Politics

Romina Boccia For nearly 90 years, a widespread misconception has shaped how Americans view Social Security. Many believe that their payroll taxes are…

Brandan P. Buck A perennial yet fanciful idea, the notion of sending US Special Forces into Mexico, has once again entered American…

Chris Edwards President-elect Trump is moving quickly to choose cabinet members and announce his priorities for next year. Tax policy will be…

David Inserra The election is over and the losing side is scrambling to justify its defeat. An emerging narrative is that misinformation…

Nicholas Anthony Millions of Americans do not have a bank account. Known as the “unbanked,” these Americans are often referred to in…

Romina Boccia and Dominik Lett As Congress reconvenes post-election, a critical agenda item is likely to be an emergency funding request to…

Travis Fisher, Adam N. Michel , and Joshua Loucks Full Republican control of Washington creates an opportunity to repeal many of the…

Scott Lincicome One of the main motivations behind Cato’s ongoing Defending Globalization project was that most public discussions of “globalization” miss what…

Neal McCluskey When it comes to the most important issues in the just-completed presidential election, education was not likely among them, coming…

Chris Edwards Coming into office next year, Donald Trump will face massive budget deficits of $2 trillion a year and rising. Trump…