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Governor Newsom Claims Florida Has More Per Capita Overdose Deaths Than California. He’s Right.
Jeffrey A. Singer Governor Ron DeSantis, left, and Governor Gavin Newsom. (Screenshot: FNC, YouTube) In last night’s “Red State vs....
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When Hayek Came to Cato
David Boaz On December 1, 1982, F. A. Hayek became Cato’s first Distinguished Lecturer. Cato had supported his work for...
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How Elimination of ‘Junk’ Cable Fees Can Reduce Consumer Choice
Ryan Bourne and Sophia Bagley The Biden administration’s crusade against “junk fees” continues. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chair Jessica Rosenworcel...
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Temporary Tax Extenders Are Still Bad Policy
Adam N. Michel Congress is considering the merits of a package of expiring and expired business tax changes that some lawmakers...
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Occupational Licensing Harms Workers in Similar Roles
Ryan Bourne In Empowering the New American Worker, Chris Edwards summarized what economists have learned about occupational licensing laws. These...
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Should Election Authorities Publish the Records of Individual Votes?
Walter Olson Two weeks ago I noted that one principle of fair elections, transparency, can be in tension with another, the...
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St. Louis’ Little Trolley That Couldn’t
Marc Joffe Transit policy analyst Brad Thomas recently ranked US streetcar systems by the number of passengers they carried per...
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A Fail-Safe Congressional Fiscal Commission to Fix Government Spending and Debt
Romina Boccia Members of Congress say they want to be in the driver’s seat on correcting America’s rapidly deteriorating fiscal...
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Junk Fees in Rental Housing Are a Distraction
Vanessa Brown Calder So‐called junk fees have become a popular topic this year, and rental housing is a particular area of interest...
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New Zealand Does About-Face on Plans To Impose Tobacco Prohibition
Jeffrey A. Singer New Zealand’s newly‐elected center‐right government announced yesterday that it intends to scrap a planned phase‐in of tobacco prohibition...
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