Jeffrey Miron and Jacob Winter According to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), its mission is partly to “[regulate] the manufacturing, marketing, and distribution...
Michael F. Cannon Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., has announced and begun implementing the elimination of 10,000 positions at the Department of Health and...
Jeffrey A. Singer According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), over 6.1 million people over age 12 have opioid use...
Colin Grabow As President Donald Trump threatens so-called “reciprocal tariffs” on US trading partners, some countries are offering lower duties to avoid the US...
Scott Lincicome and Clark Packard Today the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party issued a lengthy report denouncing various Chinese government economic policies...
Neal McCluskey This week marks the 75th anniversary of the United Nations’ Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The Declaration’s overall thrust and impact are...
Scott Lincicome Today we’ve published two new essays for Cato’s Defending Globalization project: The “China Shock” Demystified: Its Origins, Effects, and Lessons for Today,...
Adam N. Michel In 2017, Republicans cut and reformed taxes for individuals and businesses. The vast majority of the changes for individuals expire at...
Colin Grabow In a new paper, economists Ryan Kellogg and Richard L. Sweeney examine what might happen if oil and petroleum products could be transported...
Travis Fisher and Jennifer J. Schulp Proposals to mandate transparency and accountability in corporate environmental practices are becoming law. So far, the most aggressive...
Alex Nowrasteh The immigration system of the United States favors family reunification even in the so‐called employment‐based (EB) green card categories. Under current interpretations...
Thomas A. Berry Two years ago, Texas passed a law declaring that large social media services are “common carriers” subject to onerous regulations dictating what...