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https://www.cato.org/blog/keep-fed-ed-what-do-you-hate-kids
Keep Fed Ed? What, Do You Hate Kids? | Cato at Liberty Blog
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https://www.cato.org/blog/sales-excise-taxes-ballot
Sales and Excise Taxes on the Ballot | Cato at Liberty Blog
Jun 18, 2022 - There have been 20 questions to increase, cut, or limit income taxes on statewide ballots over the past decade. Voters favored the small-government side 60...
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https://www.cato.org/blog/us-china-relations-setting-priorities-making-choices
U.S.-China Relations: Setting Priorities, Making Choices | Cato at Liberty Blog
Jun 17, 2022 - Washington will have to relearn the art of diplomacy as it better sets priorities.
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https://www.cato.org/blog/weak-defense-disclosure
A Weak Defense of Disclosure | Cato at Liberty Blog
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https://www.cato.org/blog/do-minimum-wage-increases-raise-crime-rates
Do Minimum Wage Increases Raise Crime Rates? | Cato at Liberty Blog
Jun 18, 2022 - Minimum wage hikes appear to increase property crime for 16 to 24 year-olds, suggesting the traditional labor demand effects dominate the wage uplift effect...
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https://www.cato.org/blog/euphemism-day
Euphemism of the Day | Cato at Liberty Blog
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https://www.cato.org/blog/cost-government
The Cost of Government | Cato at Liberty Blog
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https://www.cato.org/blog/arson-federalism-how-overcharging-scorches-constitution
The Arson of Federalism: How Overcharging Scorches the Constitution | Cato at Liberty Blog
May 4, 2026 - If the federal government continues to use the Commerce Clause as a catch-all to regulate everything from unsheltered cats to minor local disturbances the...
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https://www.cato.org/blog/so-many-reasons-government-shouldnt-fund-newspapers
So Many Reasons Government Shouldn't Fund Newspapers | Cato at Liberty Blog
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https://www.cato.org/blog/collecting-dna-not-controversial
Collecting Your DNA---Not Controversial | Cato at Liberty Blog
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https://www.cato.org/blog/moral-responsibilities
Moral Responsibilities | Cato at Liberty Blog
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https://www.cato.org/blog/obamas-pledge-cut-wasteful-spending
Obama's Pledge to Cut Wasteful Spending | Cato at Liberty Blog
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https://www.cato.org/blog/economists-across-political-spectrum-not
Economists across the Political Spectrum. Not. | Cato at Liberty Blog
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https://www.cato.org/blog/little-evidence-either
Little Evidence for Either | Cato at Liberty Blog
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https://www.cato.org/blog/second-amendment-litigation
Second Amendment Litigation | Cato at Liberty Blog
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https://www.cato.org/blog/defeat-terrorism
Defeat Terrorism | Cato at Liberty Blog
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https://www.cato.org/blog/senate-reads-ignores-washingtons-farewell-address
Senate Reads and Ignores Washington's Farewell Address | Cato at Liberty Blog
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https://www.cato.org/blog/america-2050-forget-forgotten-mode
America 2050: Forget the Forgotten Mode | Cato at Liberty Blog
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https://www.cato.org/blog/remembering-japanese-internment
Remembering Japanese Internment | Cato at Liberty Blog
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https://www.cato.org/blog/friday-feature-bramblewood-learning-community
Friday Feature: Bramblewood Learning Community | Cato at Liberty Blog
Aug 18, 2023 - Bramblewood Learning Community is a project-based homeschool co-op that incorporates independent learning, Socratic discussions, and real world activities.
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https://www.cato.org/blog/singapore-cuts-corporate-tax
Singapore Cuts Corporate Tax | Cato at Liberty Blog
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https://www.cato.org/blog/how-make-bless-love-fighting-words
How to Make 'Bless' and 'Love' Fighting Words | Cato at Liberty Blog
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https://www.cato.org/blog/year-educational-choice-update-ii
The Year of Educational Choice: Update II | Cato at Liberty Blog
Jun 18, 2022 - Montana and Tennessee are the latest states to enact educational choice laws.
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https://www.cato.org/blog/good-question-what-do-major-change
Good Question: What to Do Before Major Change | Cato at Liberty Blog
Jun 18, 2022 - Free community college would probably solve the problem of community college noncompleters leaving with debt, depending on how one accounted for living...
