Media coverage of our tariff case has mostly been fair and accurate. But there are a few examples of unfortunate misconceptions, mainly having to do with libertarianism and its relationship to conservatism.
"It's not just one or two administrative errors," says the Cato Institute's David Bier.
If lots of Americans wanted factory jobs, the domestic labor market would look very different.
The Cato Institute is urging the Supreme Court to take up the case and reaffirm that the liability shield does not apply to "obvious rights violations."
Federal prosecutors argued that John Moore and Tanner Mansell stole property when they hauled in a fishing line they mistakenly believed had been set by poachers.
Yes. But there might be one more key opportunity to rein in presidential powers over trade.
Seventy-five percent of respondents are concerned that tariffs will raise the cost of the things they buy, yet neither Trump nor Harris has suggested lowering them.
The longtime Cato Institute executive vice president was one of his era's most effective explainers of libertarianism.
"There's all these illiberals on the left, there's all these illiberals on the right, and yet liberalism endures," says the longtime executive vice president of the Cato Institute.
The appeals court dismissed a civil rights lawsuit by a Laredo gadfly who was arrested for asking questions.
In an upcoming Supreme Court case, the Cato Institute argues that the "threadbare procedures" required by federal law provide inadequate protection for constitutional rights.
Players can experience for themselves how difficult, expensive, and exhausting it is to come to the country legally.
The authors of Superabundance make a strong case that more people and industrialization mean a richer, more prosperous world.
Report author: “The COVID-19 pandemic was a catastrophe for human freedom.”
Shipping industry insiders floated a recommendation to charge critics of the Jones Act with treason, according to documents obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request.
The maritime industry inserted some protectionism into the National Defense Authorization Act.
National Review's Rich Lowry debates the Cato Institute's Alex Nowrasteh.
Should Americans support nationalism? National Review's Rich Lowry debates the Cato Institute's Alex Nowrasteh.
That's in addition to advocating for opponents of the law to be charged with treason.
There’s nothing patriotic about a law lining the pockets of cargo companies at the expense of consumers.
Many Americans are fleeing restrictive jurisdictions and moving to places that respect their liberty.
A new report says 83 percent of the world's population is less free today than it was in 2008, and the gap between the world's most and least free countries is growing.
55 percent of Americans say they favor providing a "pathway to citizenship" for undocumented immigrants and 56 percent say that simplifying the process for legal immigration is the best way to reduce illegal immigration.
The Founders could not have possibly imagined the Commerce Clause covering an eviction moratorium.
Sex, publishing, and quasi-legal theft collide in the Backpage prosecution.
The Cato Institute and Institute for Justice team up to fight for the right to publish a book attacking behavior by the SEC.
Judge Kavanaugh will mostly advance freedom, says Cato's Ilya Shapiro.
Where does your state rank in the Freedom in the 50 States report?
Canvassing the legal problems and practical effects of qualified immunity from constitutional lawsuits
Of course a pundit is trying to blame libertarianism. Look around: The problem's a lot larger than that.
Where does the United States land on the 2017 Freedom Index? Not as high as you think.
Many conservatives want to proscribe the rights of Muslims, journalists, and those who "disrespect" the United States.
Cato's polling director Emily Ekins says as many as one in five voters can be identified as libertarian.
Trump voters overwhelmingly believe crime is getting worse, even though it's far better than it used to be. The president is only feeding that misconception.
The publisher of the "Mohammed cartoons" and the editor of Reason.com talk about threats to free expression in America and beyond.
Allison wants to repeal all Dodd-Frank regulations, which didn't fix the problem of banks being "too big to fail."
Go find out at "Your Life In Numbers" over at the Human Progress program at the Cato Institute
The book event will be at the Cato Institute headquarters in DC on October 12.
Come by at 11 am Tuesday, June 7 to hear author Robin Hanson and me.
Danish journalist and author of The Tyranny of Silence published Muhammad cartoons in free speech fight against self-censorship
Institute files brief in support of florist fined for refusing gay wedding.
Incremental, bottom-up, trial-and-error innovation yields moral progress, superior technologies, and greater wealth
"Spiritual unions" of more than two people should not result in criminal sanctions, say Cato scholars.
Also in Paul money news: Behind in big bucks, Paul likely won't attend big weekend meeting of Koch-associated funders
Ronald Bailey Talks The End of Doom at Cato July 23, 2015
China Overpays: Still In Thrall to Failed Ideology of Central Planning, Argues Ronald Bailey
"Racing" for resources is economically misconceived.
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