The rule of law in the international trading system has fostered greater certainty, international cooperation, and recourse to adjudication — all pillars of global economic growth that will be missed if we allow the WTO to descend into obsolescence.
A crude, blanket high minimum wage across the whole country is incredibly risky.
Evidence and analysis refute current arguments that economic nationalism would bolster the U.S. industrial base (and thus national resiliency). Instead, American protectionism has been repeatedly found to weaken the U.S. manufacturing sector and the economy more broadly.
Some questions about why the Texas electricity system almost collapsed last week and what went wrong.
Just as the COVID-19 pandemic has upended our daily lives, it has transformed the political landscape, with governments at all levels exercising emergency powers rarely seen outside the context of total war. With so much at risk, what’s needed now is sober, realistic assessment of the choices ahead—a guide to policies that can stem the damage while avoiding permanent transformation of American life and law. The Cato Institute aims to meet that need with this new series.
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The first book to reveal how the Federal Reserve holds the key to making us more economically equal.
[Growth] will not be enough unless all Californians are fully able to participate. Therefore, particular attention needs to be paid to the impact of the state’s policies on low‐income communities.
