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The president’s use of tariffs, subsidies and economic threats not only failed to reverse the seismic forces that for decades have affected corporate and consumer decision‐​making, and thus certain U.S. manufacturing companies and jobs, but may have...

National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) scores are hardly the end‐​all‐​and‐​be‐​all of American K-12 education. But they are something, and that thing is not very encouraging.

Data demonstrate that partisans allow the political leaders they like and dislike to color their views of public policy and that policy support depends not only on political ideology but also on the president who is promoting the policy.

California’s ballot propositions can be confusing but are often important. This piece provides an overview of the initiatives relevant to Cato’s Project on Poverty and Inequality in California.

Wealthy people often campaign to raise taxes on the non‐​wealthy, including efforts to raise sales taxes, carbon taxes, gas taxes, soda taxes, and cigarette taxes.

Recent findings showing weaker jobs and output in trade‐​reliant swing states should puncture the conventional wisdom that protectionism is a surefire political winner.

After the Supreme Court rejects the latest ACA challenge, perhaps ACA supporters can agree to allow the STLDI market to operate alongside the ACA as a parallel but free market in health insurance.

Relying on travel and immigration restrictions to halt or slow the spread of the disease is a fool’s errand and might even distract from more effective measures by imposing a false sense of security.

September 22, 2020

Whatever you think of the politics, packing the Supreme Court would be bad for the law itself — bad for the efficiency and quality of the court’s work, bad for its credibility and public legitimacy.

Whatever you think of the politics, packing the Supreme Court would be bad for the law itself — bad for the efficiency and quality of the court’s work, bad for its credibility and public legitimacy.