Political Theory

Cato's Letters 69 and 70 focused on the British election of 1722. But they also provide useful insights Americans should consider this November.

When new and burgeoning markets find themselves operating in unregulated territories, it does not take long for the state to intervene.

Compared to Europe and Asia, the "frontier states" of the Americas really are something different.

Some health-industry interest groups think you have too much freedom when it comes to contact lenses.

The cronyist American Medical Association has forced doctors to choose between protecting "the profession" and protecting their patients.

The claims about a "moneyless" utopian village in India turn out to be false. No one with an understanding of economics should be surprised.

Alarmed by successful entrepreneurship and low prices for consumers, government seeks, yet again, to shut down small businesses.

Rather than focus too much on lamenting politics and the state, we should be heartened by how far we've come — and go forward confidently.

Governments hate decentralization, and politicians like Hillary Clinton hate it too.

The national debt and cutting government spending simply are not topics the voters care about anymore.