Jeffrey A. Singer Gene therapy researchers recently reported an encouraging development that can bring new hope to people at risk for cardiovascular disease. But how long will Americans have to wait before they can use it? CRISPR (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats) is a gene editing technology

Nicholas Anthony As more people have become aware of the risks of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), more people have become confused between CBDCs provided by the government and cryptocurrencies provided by the market. It’s understandable that the two ideas may be confusing at first glance,

Adam N. Michel Foreign investment in low‐​tax countries complements U.S. production and expands global investment. Low‐​tax countries are often derided for either attracting illusory corporate profits without changing true investment behavior or for attracting international investment to the detriment of usually higher‐​tax countries. However, research consistently

Emily Ekins and Jordan Gygi Washington, D.C.– Only 16% of Americans support the U.S. government adopting a Central Bank Digital Currency or “CBDC,” according to the new Cato Institute 2023 CBDC National Survey Report. The national survey of 2,000 Americans conducted by YouGov found that twice

David Boaz Here we go again. David Leonhardt of the New York Times dredges up a poorly designed chart from 2017 that purported to show that there are very few “fiscally conservative, socially liberal” American voters. At the time Karl Smith pointed out some basic design flaws

Jeffrey Miron and Jacob Winter This article appeared on Substack on May 30, 2023, and an earlier version appeared under Jacob Winter’s byline in the Harvard Undergraduate Law Review. In a few weeks, the Supreme Court will announce its decision in two cases it heard last fall, one