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The Use of Public Assistance Benefits by Citizens and Non-citizen Immigrants...
Leighton Ku and Brian BruenClaims are sometimes made that immigrants use public benefits, such as Medicaid, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families...
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License to Drill: The Case for Modernizing America's Crude Oil and Natural...
Scott LincicomeIntroductionRevolutionary extraction technologies have helped increase the supply of fossil fuels in the United States, driving down prices, spurring economic activity, and potentially...
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The Challenges of Negotiating a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
Simon LesterIn his State of the Union speech, President Obama announced that the United States will launch talks on a comprehensive Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership with the European...
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Poor Immigrants Use Public Benefits at a Lower Rate than Poor Native-Born...
Leighton Ku and Brian BruenLow-income immigrants use public benefits like Medicaid or the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly the Food Stamp Program) at a lower rate than...
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OECD Launches New Effort to Undermine Tax Competition
Daniel J. MitchellDaniel J. Mitchell is a Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute.
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Zimbabwe: Why Is One of the World’s Least-Free Economies Growing So Fast?
Craig J. RichardsonBetween 2009 and 2011, Zimbabwe’s GDP growth averaged an impressive 7.3 percent, making it one of the world’s fastest-growing countries. Yet World Bank governance indicators place...
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50 Vetoes: How States Can Stop the Obama Health Care Law
Michael F. CannonDespite surviving a number of threats, President Obama’s health care law remains harmful, unstable, and unpopular. It also remains vulnerable to repeal, largely because Congress and...
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Regulatory Protectionism: A Hidden Threat to Free Trade
K. William Watson and Sallie JamesDespite the impressive success of trade liberalization, domestic industries continue to find ways to use the power of government to protect themselves from foreign...
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Move to Defend: The Case against the Constitutional Amendments Seeking to...
John SamplesThree years ago the U.S. Supreme Court decided the case of Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. It found that Congress lacked the power to prohibit independent spending on...
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Farm Bill "Reform" Is in the Eye of the Beholder
Sallie JamesEarlier this month, the House and Senate agriculture committees passed their respective versions of the legislation they hope will govern U.S. agricultural policy for the next five years....
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Free Trade, Free Markets: Rating the 112th Congress
K. William WatsonA review of the Cato Institute’s congressional trade votes database reveals how the 112th Congress and its individual members voted on major trade bills and amendments.1 After a lull...
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Asia's Story of Growing Economic Freedom
Razeen SallyThe global financial crisis reinforced a sense that the world is "shifting East"—to Asia. The essential story of modern Asia is its unprecedented expansion of economic freedom, enabled by...
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Improving Incentives for Federal Land Managers: The Case for Recreation Fees
Randal O'TooleIn 2004, Congress allowed federal land managers to charge recreation fees only for certain kinds of recreation. In general, while national parks and wildlife refuges can charge entry...
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'Paint Is Cheaper Than Rails': Why Congress Should Abolish New Starts
Randal O'TooleThe New Starts program has proven a failure and gives transit agencies incentives to build overly costly systems. Congress created the program in 1991, directing the Federal Transit...
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Recent Arguments against the Gold Standard
Lawrence H. WhiteThe presidential primary contests of 2011–12 brought renewed attention to the idea of reinstituting a gold standard. The 2012 Republican Party platform ultimately included a plank...
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The Rise and Fall of the Gold Standard in the United States
George SelginThere is, in informal discussions and even in some academic writings, a tendency to treat U.S. monetary history as divided between a gold standard past and a fiat dollar present. In truth,...
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Liberalization or Litigation? Time to Rethink the International Investment...
Simon LesterPrivate investment is the great driver of economic growth. Despite this positive economic impact, however, there are sometimes objections to investment when it comes from foreign sources....
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High Frequency Trading: Do Regulators Need to Control this Tool of...
Holly A. BellHigh Frequency Trading (HFT) is a form of algorithmic trading where firms use high-speed market data and analytics to look for short term supply and demand trading opportunities that often...
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Building a Wall around the Welfare State, Instead of the Country
Alex Nowrasteh and Sophie ColeEconomists generally believe that immigration increases the size of the economy, improves productivity, and is an economic boon for almost all parties. Moreover,...
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The Rising Cost of Social Security Disability Insurance
Tad DeHavenSocial Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) is one of the largest federal programs, and it is one of the most troubled. The program’s expenditures have doubled over the last decade, reaching...
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