I did a post last month on some of the differences between classical liberalism and modern libertarianism but I don’t think I was making myself very clear. A practical example, however, helps. Nowhere in the works of Adam Smith or John Stuart Mill, for example, is there anything about how if s...

Damn. Cato took out full page ads this week in The New York Times, Washington Post, and Roll Call objecting to Obama’s claim that “There is no disagreement that we need action by our government, a recovery plan that will help to jumpstart the economy.” The ad is signed by some 200 ...

There's an old joke that if you laid all the economists in the country end-to-end, they would still not reach a conclusion. As snarky as that comment is, it is true that economists disagree about many things. Even those who agree with each other seem to disagree. (See what happens when you host a di...

I used to have a (semi-crazy) uncle who typically began conversations with lame jokes or bad riddles. This sounds like one he might have used had he lived long enough: What do Thomas Jefferson, a moose, and cyberspace have in common? The answer to that question can be found in a new book, In Search ...

Today I say to you that the challenges we face are real. They are serious and they are many. They will not be met easily or in a short span of time. But know this, America - they will be met. On this day, we gather because we have chosen hope over fear, unity of purpose over conflict and discord. &#...

It's great that Teach for America gets graduates of some of our best colleges to work in tough places, but they don't toil for peanuts....

From Chris Moody Where is it written in stone that we need a Big Three? A recent Gallup poll shows that 51 percent of Americans do not think the government should bail out the auto industry. In a new Cato video, we compiled a series of sound bites from Cato’s Dan Ikenson speaking out against t...

The Bush administration has decided not to take any new steps to regulate greenhouse gas emissions before the president leaves office, despite pressure from the Supreme Court and broad accord among senior federal officials that new regulation is appropriate now....

The Bush administration has decided not to take any new steps to regulate greenhouse gas emissions before the president leaves office, despite pressure from the Supreme Court and broad accord among senior federal officials that new regulation is appropriate now....

Since the Supreme Court overturned the D.C. handgun ban last week, I have heard and read repeatedly -- most recently in the June 30 editorial "Guns: The Next Step" -- that the city will be less safe than it was before. I am not convinced....