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Adam N. Michel The final installment in our tax bootcamp series covers the international tax system. It starts by describing what multinational tax systems attempt to do, covers the three…

Nicholas Anthony Debanking is generally characterized as the sudden closure of a financial account. The causes of debanking, however, are just as important as the end result. And it’s for…

Michael Chapman Ayn Rand was born on Feb. 2, 1905, one hundred twenty years ago this week, and died on Mar. 6, 1982. Ayn Rand is world-renowned because of her…

Walter Olson In its early executive orders and actions, the Trump administration has regularly taken steps that go beyond what standard legal opinion would have to be its authority. This…

David J. Bier President Trump signed several executive orders on his first day in office that relate to immigration. These orders will backfire and result in a more disorderly, dysfunctional,…

Patrick G. Eddington Over the weekend, the Trump administration intensified its efforts to identify and target for retaliation FBI personnel connected to the now-closed investigations into Trump’s role in the…

Alex Nowrasteh The evidence is overwhelming that immigrants in the United States have had a lower crime rate than native-born Americans since at least the 19th century. When people learn…

Patrick G. Eddington FBI director-nominee Kash Patel’s confirmation hearing today has already produced news. Under friendly questioning from Sen. John Cornyn (R‑TX), Patel was asked whether he viewed a warrant…

Adam N. Michel Last week, the Cato Congressional Fellows discussed the history of radical tax reforms and examples of such reforms in practice. This overview begins with a brief history…

Clark Neily Among the most challenging and important questions in constitutional law is whether the constitutions of the United States and various individual states protect unenumerated rights—and if so, which…