Taiwan Arms Backlog, September 2024 Update: New Maintenance Sale and Details of Troubled PDA Transfer
Eric Gomez and Benjamin Giltner There were multiple developments in US security assistance to Taiwan in September 2024, but the size of the
How to Skirt Congress, Hide Medicare Costs, and Buy Votes in an Election Year
Michael F. Cannon President Joe Biden has touted how the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) gives Medicare the power to negotiate lower drug prices.
New Defending Globalization Content: The Trade Balance, Globalization of Popular Music, and Globalized Film and TV
Scott Lincicome Today we’ve published three new essays for Cato’s Defending Globalization project: “The Trade Balance and Winning at Trade,” by Andreas Freytag and
Senator Vance, Please Keep the Feds out of School Policing
Kayla Susalla During the October 1 vice-presidential debate, when asked about holding parents accountable for mass shootings in schools, Sen. JD Vance (R‑OH)
Marijuana Use and Mental Health
Jeffrey Miron A common critique of marijuana legalization asserts that marijuana use causes mental illness. Numerous studies document a correlation between use and conditions
Controversial Social Security Benefit Increase Would Cost Taxpayers $196 Billion
Romina Boccia
JD Vance Is Correct: Immigration Increases Housing Prices, and That’s Okay
Alex Nowrasteh
Election Policy Roundup
Walter Olson Number three in our series of occasional roundups on election law and policy: “Misinformation spreads after 750,000 names removed from North Carolina
I, T-Shirt
Scott Lincicome Skeptics routinely mention “cheap t‑shirts” from abroad as an insufficient counterweight to globalization’s supposed costs. This argument, however, misunderstands the modern global