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Heritage Immigration Study and Government Spending

By Chris Edwards (May 13, 2013)

Conservative and libertarian scholars are clashing over the findings and political implications of the new Heritage Foundation immigration study. The... more

Government Spending Up, Private GDP Down

By Chris Edwards (May 06, 2013)

It drives a lot of us at Cato nuts to read news stories almost every day which simply assume that government spending is good for the economy. Any... more

Food Stamp Fraud and Twinkies

By Chris Edwards (Apr 22, 2013)

The federal food stamp program—now called SNAP—is attracting a lot of media coverage. One reason for this is that the program’s... more

What to Cut Next

By Chris Edwards (Mar 18, 2013)

For supporters of limited government, there is some good news coming from Washington. On entitlement spending, House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan’s new... more

Take the Public-Private Road to Efficiency

By Chris Edwards (Mar 04, 2013)

In his State of the Union address, President Obama laid out an array of new spending proposals, including a $50 billion plan for highways, bridges and other projects. He... more

Are Spending Cuts Good Politics?

By Chris Edwards (Feb 24, 2013)

Grover Cleveland says “yes.” Calvin Coolidge says “yes.” Chris Edwards says “yes.” From... more

Obama’s Minimum Wage Plan

By Chris Edwards (Feb 18, 2013)

Economic research has only a tenuous relationship to economic policymaking in Washington. President Obama’s new proposal to raise the federal... more

Federal Infrastructure for Private Profit

By Chris Edwards (Feb 13, 2013)

In my recent study on infrastructure, I noted that federal spending is often designed to aid private interests, not the general public interest. As... more

Federal Spending Has Always Been Wasteful

By Chris Edwards (Feb 11, 2013)

A new article by Ivan Eland describes how wars have stimulated growth in the American welfare state. I was interested in his discussion regarding the... more

Brick Wall of Local Bureaucracy

By Chris Edwards (Jan 28, 2013)

Some Good Samaritans wanted to clean up some trash in a neighborhood near me in Northern Virginia, and they ran into a brick wall of bureaucracy. I happened to notice... more

Obama Overplays “We” in Inaugural Speech

By Chris Edwards (Jan 27, 2013)

When liberals make reference to U.S. economic history, they typically: 1) downplay the role of entrepreneurs, 2) suggest that bold government action has driven... more