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Aug 11, 2024 | 
econlib.org | David Henderson |Elizabeth Brown |Jacob Sullum |Emily Ekins
The list is long and so I’m doing this in two parts. The second part will be later today. by Elizabeth Nolan Brown, Reason, August 5, 2024. Excerpt:The Ugly Truth’s website also states that there are “approximately 18,000 victims in the U.S.” If we take that at face value (and again, it’s dubious), that would mean that around 17 to 44 percent of all U.S. trafficking victims are in San Diego County.
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Jul 9, 2024 | 
heartlanddailynews.com | Emily Ekins
New Poll: 74 percent worry Americans could lose our freedoms if we’re not careful, according to a new Cato Institute poll. This 4th of July, 248 years after the Declaration of Independence was adopted, a new forthcoming Cato Institute national survey finds 76% of Americans have a favorable opinion of the founding of the United States and 59% feel “gratitude” about what the Declaration eventually secured. But Americans fear the freedoms made possible by the American founding are at risk.
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Jul 9, 2024 | 
cato.org | Ilya Somin |Simon Lester |James Bacchus |Emily Ekins
The whole world is far more diverse than any one nation-state. A world government will necessarily have to trample some of this diversity in order to impose its one-size-fits all policies. If it does not do so, there would be no point in establishing a world government in the first place. Given the incredible diversity of the world’s people and cultures, it will be difficult to adopt any major policy that does not inflict severe harm on at least some groups.
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May 30, 2024 | 
cato.org | Inu Manak |Simon Lester |James Bacchus |Emily Ekins
Economic turmoil and global conflict during the first half of the 20th century prompted a bold rethink of the international order. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt led the charge, overcoming fractured views on trade within his own party. The pragmatic and strategic vision of his secretary of state, Cordell Hull, helped him recognize the necessity of international economic cooperation to generate peace and prosperity at home and abroad.
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Apr 29, 2024 | 
cato.org | Emily Ekins
Parents have good reason to be concerned about Utah public schools retaining regular half‐day kindergarten for their 5- and 6‑year‐old kids. Data indicates starting kids too young with too much school may lead to hindered emotional and social development down the road. For one,starting kids too young in school puts some at risk for being improperly diagnosed with ADHD and other developmental issues.
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Apr 24, 2024 | 
deseret.com | Emily Ekins
Recently, a mother in an online group of Utah moms responded to Utah's shift to full-day kindergarten by saying she felt that "we put too much pressure on kids academically at such a young age."Mothers like her are not alone. Many Utah parents with rising kindergarteners are concerned over whether regular half-day kindergarten will remain an option in Utah. Thanks to new legislation passed this cycle ( HB517) the traditional half-day kindergarten option for parents might be saved.
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Apr 23, 2024 | 
cato.org | Neal McCluskey |Emily Ekins
Public schooling deserves much of the blame for the educational hole we are in. But not because many districts stayed remote for so long. Hindsight is 20/20, an unfair lens through which to judge decisions in a crisis. And COVID was a crisis, at least at first: a rapidly spreading, mysterious, deadly disease. And it was not just a fringe that was afraid. From April 2020 to February 2021, Gallup typically found a majority of Americans either “very” or “somewhat worried” about catching COVID.
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Apr 19, 2024 | 
dcjournal.com | Neal McCluskey |Emily Ekins
A recent New York Times article summarized the growing consensus on COVID-19 and education, noting that “extended school closures did not significantly stop the spread of COVID, while the academic harms for children have been large and long-lasting.”Also, remote learning “was a key driver in academic declines.”The approach that many public schools took during much of the pandemic — remote instruction — was the wrong one, and children are paying for it.
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Mar 26, 2024 | 
cato.org | Neal McCluskey |Emily Ekins
More than two years after public schools reopened from pandemic‐related school closures, private schools continue to see their enrollments rise. Forty‐six percent of private schools that responded to the Cato Institute 2023 Private School Enrollment Survey reported enrollment increases between the 2022–23 and 2023–24 school years, while 25 percent saw decreases and 30 percent reported no change.
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Sep 26, 2023 | 
cato.org | James Bacchus |Simon Lester |Emily Ekins |Scott Lincicome
Started in 1995 as the successor to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, the now-164-member World Trade Organization (WTO) consists of a baseline set of trade rules (agreements), a negotiating venue for member states, a system for adjudicating member-initiated trade disputes, and a repository for related data and analysis.
