Mike Fox Carrying large amounts of cash is not a crime in the United States. But tell that to Stephen Lara, a Marine Corps combat veteran who was stopped by the…
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TANSTAAFSBR, or, There Ain’t No Such Thing as a Free Strategic Bitcoin Reserve
George Selgin Having questioned, in a previous post, some proclaimed benefits of a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve, and specifically the claim that building such a reserve would strengthen the US dollar,…
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David J. Bier This is the five-minute spoken summary of my written testimony before the House Homeland Security Committee’s December 10, 2024, hearing, titled “Given the Green Light: Open Border…
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Eradicating Consideration of Race in Technology, AI Innovation, and Beyond: An Agenda for Policymakers
Erec Smith This blog is part of a series on technology innovation and free expression. In all likelihood, President-elect Trump will repeal Biden’s Executive Orders (EOs) on racial justice (EOs…
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Norbert Michel and Jerome Famularo In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, the United States experienced a much higher rate of inflation than at any time during the prior few…
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Marc Joffe The new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is a promising adjunct to the second Trump administration that proposes to identify and root out billions or even trillions of…
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Michael F. Cannon I submitted the following recommendations to the “Department of Government Efficiency,” a private-sector organization that will advise President-elect Donald Trump on how to reduce inefficiency in the…
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Cato Report for the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE): How to Downsize and Reform Government
Alex Nowrasteh and Ryan Bourne Shortly after winning the 2024 election, President-elect Donald Trump announced the creation of a parastatal Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) headed by Elon Musk and Vivek…
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Fiscal Crisis Red Flags Can No Longer Be Ignored: House Budget Committee Sounds the Alarm
Romina Boccia This morning, December 11, I’ll testify before the House Committee on the Budget at a hearing on “Sounding the Alarm: Pathways and Possible Solutions to the US Fiscal…
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Ian Vásquez Today, December 10, marks the one-year anniversary of Javier Milei in office. The Argentine president was elected promising a paradigm shift that would return his country to the classical liberalism that…