In Today’s Education Landscape, What Is a School?

Colleen Hroncich Today, October 1, the Treasury Department and IRS issued proposed regulations for the new federal scholarship tax credit (FSTC), which was

Persistently Higher Treasury Yields Could Add Trillions to the Debt Over 10 Years

Ryan Bourne and Nathan Miller The 10-year Treasury yield exceeded 5.3 percent yesterday—its highest intraday level since 2002. It has risen by roughly

Why the Congressional Budget Office’s Social Security Shortfall Looks Smaller

Romina Boccia and Krit Chanwong The Congressional Budget Office (CBO), in its September 2026 forecasts, projects that Social Security (OASI) faces a shortfall

Election Policy Roundup #31: The Courts and the Midterms

Walter Olson Number 31 in our series of occasional roundups on election law and policy, this time focusing on ongoing court action with Election

Don’t Practice (or Fund) Health Policy without Reading this Article

Michael F. Cannon Today marks the 25th anniversary of one of the most important articles in health economics. In 1963, the American Economic

“Sorry to the Cato Institute…”

David J. Bier and Alex Nowrasteh “Sorry to all you people at the Cato Institute or wherever else—I don’t owe you an explanation

Nielsen v. Watanabe Brief: The Constitution Is Enough to Sue Federal Agents

Matthew Cavedon Kekai Watanabe alleges that after being brutally assaulted in a federal prison and while in 10-out-of-10 pain, a government nurse told

The Jones Act Delivers High Costs but Little Maritime Security

Colin Grabow In a recent MarineLink op-ed, maritime consultant Rik van Hemmen argued that the Jones Act is a cost-effective means of meeting

The Biggest AI Risk May Be the Rush to Regulate It

Rikki Schlott

Congress Should Put an End to Pocket Rescissions

David Ditch Late in the afternoon on Friday, September 25, 2026, President Trump announced the cancellation of $810 million in spending across several