Defending Freedom, Fighting Collectivism
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What the Olympics Really Cost: Rio’s 10-Year Legacy of Debt and Destruction
Rio 2016, like many ambitious projects, combined political cronyism and weak market discipline. Ordinary Brazilians are still paying the bill.
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The Coup In Search of a Philosophy
Karl Marx’s greatest legacy was not his economics, but the institutions that gave his revolutionary ideas a second life.
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‘Pink’ Prices Aren’t Prejudice
Similar consumer products can command different prices. Critics call the pattern a “pink tax,” but it’s neither arbitrarily imposed nor impossible to avoid.
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Reality Sends the Bill: How Ignoring Price Signals Ends in Disaster
Sri Lankan fertilizer bans, Argentinian rents, and European power crises all demonstrate that governments can suppress prices, but they cannot escape reality.
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California’s Billionaire Tax Is Backfiring Before It Begins
California’s proposed wealth tax promises billions in new revenue. But early evidence suggests it will ultimately cost the state far more in investment, entrepreneurship, and future tax receipts.
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Immigrants Build America’s Most Valuable Companies
Visa holders founded half of today’s Fortune 500 companies and a majority of billion-dollar startups. Current restrictions damage that competitive advantage and choke off future growth.
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An Evergreen Warning About Social Security
A new book from Cato answers old questions: can Social Security remain solvent as lifetimes lengthen and birth rates fall?
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The Unexpected Afterlife of Private Wealth
Private fortunes outlive their owners. The gardens, architecture, ideas, and institutions they finance often become part of the public inheritance.
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A Scientist’s Case for Diversity Through Freedom
In ‘Diversity Through Freedom,’ author Adrian Bejan argues that diversity emerges naturally from freedom and decentralized action, while imposed institutional systems distort its benefits.
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Rewarding Good Governance: How Foot-Voters Benefit Society
Governance improves when people and businesses are free to leave high-tax, low-value jurisdictions. Competition can improve public policy just as it improves products and services.
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What the Olympics Really Cost: Rio’s 10-Year Legacy of Debt and Destruction
Rio 2016, like many ambitious projects, combined political cronyism and weak market discipline. Ordinary Brazilians are still paying the bill.
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•
The Coup In Search of a Philosophy
Karl Marx’s greatest legacy was not his economics, but the institutions that gave his revolutionary ideas a second life.
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•
‘Pink’ Prices Aren’t Prejudice
Similar consumer products can command different prices. Critics call the pattern a “pink tax,” but it’s neither arbitrarily imposed nor impossible to avoid.
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Reality Sends the Bill: How Ignoring Price Signals Ends in Disaster
Sri Lankan fertilizer bans, Argentinian rents, and European power crises all demonstrate that governments can suppress prices, but they cannot escape reality.
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California’s Billionaire Tax Is Backfiring Before It Begins
California’s proposed wealth tax promises billions in new revenue. But early evidence suggests it will ultimately cost the state far more in investment, entrepreneurship, and future tax receipts.
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Immigrants Build America’s Most Valuable Companies
Visa holders founded half of today’s Fortune 500 companies and a majority of billion-dollar startups. Current restrictions damage that competitive advantage and choke off future growth.
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•
An Evergreen Warning About Social Security
A new book from Cato answers old questions: can Social Security remain solvent as lifetimes lengthen and birth rates fall?
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The Unexpected Afterlife of Private Wealth
Private fortunes outlive their owners. The gardens, architecture, ideas, and institutions they finance often become part of the public inheritance.
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A Scientist’s Case for Diversity Through Freedom
In ‘Diversity Through Freedom,’ author Adrian Bejan argues that diversity emerges naturally from freedom and decentralized action, while imposed institutional systems distort its benefits.
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Rewarding Good Governance: How Foot-Voters Benefit Society
Governance improves when people and businesses are free to leave high-tax, low-value jurisdictions. Competition can improve public policy just as it improves products and services.