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FEMA was meant to help only when disasters exceeded state capacity. Yet today it functions primarily as a national subsidy machine, encouraging development in floodplains, bailing out wealthy coastal states, and shifting costs onto taxpayers far from ...

Few people exerted as profound an influence on the postwar conservative movement and the "fusionist" project of attempting to align libertarians with traditional conservatives on issues of shared interest as William F. Buckley Jr. The founder and ...

Romina Boccia, Michael F. Cannon, and Adam Michel break down the 43-day government shutdown driven by demands to extend temporary Obamacare subsidies for upper-income households earning well into six figures. The trio examines how the stalemate ...

Listen to Contributions and Contradictions: Fostering Civil Discourse on America's Founders from Cato Event Podcast. How should we grapple with the legacies of complex historical figures? Join Sphere Education Initiatives and Civic Spirit for this .. ...

The Cato Institute's Justin Logan and Brandan P. Buck unpack the Trump administration's shifting justifications for military action in Venezuela, from fentanyl and cocaine interdiction to Monroe Doctrine revivalism. They explore the legal and ...

Can a president tax Americans at will under the guise of a national emergency? The Cato Institute's Scott Lincicome and Brent Skorup dissect the high-stakes Supreme Court battle over Trump's "fentanyl tariffs," the broadest assertion of trade power ...

Are you wondering how to spark more joy and curiosity in your child's learning--or how to make education work better for your students? In her new book, Joyful Learning, Kerry McDonald shares inspiring stories of families and educators who are ...

The prospect of a Chinese invasion and conquest of Taiwan is a major focus of US-China security competition. Apart from its political, economic, and moral consequences, some US experts argue that Chinese control of Taiwan would compromise the US ...

Romina Boccia joins Nicholas Anthony to discuss how the shutdown centers on demands to extend subsidies for earners making well above median household income--all the way up to $500,000 annually. Federal workers and SNAP recipients have been offered ...

Listen to Panel 1: Transitioning to a Flat-Benefit System from Cato Event Podcast. Join us for the official launch of Reimagining Social Security: Global Lessons for Retirement Policy Changes by Romina Boccia and Ivane Nachkebia, a timely and urgent ...