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The Senate Plan Is a Trap—House Lawmakers Shouldn’t Fall for It

April 8, 2025

Romina Boccia and Dominik Lett On April 5, the Senate approved a modified budget framework, which is a betrayal of the House’s more

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High Protective Tariffs Have Been Short-Lived in American History

April 8, 2025

Joseph Bishop-Henchman

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Introduction to the New Cato Book Your Body, Your Health Care

April 8, 2025

Jeffrey A. Singer

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Bastiat’s “Candlemakers’ Petition” Reveals the Folly of Protectionism, Tariffs

April 8, 2025

Michael Chapman

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Benjamin Anderson (1949): The Crowning Financial Folly of the Hawley-Smoot Tariff

April 8, 2025

Alan Reynolds

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Your Body Is Not Government Property

April 8, 2025

Jeffrey A. Singer

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The Mysterious Transformation of Peter Navarro

April 7, 2025

Thomas A. Firey The bitter reaction by economists and Wall Street to the Trump administration’s new tariff regime has put a spotlight on

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Postal Services Going Extinct

April 7, 2025

Chris Edwards President Trump’s anti-market impulses are taking center stage this week with his damaging tariff policies. But the president is occasionally supportive

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We Have a Bad Globalization Narrative, Not Bad Economics

April 7, 2025

Kyle Handley

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Pass-Through Deduction Wins Worst Tax Expenditure

April 7, 2025

Adam N. Michel After five rounds of voting, the pass-through tax deduction was chosen as the worst tax expenditure. The 20 percent