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

Should Insider Trading Be Legal?

Jeffrey Miron

There Are Not 13,099 Illegal Immigrant Murderers Roaming Free on American Streets

Alex Nowrasteh