Jeffrey Miron In most industries, firms that want to enter face no legal restraints. In health care, however, many new entrants must comply with certificate-of-need laws, which require government approval…
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Adam N. Michel Momentum is building in many states to limit and, in some cases, abolish property taxes. For libertarians and fiscal conservatives, this push presents a genuine dilemma. To…
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Romina Boccia and Tyler Turman The ongoing government shutdown is threatening to stall funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), which provides food aid to more than 40 million Americans. According to Politico, at least…
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Jennifer Huddleston For many people, restrictions on the freedom to share their opinions online and listen to their favorite podcasts without government permission may seem like something out of a…
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Matthew Cavedon On October 9, Notre Dame political science professor Daniel Philpott delivered the Fourth Annual Lecture on Catholic Political Thought at the Catholic University of America in Washington, DC.…
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Michael F. Cannon In 2008, then-Sen. Barack Obama (D‑IL) pledged that if he were to become president, by the end of his first term he would sign a law that…
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David J. Bier Critics of the H‑1B visa for skilled foreign workers often claim that the status amounts to “indentured” servitude. Indentured servitude is a contract to work for a single employer for…
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Ryan Bourne and Nathan Miller New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani has pledged a battery of new social spending if he wins the city’s November election: $10 billion for…
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Timothy Sandefur In his new book, You Don’t Own Me: Individualism and the Culture of Liberty, Cato Adjunct Scholar Timothy Sandefur explores how the idea of individual freedom has shaped…
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Nicholas Anthony With so many great questions at our event marking the 55th anniversary of the Bank Secrecy Act, I thought I’d take a moment to address some of the…