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Cato Institute @cato.org · Nov 18

The Cato Institute is a public policy research organization—a think tank—dedicated to originate, disseminate, and advance solutions based on the principles of individual liberty, limited government, free markets, and peace.Interested in libertarian ideas? 🗽Learn more: cato.org/about

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Cato Institute @cato.org · 22h

Occupational licensing boards don’t protect the public; they protect incumbents. Stacked with industry insiders, they block competition, raise prices, and hurt workers.

The long term fix is to end licensing laws. The short term fix? End licensing boards.

The Case Against State Occupational Licensing Boards

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Cato Institute @cato.org · 2d

A shutdown doesn't do anything to change the trajectory of the overall fiscal picture, says Cato Institute’s policy analyst Dominik Lett. “The real issue is that we're more than $30 trillion in debt.”

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Cato Institute @cato.org · 3d

“Financial privacy is such a key element of Americans’ privacy, yet it's one that we haven't paid enough attention to”, SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce joins Cato’s experts to discuss financial surveillance.

Listen to podcast on Apple, Spotify and our website.

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Cato Institute @cato.org · 4d

Instead of panicking over the shutdown, we should focus on the real crisis - over $30 trillion in debt and growing deficits, explains Cato Institute’s Romina Boccia.

Learn what’s really at stake and why responsible spending is crucial for future generations.

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Cato Institute @cato.org · 6d

The federal government shut down today at 12:01 a.m.
But Romina Boccia explains this fight isn’t about fiscal urgency, it’s political theater. Here’s what you need to know 👇

Thoughts About the Government Shutdown

Shutdowns rarely deliver what their instigators demand. They hand the President and OMB extra discretion—hardly a smart move for Democrats. More often, shutdowns backfire politically without lasting...

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Cato Institute @cato.org · 6d

America’s electricity sector is straining under red tape just as AI drives demand sky-high.
But New Hampshire has a bold fix: let innovators build off-grid. Competition, not bureaucracy, fuels progress.

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Cato Institute @cato.org · 7d

Cato Institute’s fellow Mustafa Akyol spoke at the UN General Assembly official side event “Weaponization of religion by the Taliban and its consequences on Afghanistan and beyond”.

Read more here: buff.ly/lmEy0JE

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Cato Institute @cato.org · 7d

A looming government shutdown raises big questions: Do shutdowns halt the government in its tracks? Who decides what keeps running? What does it mean for President Trump and the rest of us?

Learn more in this episode of the Cato Podcast:

How Government Shutdowns Actually Work

Featuring Patrick G. Eddington and Chad Davis

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Cato Institute @cato.org · 8d

President Trump’s new order to “counter political violence” is really a mandate to police speech. Protected advocacy becomes “radicalization.” Criticism becomes “justifying violence.”

This is an attack on the First Amendment, not on political violence, argues @walterolson.bsky.social:

President Trump Plans To Investigate and "Disrupt" Opposition Speech

A new executive order signals the White House’s intent to use law enforcement to investigate and disrupt networks and organizations Donald Trump and allies consider responsible for encouraging political...

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Cato Institute @cato.org · 8d

“We need banks of all sizes. And we need to make sure that they can produce a quality return” - Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee Rep. French Hill at Cato’s CMFA conference.

Watch his remarks here: buff.ly/dm9wSOA

Cato Institute @cato.org · 10d

Will the new wave of nuclear power plants succeed where the last one failed?

Tim Thomas unpacks the promises, pitfalls, and why Small Modular Reactors and next-generation large reactors probably won’t live up to the hype.
Dive deeper in Regulation Magazine, out now ⬇️

Fall 2025

Despite the need for clean generation, the growing demand for electricity to power new technologies and global development, and claims of nuclear generation breakthroughs that are either here or soon...

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Cato Institute @cato.org · 13d

Regardless of whether you like Kimmel or not, in America we fix disagreements with more speech – not government strong-arming late-night TV, say Cato Institute’s experts David Inserra and John Samples.

