Peter Van Doren An important insight offered by libertarians is that attempts to suppress market forces through policy often result in illegal underground markets accompanied by corruption. The libertarian policy insight is to legalize the suppressed trade. The New York Times recently described evidence in support of this claim: corruption in Los Angeles. The FBI…
Romina Boccia and Ivane Nachkebia How does Social Security compare to other countries’ retirement programs? It’s an interesting question that prompted me to organize a symposium with international experts at the Cato Institute earlier this year. In a recent Washington Post article, Julie Zauzmer Weil asks a similar question but misses the mark on several…
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Adam N. Michel and Josh Loucks Vice President Kamala Harris recently announced a new proposal to expand the tax deduction for start-up costs for small businesses from $5,000 to $50,000. Without the immediate deduction, the deduction of start-up costs must be spread out over 15 years. The Harris proposal allows us to dig deeper into the…
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Mee Rebus Melayu adalamh salah satu hidangan tradisional yang sudah menjadi bagian tak terpisahkan dari budaya kuliner di Malaysia. Hidangan ini memiliki sejarah panjang, dengan pengaruh dari berbagai etnis yang tinggal di Semenanjung Melayu. Mulai dari pedagang India hingga pengaruh Melayu dan Cina, Mee Rebus adalah hasil perpaduan budaya kuliner yang menghasilkan cita rasa yang…
Chris Edwards Robert F. Kennedy Jr. writes in the Wall Street Journal that “Trump Can Make America Healthy Again.” I agree with Kennedy that some national health trends are disturbing. The share of US adults who are obese has risen from 15 percent in the late 1970s to 42 percent today. Kennedy proposes some health…
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Jennifer J. Schulp American financial privacy has been in steady decline for more than 50 years. Regulatory frameworks, such as the Bank Secrecy Act and the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Consolidated Audit Trail, establish government surveillance of Americans’ financial transactions. As financial services have become increasingly digitized—and as the thresholds for required reporting to the government…
Colleen Hroncich In early 2018, I received an email from our local Christian academy with “Exciting Opportunity” in the subject line. “We are excited to introduce you to a refreshing new development in classical Christian education: the Classic Learning Test (CLT),” the email began. At the time, according to the email, the test was accepted…
Jeffrey A. Singer In a blog post earlier this year, I lamented the decision by Oregon lawmakers to roll back Measure 110, a ballot proposition that Oregon voters passed in November 2020 decriminalizing drug use and possession while expanding access to harm reduction and addiction treatment services. Measure 110 went into effect in February 2021,…
Manfaat Buah Pepaya adalah salah satu buah tropis yang sangat populer dan dikenal luas karena manfaat kesehatannya yang luar biasa. Buah yang memiliki daging berwarna oranye ini tidak hanya lezat, tetapi juga kaya akan nutrisi yang penting bagi tubuh. Dalam artikel ini, kita akan membahas secara mendalam berbagai manfaat buah pepaya, bagaimana buah ini dapat…
Raja Ampat, yang terletak di ujung barat Papua, Indonesia, sering dianggap sebagai salah satu permata tersembunyi di dunia wisata. Dengan keindahan alamnya yang menakjubkan dan kekayaan biodiversitasnya yang tiada tara, Raja Ampat layak disebut sebagai surga tersembunyi. Terletak jauh dari keramaian kota dan kesibukan dunia modern, Raja Ampat menawarkan pelarian sempurna ke dalam alam liar…