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https://www.cato.org/blog/what-renee-goods-story
What Is Renee Good's Story? | Cato at Liberty Blog
Jan 9, 2026 - Our beliefs and actions are often driven by the immense power of narrative, and in particular the immense power of narratives in constitutional and political...
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https://www.cato.org/blog/germans-attack-tax-competitionagain
The Germans Attack Tax Competition...Again | Cato at Liberty Blog
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https://www.cato.org/blog/bank-regulation-financial-crisis
Bank Regulation and the Financial Crisis | Cato at Liberty Blog
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https://www.cato.org/blog/five-years-prison-online-gambling
Five Years in Prison for Online Gambling | Cato at Liberty Blog
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https://www.cato.org/blog/government-should-not-interfere-company-pricing-decisions
Government Should Not Interfere with Company Pricing Decisions | Cato at Liberty Blog
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https://www.cato.org/blog/what-fomc-minutes-reveal-about-normalization
What the FOMC Minutes Reveal about Normalization | Cato at Liberty Blog
Apr 3, 2023 - The path to normalization is starting to materialize, but with ample room for the Fed to reverse course.
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https://www.cato.org/blog/rick-perrys-moment
Rick Perry's Moment | Cato at Liberty Blog
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https://www.cato.org/blog/antitrust-vs-silicon-valley
Antitrust vs. Silicon Valley | Cato at Liberty Blog
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https://www.cato.org/blog/siding-geeks-network-neutrality
Siding with the Geeks on Network Neutrality | Cato at Liberty Blog
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https://www.cato.org/blog/79-want-police-misconduct-investigated-independent-agencies
79% Want Police Misconduct Investigated by Independent Agencies | Cato at Liberty Blog
Jun 18, 2022 - 79% of Americans would prefer that police shootings and police misconduct complaints be investigated by an outside law enforcement agency rather than allow the...
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https://www.cato.org/blog/europes-insane-agriculture-subsidies
Europe's Insane Agriculture Subsidies | Cato at Liberty Blog
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https://www.cato.org/blog/hawks-havens
Hawks and Havens | Cato at Liberty Blog
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https://www.cato.org/blog/rick-santorum-left-right-wrong
Rick Santorum: Left, Right, and Wrong | Cato at Liberty Blog
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https://www.cato.org/blog/no-way-organize-society
This is No Way to Organize a Society | Cato at Liberty Blog
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https://www.cato.org/blog/congress-might-make-election-law-early-priority
Congress Might Make Election Law an Early Priority | Cato at Liberty Blog
Jan 10, 2025 - Pending Republican bills to require voter identification and proof of citizenship are broadly popular in principle, but there may not be so much of a consensus...
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https://www.cato.org/blog/roots-investment-banking-mess
The Roots of the Investment Banking Mess | Cato at Liberty Blog
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https://www.cato.org/blog/costs-mask-mandates
The Costs of Mask Mandates | Cato at Liberty Blog
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https://www.cato.org/blog/state-court-jurisdiction-scotus-holds-line
On State Court Jurisdiction, SCOTUS Holds the Line | Cato at Liberty Blog
Jun 18, 2022 - The Supreme Court is serious about getting a handle on forum-shopping, from patent cases to injury suits.
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https://www.cato.org/blog/beware-costs-technology-trade-war
Beware the Costs of a Technology Trade War | Cato at Liberty Blog
Jun 18, 2022 - A technology trade war based off assumptions could cost dearly.
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https://www.cato.org/blog/isnt-seven-years-war-distortion
Isn't 'Seven Years of War' a Distortion? | Cato at Liberty Blog
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https://www.cato.org/blog/debate-over-duncans-record-chicago
Debate over Duncan's Record in Chicago | Cato at Liberty Blog
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https://www.cato.org/blog/vmt-or-not-vmt
To VMT or Not to VMT | Cato at Liberty Blog
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https://www.cato.org/blog/lulas-heart-vs-brazils-interests
Lula's Heart vs Brazil's Interests | Cato at Liberty Blog
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https://www.cato.org/blog/roxana-saberi-was-released
Roxana Saberi Was Released | Cato at Liberty Blog
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https://www.cato.org/blog/international-nannyi
Send The International Nanny Packing | Cato at Liberty Blog
Jun 17, 2022 - Some public health experts are calling for an international bureaucracy to save us from salt, booze, and over-rich chow.
