Author: Cato Institute

Art Carden is coauthor of Leave Me Alone and I’ll Make You Rich: How The Bourgeois Deal Enriched the World.

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There are downsides to social entrepreneurship, according to Kimberlee Josephson of Lebanon Valley College. She details what she sees as risks of focusing on goods other than the bottom line.

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New Mexico ended civil forfeiture in 2015. What's happened in policing since then? Jennifer McDonald of the Institute for Justice crunched the numbers.

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In an especially hot housing market with significant supply constraints, why spend taxpayer money to goose demand? Housing researcher Nolan Gray argues it's precisely the wrong policy response.

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The long-awaited FDA ban on menthol cigarettes is now in the works. Guy Bentley of the Reason Foundation believes the social consequences will be both negative and predictable.

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Cities have great opportunities to drive higher incomes and tax revenue by fostering innovative problem solving, but future beneficiaries of gig work and home-based businesses are rarely the loudest voices in the room. Greg Brooks of the Better Cities Project comments.

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"Follow the science" is good advice for lawmakers, but in so many contexts where dominant scientific views change, it should mean lawmakers intervene less often. Jeff Singer explains.

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Can Congress oversee the Federal Reserve? Can Congress even oversee the Fed's adherence to a monetary rule? Alexander William Salter is coauthor of Money and the Rule of Law: Generality and Predictability in Monetary Institutions.

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Many state leaders frustrated with the slow pace of re-employment have opted to quit offering enhanced unemployment benefits. Logan Kolas of the Buckeye Institute discusses what that means for Ohio and many other states.

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Big spending means high taxes for President Joe Biden. What are the real consequences? Chris Edwards explains.

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