The Cato Institute Handbook on Affordability explains what caused today’s cost-of-living squeeze and how long-standing government policies in housing, energy, health care, transportation, childcare, food, and college costs make things worse.
A free, open, and civil society depends on the freedom of individuals and institutions to direct private resources toward the causes they value.
The Trump administration has elevated the strategic importance of the Western Hemisphere to the United States at a time when countries in the region are turning away from leftist populism. Join a panel of experts on May 15 to discuss.
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