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Cato Institute @cato.org · 13d

“If the goal is to help children with autism, the best step government can take is to get out of the way of science and medicine,” says Dr. Jeffrey Singer, general surgeon and senior fellow at the Cato Institute, reacting to Trump’s Tylenol-autism claim.

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Cato Institute @cato.org · 14d

Did you know this?

When a hospital purchases a physician practice or other facility, Medicare INCREASES THE PRICES it pays for the SAME people to provide the SAME services to the SAME patients in the SAME location.

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Cato Institute @cato.org · 14d

September 21 was Deficit Day, when Washington ran out of tax revenue.

Every dollar since has been borrowed. That means higher interest costs, more inflation, and less room to maneuver in the next crisis.

Read more: news.bloombergtax.com/tax-insights...

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Cato Institute @cato.org · 15d

A $100,000 fee to hire an H-1B worker?
President Trump’s plan would effectively kill the H-1B visa, drive tech companies overseas, reduce demand for US workers, stifle innovation, and shrink supply in industries from IT to medicine.

Trump Shouldn't Impose a $100,000 Fee on H-1B Visas

This fee would effectively end the H‑1B visa category by making it prohibitive for most businesses to hire H‑1B workers.

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Cato Institute @cato.org · 16d

The future of education belongs to families, not bureaucracies.
When dollars follow students, not zip codes, innovation flourishes and liberty expands.

Cato stands for educational freedom for everyone on any side of the so-called culture wars, explains Neal McCluskey👇

From Federal Failure to Parental Freedom: The Story of a Movement

This is what Cato has long been fighting for: an education system that enables innovative options to be born and taken to scale because funding follows kids to schools their families choose, not only...

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Cato Institute @cato.org · 18d

When the FCC pressured Disney to pull Jimmy Kimmel off the air, it crossed the line from free choice to government coercion, explains Cato’s constitutional expert Thomas Berry. Free speech thrives on open debate – not on threats from those in power.

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Cato Institute @cato.org · 18d

Politically motivated killings are rare in the United States. Cato’s social policy expert Alex Nowrasteh breaks down the data and explains what it really shows.

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Cato Institute @cato.org · 19d

“It is difficult to imagine a more ominous and more horrendous violation of the basic principle of free speech.” Cato’s legal expert comments on ABC’s suspension of Jimmy Kimmel’s show after FCC pressure.

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Cato Institute @cato.org · 19d

There is no “hate speech” exception to the First Amendment. Even speech that is ugly, offensive, or cruel is protected. In the wake of Charlie Kirk’s horrific assassination, now more than ever, we must defend the principle Kirk himself championed: more speech, not less.

Americans Must Remain Committed to Free Expression After the Assassination of Charlie Kirk

We must make the choice to embrace civic discourse to find our shared humanity. Our solutions should rely on more speech, not less, to better understand each other and face the real challenges in our...

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Cato Institute @cato.org · 20d

Free societies tolerate ugly speech. The government cannot weaponize tragedies as pretexts to surveil or silence groups it disfavors. Matthew Cavedon writes that both the First and Fourth Amendments must be strengthened to guard liberty.

Fourth Amendment Can Strengthen Free Speech as Trump Administration Promises Assault

Ensuring the strength of the freedoms of speech and association is going to require more than just vindicating First Amendment protections. It also has to mean strengthening Fourth Amendment ones against...

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Cato Institute @cato.org · 20d

Another TikTok ban deadline day… AGAIN! What does it actually mean that we keep seeing these extensions for TikTok? Cato Institute’s technology policy expert Jennifer Huddleston explains.

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Cato Institute @cato.org · 20d

🇺🇸 Constitution Day reminds us why the U.S. Constitution endures.

Celebrate the day by carrying these ideas with you.

Cato Institute @cato.org · 20d

Happy Constitution Day 🇺🇸 from the Cato Institute!

We celebrated by handing out free pocket Constitutions in Washington, DC.

Check out the video!

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