When a New York regulatory agency tried to get groups doing business with the NRA to end those business relationships, it may have run afoul of the First Amendment. Cato's Walter Olson and Andrew Grossman comment on National Rifle Association v. Vullo.

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In the wake of the SEC's market-moving hack on social media, it's appropriate to examine where the agency ought to do more (securing its own data) and less (collecting too much data). Jennifer Schulp explains.

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A new federal law means jail time and fines if you don't report the identities of people providing you with large amounts of crypto. Nick Anthony explains why it's another federal assault on financial privacy.

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Why are some farmers so troubled by farm subsidies? Cato's Paul Best explains.

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Last year was a wild one for would-be tech regulators. State governments, Congress, and federal agencies are all still champing at the bit to impose some new restrictions on big and small tech firms alike. David Inserra and Jennifer Huddleston comment.

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Nitazenes are a relatively new category of opioids, and their high potency demands a rational policy response. Jeff Singer explains.

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Argentina’s Javier Milei has an ambitious regulatory agenda, but lawmakers will still have their say on a large portion of it. Daniel Raisbeck discusses what Argentina's new president has announced so far.

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Sociologist Herbert Spencer was "light years" ahead of his contemporaries in grappling with some very modern problems of political economy. Libertarianism.org's Paul Meany explains.

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Herbert Spencer once loomed large in social science. Is he receiving his due in the modern era? Paul Meany discusses how a major thinker was celebrated, forgotten, and remembered again.

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For many states in the southeast, certificate of need laws have needlessly complicated the delivery of health services. Cato's Jeff Singer describes some differences among CON and non-CON states. We spoke in November.

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