What role did governments play in the segregating of America? Richard Rothstein describes the explicit policies that separated black and white America in&nbsp;The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America.

The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America

There's a lot that we don't know about which mergers are going to pay off. In fact, there's a lot that companies don't know when faced with that prospect. Sam Bowman of the International Center for Law and Economics discusses antitrust and mergers in the U.S. and Great Britain.

Counting Costs and Benefits in Corporate Mergers

The Pentagon Papers launched a decades-long fight over how to protect the public from threats while respecting the public's right to know how government works. Patrick Eddington and Julian Sanchez discusses the 50th anniversary of the Pentagon Papers.

The Pentagon Papers at 50

As many thousands of businesses have been bankrupted or closed because of the pandemic, there are ways for state and local governments to foster a more robust recovery. Chris Edwards explains.

Local Barriers to Economic Recovery

Art Carden is coauthor of Leave Me Alone and I’ll Make You Rich: How The Bourgeois Deal Enriched the World.

Leave Me Alone and I’ll Make You Rich: How The Bourgeois Deal Enriched the World

There are downsides to social entrepreneurship, according to Kimberlee Josephson of Lebanon Valley College. She details what she sees as risks of focusing on goods other than the bottom line.

Social Entrepreneurship vs. Focusing on the Bottom Line

New Mexico ended civil forfeiture in 2015. What's happened in policing since then? Jennifer McDonald of the Institute for Justice crunched the numbers.

What Happened after New Mexico Ended Civil Forfeiture?

In an especially hot housing market with significant supply constraints, why spend taxpayer money to goose demand? Housing researcher Nolan Gray argues it's precisely the wrong policy response.

Congressional Stimulus for Homebuyers? Now? Really?

The long-awaited FDA ban on menthol cigarettes is now in the works. Guy Bentley of the Reason Foundation believes the social consequences will be both negative and predictable.

Banning Menthols Will Have Predictable (Bad) Consequences

Cities have great opportunities to drive higher incomes and tax revenue by fostering innovative problem solving, but future beneficiaries of gig work and home-based businesses are rarely the loudest voices in the room. Greg Brooks of the <a href="https://better-cities.org/?channel=CatoPodcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Better Cities Project</a> comments.

Cities Should Welcome Long-Term Innovation

The Cato Daily Podcast allows Cato Institute scholars and other commenters to discuss relevant news and libertarian thought in a conversational, informal manner. Hosted by Caleb O. Brown.

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