Does Technical Knowledge Always Lead to Economic Growth?
Economists and political elites fondly claim that economic growth is due to increased technological knowledge. That
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Former Presidents Can’t Appoint Officers
Thomas A. Berry The Constitution requires, as a default rule, that “Officers of the United States” must be
Do Monarchs Always Have Low Time Preferences?
Hans-Hermann Hoppe, in his book Democracy: The God That Failed and his 1995 article in the
Congress Should Restrain ‘Emergency Spending’
Romina Boccia and Dominik Lett The federal government may be heading toward a partial shutdown as soon as
The Biden Administration Continues to Be Wrong about the WTO
James Bacchus In a joint appearance last Friday with Director‐General Ngozi Okonjo‐Iweala of the World Trade Organization at
Understanding Hegel from a Straussian Viewpoint
While Leo Strauss did not share G.W.F. Hegel's acceptance of historicism, nonetheless he gives Hegel a sympathetic
Oil Export Bans Make for Crude Politics
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) embargo on sales of crude oil from their
Cato’s new Globalization Quiz Tests Your Knowledge (and Debunks a lot of Myths)
Scott Lincicome As I mentioned when introducing Cato’s new Defending Globalization project two weeks ago, we’ll be publishing
The Fed Holds the Fed Funds Rate Steady—Because it Doesn’t Know What Else To Do
The Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) on Wednesday left the target policy interest rate