How the US Regime Subsidizes Immigration—both Legal and Illegal
Governments in the US subsidize immigration through a bevy of welfare programs. The effect of subsidization is predictable: you get more of what you subsidize. This is true for student loans, ethanol, immigrants, and more.
The Myth of National Defense Spending
Many economic think tanks espouse that national defense spending benefits Americans at large. It doesn’t. The notion that military spending "bolsters" the economy is yet another Keynesian fable.
Medicaid Expansion Will Not Increase Mississippi’s Labor Force Participation Rate
Krit Chanwong and Marc Joffe On February 28, 2024, Mississippi’s House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly to approve the expansion of the Medicaid program to all adults earning less than 138 percent of the federal poverty line. Some of Mississippi’s lawmakers approved of
More States Move to Let Experienced Foreign Doctors Serve Their Patients
Jeffrey A. Singer Last year, Tennessee became the first state to make it easier for competent and experienced doctors in other countries who migrate to the United States to provide care to its residents. Unlike Canada, Australia, the European Union countries,
Wealth, Wisdom, and Prosperity: The Ancient Capitalist Tradition of India
While modern India is known for adopting socialism in the 1940s, it has an older tradition of free markets. It is time to rediscover that tradition.
The OECD’s Pillar One Global Tax Cannot Be Salvaged
Adam N. Michel Last week, the Ways and Means Committee held a hearing on Pillar One of the Organisation for Economic Co‐operation and Development’s (OECD) plan to remake the global business tax system and raise taxes on American businesses in the
New Cato Study: “Biden Short‐Term Health Plans Rule Creates Gaps in Coverage”
Michael F. Cannon Any day now, the Biden administration could issue a regulation that, if it mirrors what the administration proposed in July, would take comprehensive health insurance away from some 500,000 consumers. Worse, exposing consumers to those risks appears to be
Should the US Congress Audit the Federal Reserve?
Nearly two decades ago, Congressman Ron Paul identified his campaign with the call to "audit the Fed." Congress ignored him then, but the movement to examine and demystify the Fed now is growing.
Covid: Four Years Later
On this week's Radio Rothbard, Ryan and Tho reflect on the fourth anniversary of the political response to covid.