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https://www.cato.org/blog/congress-takes-us-saudi-relationship
Congress Takes on the U.S.-Saudi Relationship | Cato at Liberty Blog
Jun 18, 2022 - Debate is growing on capitol hill over problems in the U.S.-Saudi relationship. But there have been few concrete results.
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https://www.cato.org/blog/school-choice-grassroots-campaign
School Choice Grassroots Campaign | Cato at Liberty Blog
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https://www.cato.org/blog/mitt-romney-conservative-savior
Mitt Romney, Conservative Savior? | Cato at Liberty Blog
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https://www.cato.org/blog/end-federal-welfare-dont-mend-it
End Federal Welfare - Don't Mend It | Cato at Liberty Blog
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https://www.cato.org/blog/whats-job-institute-education-sciences
What's the Job of the Institute of Education Sciences? | Cato at Liberty Blog
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https://www.cato.org/blog/defense-download-week-1129
DEFENSE DOWNLOAD: Week of 11/29 | Cato at Liberty Blog
Jun 18, 2022 - This new round-up is intended to highlight what we at the Cato Institute are keeping tabs on in the world of defense politics every week.
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https://www.cato.org/blog/pelosi-bills-high-water-mark
The Pelosi Bill's High Water Mark | Cato at Liberty Blog
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https://www.cato.org/blog/why-some-people-think-npr-exhibits-bias
Why Some People Think NPR Exhibits Bias | Cato at Liberty Blog
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https://www.cato.org/blog/will-blue-dogs-ever-bite
Will the Blue Dogs Ever Bite? | Cato at Liberty Blog
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https://www.cato.org/blog/obamacare-implementation-what-rivkin-said-why
ObamaCare Implementation: What Rivkin Said, and Why | Cato at Liberty Blog
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https://www.cato.org/blog/some-readings-economics-euro
Some Readings on the Economics of the Euro | Cato at Liberty Blog
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https://www.cato.org/blog/policymakers-neednt-fear-spending-cuts
Policymakers Needn't Fear Spending Cuts | Cato at Liberty Blog
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https://www.cato.org/blog/bush-administration-seeks-more-risky-government-housing-handouts
Bush Administration Seeks More Risky Government Housing Handouts | Cato at Liberty Blog
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https://www.cato.org/blog/feds-lock-blogger
Feds Lock Up Blogger | Cato at Liberty Blog
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https://www.cato.org/blog/more-race-top
More on 'Race to the Top' | Cato at Liberty Blog
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https://www.cato.org/blog/student-aid-myth-myth
The Student Aid 'Myth' Myth | Cato at Liberty Blog
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https://www.cato.org/blog/i-dont-get
This I Don't Get | Cato at Liberty Blog
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https://www.cato.org/blog/tsa-should-follow-law
TSA Should Follow the Law | Cato at Liberty Blog
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https://www.cato.org/blog/gruber-simon-crowd-out-clearly-significant
Gruber & Simon: Crowd-out Is Clearly Significant | Cato at Liberty Blog
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https://www.cato.org/blog/cbdc-inclusion-or-illusion
CBDC: Inclusion of the 'Unbanked' or Illusion? | Cato at Liberty Blog
Aug 30, 2023 - Rather than launching another new government intervention that is unlikely to address the problems faced by the unbanked, removing legislative barriers to a...
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https://www.cato.org/blog/whos-crying-socialist
Who's Crying Socialist? | Cato at Liberty Blog
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https://www.cato.org/blog/parents-want-more-education-options
Parents Want More Education Options | Cato at Liberty Blog
Jun 17, 2022 - Caps on the growth of scholarship tax credit programs harm low-income students and taxpayers.
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https://www.cato.org/blog/bill-shuster-gets-transportation-committee-gavel
Bill Shuster Gets the Transportation Committee Gavel | Cato at Liberty Blog
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https://www.cato.org/blog/how-school-choice-improves-public-schools
How School Choice Improves Public Schools | Cato at Liberty Blog
Jun 18, 2022 - When parents have choices, schools must be responsive to their needs.
