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#118. Juni 2024
British Columbia Should Legalize, Not Recriminalize, Drugs
Blog: Cato at Liberty
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#27. Juni 2024
Possible Good News on Reform of Civil Forfeiture?
Blog: Cato at Liberty
A recent Supreme Court ruling on civil forfeiture, while seemingly a setback for critics of the practice, nevertheless contains some good news.
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#322. Mai 2024
To Eliminate Underground Markets, Tax and Regulate Less
Blog: Cato at Liberty
Instead, policy should allow the entire market to move above ground by reducing costly and time‐consuming regulation.
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#420. Mai 2024
Are Government Prohibitions Effective?
Blog: Cato at Liberty
When prohibitions fail to suppress the thing they prohibit, they make no sense whatsoever. One alternative — "sin" taxation — has its own potential negatives, but in moderation is far more likely to move outcomes in desired directions, with fewer adverse effects.
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#529. April 2024
Mixed Evidence on Charter Schools
Blog: Cato at Liberty
So absent strong evidence that school choice has non‐trivial negatives, shouldn't more choice be the default?
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#615. April 2024
Another Negative of Occupational Licenses
Blog: Cato at Liberty
What's the solution? Elimination of licenses. Short of elimination, states should recognize licenses issued by other states.
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#71. April 2024
The War on Prices Continues: Biden's Misguided Rent Control Cap
Blog: Cato at Liberty
Policymakers should heed the lessons from economic theory and real‐world evidence. Rent control, even in its more moderate forms, is a flawed tool that creates more problems than it solves.
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#829. März 2024
Are Policy Nudges Cost Effective?
Blog: Cato at Liberty
A key question, however, is whether nudges achieve their goals, and at what cost. On that score, the evidence is mixed.
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#94. März 2024
Unintended Consequences of Vaccine Mandates: Good Intentions Are Not Enough
Blog: Cato at Liberty
"This research supports the notion that governmental restrictions in the form of vaccination mandates can have unintended negative consequences, not necessarily by reducing uptake of the mandated vaccine, but by reducing adoption of other voluntary vaccines."
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#1028. Februar 2024
Should the Federal Government Subsidize Student Loans?
Blog: Cato at Liberty
Federal subsidy implies federal definition and control of higher education, which opens the door to thought control and political manipulation (e.g., via debt cancellation).
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#1113. Februar 2024
Decriminalization vs. Legalization
Blog: Cato at Liberty
The history of alcohol in the United States is a perfect illustration; violence in the alcohol trade was absent both before and after Prohibition, and accidental overdoses soared during Prohibition.
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#1213. Februar 2024
Section 3 of the 14th Amendment
Blog: Cato at Liberty
And if Section 3 keeps a popular candidate off the ballot, that will likely increase polarization and resentment amongst the candidate's supporters, perhaps to the point of further, and worse, insurrection.
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#1329. Januar 2024
Reducing Illegal Immigration
Blog: Cato at Liberty
Libertarians believe more legal immigration would benefit the United States, the sending countries, and the immigrants.
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#1422. Januar 2024
Clean Energy Subsidies vs. A Carbon Tax
Blog: Cato at Liberty
Emissions taxes are likely the least bad way to reduce emissions. Exceptions are possible, but clean energy subsidies deserve careful scrutiny, even if political constraints make emissions taxes impossible. Sometimes doing nothing is better than the feasible alternatives.
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#1522. Dezember 2023
Prioritize Marijuana Licenses for Past Offenders? No, Just Eliminate Licenses
Blog: Cato at Liberty
In Libertarian Land, government imposes few if any restrictions on starting a business, of any kind. That should apply to marijuana legalization.