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Romina Boccia and Ivane Nachkebia How does Social Security compare to other countries’ retirement programs? It’s an interesting question that prompted me to organize a symposium with international experts at…

Peter Van Doren An important insight offered by libertarians is that attempts to suppress market forces through policy often result in illegal underground markets accompanied by corruption. The libertarian policy…

David Inserra On August 31, Brazil’s judiciary blocked X from being available in the country due to X’s refusal to secretly censor important political content. This includes content from accounts…

James Bacchus One of the few issues our two major political parties appear to agree on is their mutual embrace of protectionism in international trade. They are both increasingly committed…

Eric Gomez and Benjamin Giltner August 2024 was a very active month for arms sales with 22 new Foreign Military Sales (FMS) cases announced. However, the Taiwan arms sales backlog…

Andrew Gillen Note, this post updates last month’s post. The biggest changes from last month include: The Supreme Court has let the Eighth Circuit’s pause on the SAVE plan remain…

Jeffrey Miron Popular opinion views liberalism and conservatism as radically different perspectives about the proper size and scope of government. Liberals and conservatives do advocate dramatically different policies regarding abortion,…

Vanessa Brown Calder On the campaign trail last week, former President Trump promised that under a future Trump administration, “government will pay” or “your insurance company will be mandated to…