization?

New Paper Examines Jones Act’s Cost to Puerto Rico

$1.2 Trillion Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill Off to a Very Slow Start

Should CMS Raise the Price (Reduce the Subsidy) for Academics to Use Medicare & Medicaid Data?

IVF Critics’ Claims Don’t Hold Up under Scrutiny

SCOTUS Upholds a Tax on Stock Ownership in Narrow Opinion

No, Overruling Chevron Won’t Turn Judges into Policymakers

On Libertarians, Trade Policy, and National Security

US Should Follow UK in Consumer‐​Conscious Approach to ‘Trade Remedies’

Krugman’s Cold Comfort on the Federal Debt

Nuclear Power’s Newest Cautionary Tale

The State of Student Loan Forgiveness: June 2024

Who Will Report on Tariffs’ Unseen Costs?

A Reality Check on US Industrial Policy and the Manufacturing “Boom”

Fiscal Effects of School Choice

Words to Fear: I’m From the State Government, and I’m Here to Help with AI Risk

New York’s Skyscraping School Spending

Business Subsidies and State Tax Climates

Another Day, Another Study Showing Mixed Results from Preschool

Costly Ignorance

Jones Act Exacerbates US Ferry System Struggles

Should Government Redistribute Media Income?

Senate Report Highlighting Bias in Online Services Shows How the Market Can Serve More Perspectives and Advance Expression

House Judiciary Committee Report Documents More Evidence of Government Coercion of Social Media Companies

Americans Remain Worried about Food Prices … So Why Is Washington Trying to Increase Them?

The Myth of the Free‐​Market US Health Sector

New Biden Section 301 Tariffs (Once Again) Put Politics over Good Policy

FTC Gets 2/3 of the Infant Formula Crisis Right

Americans Remain Worried about Food Prices … So Why Is Washington Trying to Increase Them?

When It Comes to Cash Policies, Actions Speak Louder than Words

No Sunset in Sight for Solar Protectionism?

Dredging Protectionism

Governor DeSantis Tells Residents of the “Free State of Florida” What Kind of Meat He Will Allow Them to Eat

Biden’s Newest Folly on Student Loan Forgiveness

The World Trade Organization at Thirty

The State of Student Loan Forgiveness: April 2024

On Japan, Washington’s Economic Policies Belie Rhetoric

Responding to Senator Rubio on Industrial Policy

On Today’s Bad GDP Number, Please Remember: Imports Aren’t a “Drag on Growth”

More Steel Tariffs

Stossel TV Debunks Six Myths About Globalization

A Case for Deficit Reduction

Five Fiscal Truths

To Replace the Francis Scott Key Bridge Quickly, Turn to a Private Owner/​Operator

Crypto, Courts, and Congress

Federal Rail Administration’s New Two‐​Person Train Crew Rule Is a Union Concession

What Senator Rubio Gets Wrong about Manufacturing and Industrial Policy

Biden Hikes Corporate Tax Expenditures 92%

Sorry Unions, China Isn’t Responsible for US Shipbuilding Woes

FCC’s New All‐​In Pricing Rule for Cable and Satellite

Is Our Credit Card System Broken?

Freight Rail Safety in the Year Since the East Palestine Derailment

Electric Vehicles, Labor Unions, and Climate Hypocrisy

Inflation Is Still Trending in the Right Direction

Affordable Housing: Tax Credits vs Deregulation

The Incoherence of the White House’s Anti‐ “Junk Fees” Agenda

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