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US Citizens Were 80 Percent of All Convicted Drug Traffickers in 2024
David J. Bier and Sahana Krishnamurthy On September 2, the US military conducted a strike on a small boat near...
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The $15 Trillion Emergency Spending Loophole
Dominik Lett Read the new paper here. The Cato Institute has just released an updated version of the emergency spending paper...
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Promises, Contradictions, and Weak Science in the MAHA Children’s Health Report
Jeffrey A. Singer and Bautista Vivanco As promised, the White House released the recommendations of the MAHA Commission—the “Make Our...
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Politically Motivated Terrorist Killers: Data, Sources, and Methodology
Alex Nowrasteh Many of you read my Cato blog post from September 11 about the frequency of deadly, politically motivated...
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Congress Should End the CDFI Fund
Jerome Famularo Recently, we published a briefing paper that highlights our case against the US Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions...
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$200 Surveillance Raised to $1,000 Is Still Wrong
Nicholas Anthony Amid failing to justify financial surveillance to Congress, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) quietly published a new...
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Mutual Persuasion, Not Violence, Is the Path to Follow
Erec Smith The assassination of Charlie Kirk is sending shockwaves across the American political landscape. Kirk, a husband, father of two,...
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Keeping Patients in the Dark Won’t Make Them Healthier
Jeffrey A. Singer The MAHA Commission released its Make Our Children Healthy Again strategy report on September 9. While parents...
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Economic Data Does Not Support a Fed Rate Cut
Jai Kedia The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) will meet this week to deliberate on changing the target for the...
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Should States Mandate Vaccines for Minors?
Jeffrey Miron Florida’s surgeon general, Dr. Joseph Ladapo, recently announced that Florida would eliminate all childhood vaccine mandates, making shots...
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