Chris Edwards Commenting on possible US Postal Service (USPS) privatization a few months ago, President Donald Trump said, “it’s an idea…
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Romina Boccia and Dominik Lett On April 5, the Senate approved a modified budget framework, which is a betrayal of the…
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Joseph Bishop-Henchman President Donald Trump joins Presidents John Quincy Adams (1828), John Tyler (1842), Benjamin Harrison (1890), and Herbert Hoover (1930)…
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Jeffrey A. Singer Below is an excerpt of the new book Your Body, Your Health Care (Cato Institute 2025) by Jeffrey…
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Bastiat’s “Candlemakers’ Petition” Reveals the Folly of Protectionism, Tariffs
Michael Chapman Frédéric Bastiat (1801–1850) (Image: LefontQ on Wikimedia Commons.) To understand the folly of protectionism, including the use of tariffs,…
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Benjamin Anderson (1949): The Crowning Financial Folly of the Hawley-Smoot Tariff
Alan Reynolds (Photo: historyonthenet.com) Benjamin M. Anderson was a legendary Austrian economist at Chase National Bank from 1929 to 1939, then…
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Jeffrey A. Singer Today, the Cato Institute is releasing my new book, Your Body, Your Health Care—a defense of your right…
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Thomas A. Firey The bitter reaction by economists and Wall Street to the Trump administration’s new tariff regime has put a…
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Chris Edwards President Trump’s anti-market impulses are taking center stage this week with his damaging tariff policies. But the president is…
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Kyle Handley Recent critiques of international economics may surprise many actual economists. The latest rap against my profession is that we…