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Lorenzo Bernaldo de Quirós In his nearly two years in office, President Javier Milei has radically changed the course of the Argentine economy. His macroeconomic policy has succeeded in drastically reducing inflation and eliminating…

Jeffrey A. Singer In a post on X, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., cheered Tyson Foods Company’s decision to drop high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) from…

Timothy Sandefur Frederick Douglass (1818–1895) was born enslaved in Maryland, escaped, and rose to become a journalist, author, orator, diplomat, bank president, and civil rights leader. A self-made man, he…

Jeffrey Miron According to new research,  The mainstream theory of corporate governance in the United States holds that the primary responsibility of the board of directors and management is to…

Matthew Cavedon A couple of weeks ago, I posted here with a caveat that it’s easier to tweet than to secure an indictment. I meant that there’s no need to interpret…

David J. Bier and Sahana Krishnamurthy On September 2, the US military conducted a strike on a small boat near Venezuela believed to be carrying illegal drugs, resulting in the…

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:…

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…

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…

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…