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https://www.cato.org/blog/reminiscences-bill-niskanen-lew-uhler
Reminiscences of Bill Niskanen from Lew Uhler | Cato at Liberty Blog
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https://www.cato.org/blog/why-obamacare-unpopular
Why Is ObamaCare Unpopular? | Cato at Liberty Blog
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https://www.cato.org/blog/making-enemies-afghanistan
Making Enemies in Afghanistan | Cato at Liberty Blog
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https://www.cato.org/blog/scientists-gone-wild
Scientists Gone Wild | Cato at Liberty Blog
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https://www.cato.org/blog/horror-it
The Horror of It! | Cato at Liberty Blog
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https://www.cato.org/blog/fiscal-train-wreck
A Fiscal Train Wreck | Cato at Liberty Blog
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https://www.cato.org/blog/flat-tax-progress-hungary-poland
Flat Tax Progress in Hungary and Poland | Cato at Liberty Blog
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https://www.cato.org/blog/libertarian-democrats
"Libertarian Democrats"? | Cato at Liberty Blog
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https://www.cato.org/blog/chamber-commerce-endorses-carbon-tariffs
Chamber of Commerce Endorses Carbon Tariffs? | Cato at Liberty Blog
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https://www.cato.org/blog/congress-where-20-jobs-580m
Congress: Where 20 Jobs = $580m | Cato at Liberty Blog
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https://www.cato.org/blog/medpac-identifies-medicare-advantage-pricing-errors-savings-opportunities
MedPAC Identifies Medicare Advantage Pricing Errors, Savings Opportunities | Cato at Liberty Blog
Mar 28, 2025 - Surely, Republicans can cut Medicare subsidies for gym memberships and pet care.
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https://www.cato.org/blog/dhs-we-even-obey-law
DHS: And We Even Obey the Law! | Cato at Liberty Blog
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https://www.cato.org/blog/dividing-loot-maryland
Dividing the Loot in Maryland | Cato at Liberty Blog
Jun 18, 2022 - Maryland political officials organize to keep their state tax dollars flowing.
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https://www.cato.org/blog/wishful-thinking-about-obamacare-investigations
Wishful Thinking about ObamaCare Investigations | Cato at Liberty Blog
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https://www.cato.org/blog/unintentional-praise-50-vetoes
(Unintentional) Praise for '50 Vetoes' | Cato at Liberty Blog
Jun 17, 2022 - Helping to marshall the resistance to Obamacare.
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https://www.cato.org/blog/national-health-care-nanny-state
National Health Care and the Nanny State | Cato at Liberty Blog
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https://www.cato.org/blog/government-doing-too-much
Government Doing Too Much | Cato at Liberty Blog
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https://www.cato.org/blog/forced-mortgage-refinance-does-not-create-wealth
Forced Mortgage Refinance Does Not Create Wealth | Cato at Liberty Blog
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https://www.cato.org/blog/army-bureaucrats
An Army of Bureaucrats? | Cato at Liberty Blog
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https://www.cato.org/blog/two-tax-rates-catching
Two Tax Rates Catching On | Cato at Liberty Blog
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https://www.cato.org/blog/more-bulgaria-flat-tax
More on Bulgaria Flat Tax | Cato at Liberty Blog
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https://www.cato.org/blog/cigarette-taxes-smuggling
Cigarette Taxes and Smuggling | Cato at Liberty Blog
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https://www.cato.org/blog/why-was-fed-created
"Why Was the Fed Created?" | Cato at Liberty Blog
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https://www.cato.org/blog/great-moments-international-bureaucracy
Great Moments in International Bureaucracy | Cato at Liberty Blog
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https://www.cato.org/blog/trade-deficit-disorder
Trade Deficit Disorder | Cato at Liberty Blog
Jun 18, 2022 - Meanwhile, with a year of experience under his belt, maybe President Trump can begin to realize that a rising trade deficit reflects a growing economy and that...
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https://www.cato.org/blog/financial-economists-dismiss-stock-buyback-fury
Financial Economists Dismiss Stock Buyback Fury | Cato at Liberty Blog
May 11, 2023 - On May 3, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted a rule to update stock buyback disclosures, igniting the debate over the economics of stock...
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