Investing

Chris Edwards Many American cities have corruption problems—from Chicago and New York to Scranton and Harrisburg. In these cities, politicians and bureaucrats abuse their discretionary powers over licensing, permitting, zoning,…

Roger Pilon I am saddened to report that my good friend James L. Swanson died of a rare form of brain cancer yesterday in his hometown of Chicago. He was…

Mike Fox Two hundred and fifty years ago, the boom of muskets at Lexington and Concord ignited a revolution. The “shot heard round the world” led to the founding law…

Alex Nowrasteh The Trump administration is rapidly spending its political capital and attacking the courts by deporting noncriminals to El Salvador. In its zeal to speed deportations and close the…

George Selgin The newly published book by Cato Senior Fellow George Selgin, False Dawn: The New Deal and the Promise of Recovery, 1933–1947, is a definitive history of the United…

Neal McCluskey On April 22, the US Supreme Court will hear arguments in Mahmoud v. Taylor. The case pits parents in Montgomery County, MD, who wanted to opt their children…

Norbert Michel and Jerome Famularo The Trump administration’s trade policy has taken a serious beating during the past few weeks, with good reason. Okay, for many good reasons, some of…

Colleen Hroncich After a diverse teaching career that spanned pre-kindergarten through college at public and private schools, Anna Bernanke had some thoughts on what education could—and should—look like. Chance Academy…

Thomas A. Berry and Charles Brandt Braidwood Management is a small business that offers a self-insured health plan to around 70 employees. But under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), Braidwood…

Jeffrey Miron and Peter Van Doren From Peter Van Doren: My colleague Jeffrey Miron recently argued that the federal government should not fund research. Here I ask a slightly different question: Are…