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Jeffrey Miron In the name of “political fairness,” some US officials advocate unprecedented government regulation of social media. FCC Chairman Brendan Carr claims platforms are “discriminat[ing] against viewpoints” and pose “the…

Thomas A. Berry and Mike Fox Property owners in New Braunfels, Texas, have long exercised the fundamental rights to acquire and make use of their property, including the right to…

Emily Ekins and Hunter Johnson 89 Percent Favor Auditing All Government Spending to Root Out Waste, Fraud, and Abuse; Americans Would Cut 40 Percent Across the Board Findings from the…

Chris Edwards With a bloated cost structure and falling demand for its products, the US Postal Service (USPS) is in trouble. I contend that privatizing the agency is the best way…

Jeffrey A. Singer Below is an excerpt of the new book, Your Body, Your Health Care (Cato Institute 2025) by Jeffrey A. Singer, MD, a senior fellow in Health Policy…

Chris Edwards Commenting on possible US Postal Service (USPS) privatization a few months ago, President Donald Trump said, “it’s an idea that a lot of people have liked for a…

Joe Bishop-Henchmen President Donald Trump joins Presidents John Quincy Adams (1828), John Tyler (1842), Benjamin Harrison (1890), and Herbert Hoover (1930) in enacting a tariff designed not just to raise…

Romina Boccia and Dominik Lett On April 5, the Senate approved a modified budget framework, which is a betrayal of the House’s more responsible fiscal stance. The Senate’s strategy is…

Jeffrey A. Singer Below is an excerpt of the new book Your Body, Your Health Care (Cato Institute 2025) by Jeffrey A. Singer, MD, a senior fellow in Health Policy…

Michael Chapman Frédéric Bastiat (1801–1850) (Image: LefontQ on Wikimedia Commons.) To understand the folly of protectionism, including the use of tariffs, there is perhaps no greater teacher than Frederic Bastiat…