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Dominik Lett Read the new paper here. The Cato Institute has just released an updated version of the emergency spending paper I co-authored with Romina Boccia last year. The key takeaway:…

Alex Nowrasteh Many of you read my Cato blog post from September 11 about the frequency of deadly, politically motivated terrorist attacks in the United States. People are apprehensive about…

Jeffrey A. Singer and Bautista Vivanco As promised, the White House released the recommendations of the MAHA Commission—the “Make Our Children Healthy Again Strategy Report”—on September 9 as part of…

Jerome Famularo Recently, we published a briefing paper that highlights our case against the US Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund. The CDFI Fund is essentially a welfare program…

Nicholas Anthony Amid failing to justify financial surveillance to Congress, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) quietly published a new requirement that allows the government to surveil transactions as little…

Erec Smith The assassination of Charlie Kirk is sending shockwaves across the American political landscape. Kirk, a husband, father of two, and a prominent conservative pundit and political organizer known for…

Jeffrey Miron Florida’s surgeon general, Dr. Joseph Ladapo, recently announced that Florida would eliminate all childhood vaccine mandates, making shots for measles, chickenpox, hepatitis B, and more optional (although some changes…

Jeffrey A. Singer The MAHA Commission released its Make Our Children Healthy Again strategy report on September 9. While parents are the primary audience for direct-to-consumer (DTC) drug ads, the…

Jai Kedia The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) will meet this week to deliberate on changing the target for the federal funds rate (FFR), the main policy rate used to…