New Defending Globalization Content: Global Equality, ‘Deindustrialization,’ India’s Rise, and the ‘Race to the Bottom’
Scott Lincicome Today we’ve published three great new essays for Cato’s Defending Globalization project: Globalization and Growing Global Equality, by Chelsea Follett, documents how—contrary to the conventional wisdom—the last few decades of globalization have seen unambiguous declines in global inequality across a variety
Is There Inflation in Government-Financed Goods and Services?
Governments are fond of accusing private firms of “greed” when prices increase during periods of inflation. However, they fail to tell the public that government services also face price increases. Original Article: Is There Inflation in Government-Financed Goods and Services?
More Evidence Debunking Nurse Practitioners’ Critics
Jeffrey A. Singer As of 2022, all 50 states
Countering the Woke Offensive
Did someone recently flip a switch? It seems as though Wokeism, the Great Reset, ESG, DEI, and an assortment of other radical left-wing positions, have just taken over. It is in the movies, media, sports, finance, retail businesses, and even
Getting the Word Out On Podcasts
Walter Olson Over the years I’ve appeared as a guest 82 times on everyone’s favorite podcast, Caleb Brown’s Cato Daily Podcast, discussing all manner of issues. (You can browse those shows here.) Today, however, I wanted to give a nod to some of the
Rothbard on a Priori History
Rothbard warned against the assumption that because democracies are “better” than dictatorships, they are necessarily more peace loving. Original Article: Rothbard on a Priori History
The Fate or Wealth of Nations: AI, Robotics and Automation
What contributes to the wealth of a nation? Gross national income (GNI) and gross domestic product (GDP) are two well-known measures of a country’s economic growth. One measures the earnings of a country, and the other measures the value of
The Dangers of a “Cashless” Economy
Before delving into the dangers of eliminating cash and mandating that all transactions be conducted by digital means, let us briefly discuss the legal aspects of money. In the United States, as in all economies that have legal tender laws,
Foreword: Legal Foundations of a Free Society
[This article is the foreword to Stephan Kinsella's, Legal Foundations of a Free Society (Houston, Texas: Papinian Press, 2023)] The question as to what is justice and what constitutes a just society is as old as philosophy itself. Indeed, it arises in everyday life
Can the American Government Wage a Just War?
In a recent Mises Wire article, Connor O’Keeffe posed the question: “Is It Just War or Unjustified Slaughter of Innocents?” O’Keeffe points to Murray Rothbard’s claim that the difference between war and other manners of crime is merely a matter