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Is It the Drug? Rethinking Conventional Views of Substance Use, Abuse, and Addiction
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Cato Institute LIVE NOW: In honor of #RepealDay, a distinguished panel of experts discusses a more sophisticated and nuanced understanding of substance use and addiction that can produce an enlightened public policy. Join the conversation with #CatoHealth. 38h
Happy Repeal Day!
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Today is a great day for freedom. On this day in 1933, the 21st Amendment was ratified, thus repealing Prohibition.
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Cato Institute Today is a great day for freedom. On this day in 1933, the 21st Amendment was ratified, thus repealing Prohibition. Cheers to #RepealDay! 39h
Scarcity without Leviathan: The Violent Effects of Cocaine Supply Shortages in the Mexican Drug War
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Cato Institute Illegal drug markets in Colombia, Mexico, and Afghanistan are all ruled by illegal armed groups that resort to violence in order to solve disputes and protect de facto property rights. #CatoHealth 44h
The Economic and Moral Foundations of Americans’ Attitudes toward Paying Kidney Donors
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Cato Institute About 95,000 American patients are waiting for a kidney, the most commonly transplanted organ. The average wait is around 4.5 years while receiving dialysis, and several thousand people die every year because they cannot find a donor. #CatoHealth 54h
Rembrandt Painted the Best Portrait of Freedom Ever, and Here It Is
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No other well-known work of art claiming to reflect the idea of freedom seems to withstand a real competition with The Night Watch.
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Cato Institute Freedom is not an abstract concept, but something that men and women have been seeking to protect for centuries. 56h
How the Sinaloa Drug Cartel Clobbered the Mexican Army
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Cato Institute Drug cartel forces defeated Mexican National Guard troops in a full-blown battle barely 600 miles from America’s Southern border. Yet U.S. press coverage was minimal. #CatoDrugWar 3d
You Can't Copyright the Law
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Georgia gives the legal resource database Lexis an exclusive copyright to publish the Official Code of Georgia Annotated (OCGA), thus restricting its citizens’ ability to access and understand the laws that bind them. The logic behind copyright does...
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Cato Institute The state of Georgia gives the legal resource database Lexis an exclusive copyright to publish the Official Code of Georgia Annotated (OCGA), thus restricting its citizens’ ability to access and understand the laws that bind them. 3d
Trump’s ‘Due Process’ Dodge on Impeachment
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Due process is an important principle, but in this case, it’s a phony excuse for Trump’s refusal to cooperate with the inquiry.
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Cato Institute Due process is an important principle, but in this case, it’s a phony excuse for Trump’s refusal to cooperate with the inquiry. The House inquiry doesn’t deny the president a single right the Constitution grants him, says ... 3d
Indian Child Welfare Act Creates Unconstitutional Race-Based Classifications That Hurt Kids
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The Fifth Circuit should reconsider a ruling that allows ICWA to continue harming the very people it was supposed to help.
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Cato Institute The Indian Child Welfare Act creates unconstitutional race-based classifications that hurt kids, says #CatoSCOTUS's ... 3d
AMLO and the “Fourth Transformation” in Mexico
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Cato Institute Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (popularly known as AMLO) displays an authoritarian disdain for independent checks and balances and an intolerance to any view that is inconsistent with his preconceived notion of a virtuous society. #CatoFP 3d
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Scaring Ourselves to Death over Impeachment
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Impeachment isn't a "constitutional nuclear weapon"; it's a necessary safety valve.
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Cato Institute Impeachment isn't a "coup," and it doesn't "reverse an election." It’s a lawful, “indispensable” method for “displacing an unfit magistrate” when necessary. 5d
Do Financial Crises Cleanse the Banking Industry? Evidence from U.S. Commercial-Bank Exits
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Cato Institute Do financial crises cleanse the banking industry? Evidence from U.S. commercial-bank exits... #CatoEcon 5d
Charter Schools Get Better Results with Less Money Than Government-Run Schools
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Cato Institute Charter schools get better results with less money than government-run schools. 5d
Trump, Soft Power, and Exports
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Cato Institute The more than 20 percentage point decline in foreign approval of American leadership between 2016 (the final year of Obama's presidency) and 2017 (Trump's first year) lowered American exports by at least $3 billion. #CatoEcon 5d
The Democrats Are Partially Right About Wealth and Corruption
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Fortunes acquired through corruption and cronyism are bad; not so for fortunes acquired through work and innovation.
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Cato Institute Wealth inequality is not good or bad by itself — it entirely depends on what caused it. Inequality may reflect crony capitalism, or it may reflect innovation in a growing economy that is lifting all boats. #CatoEcon #Cato2020 5d
Aldi’s Owners Gained Riches by Cutting Prices
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Billionaires often do more to help the poor than politicians.
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Cato Institute Billionaires often do more to help the poor than politicians. #CatoEcon 6d
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Cato Institute Aldi is owned by the Albrecht family of Germany, which Forbes counts as one of the richest in the world. They made their fortune not on the backs of the poor, but by serving the poor and everyone else. #CatoEcon 5d
What to Be Thankful For
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Americans have much to be thankful for this Thanksgiving Day, such as the rule of law, free markets, equality under the law, freedom of speech and religion, self-government, and the progress they generate.
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Cato Institute Happy Thanksgiving from the Cato Institute! We're thankful for life, liberty, & so much more... 8d
Negotiating Trade Deals with China
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It is important to be realistic about what can be achieved and to be willing to give something in return.
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Cato Institute When it comes to negotiating trade deals with China, it is important to be realistic about what can be achieved, and to be willing to give something in return. #CatoTrade 9d
Do Police Treat All Races Equally?
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Roughly seven-in-ten white Americans  say police officers treat racial and ethnic groups equally at least some of the time. By way of comparison, half of Hispanics and just 33% of black adults say the same.
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Cato Institute There is ample reason to believe that, in many jurisdictions, police practices vary by race and ethnicity. #CatoCJ 10d