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CATO Institute vice president and celebrated economist Scott Lincicome analyzes economic policy, trade, and regulation through a free market lens, exploring how these issues impact everyday Americans.

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Trump’s New Furniture Tariffs Are (Almost) Everything Wrong with U.S. Trade Policy Today

Scott Lincicome / October 8, 2025

An unfinished electric vehicle sits on a production line at Chinese automaker NIO in Hefei, China, on September 24, 2025. (Photo by JADE GAO/AFP via Getty Images)

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Chinese Industrial Policy Is an Anchor, Not an Engine

Scott Lincicome / October 1, 2025

Drastic Decrease In Tourism Deepens Las Vegas Area’s Economic Woes

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Trade Is Among People—And Retaliation Can Be, Too

Scott Lincicome / September 24, 2025

The Folkston ICE Processing Center on September 9, 2025, in Folkston, Georgia. (Photo by ELIJAH NOUVELAGE/AFP/Getty Images)

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An ICE Raid in Georgia Becomes a Massive (and Unsurprising) U.S. Policy Failure

Scott Lincicome / September 17, 2025

Aerial View of a Tractor Tilling the Rows of Daffodils in a Farm Field.

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America’s Latest Farmer Crisis Is Government-Grown

Scott Lincicome / September 10, 2025

Intel Lays Off 4000 Workers In Several States

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Intel Again, Unfortunately

Scott Lincicome / August 27, 2025

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No, ‘the Economists’ Didn’t Botch Trump’s Tariffs

Scott Lincicome / August 20, 2025

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How Much of Your Life (and Money) Have Dumb Rules Wasted?

Scott Lincicome / August 13, 2025

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Trump’s #XiToo Moment

Scott Lincicome / August 6, 2025

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‘Bidenomics’ at 3: Invisible Waste Becomes (More) Visible

Scott Lincicome / July 30, 2025

President Trump Signs His “Big, Beautiful Bill” Into Law And Celebrates Independence Day At The White House

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The Three Best—and Worst—Things in Trump’s Big Tax Law

Scott Lincicome / July 23, 2025

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The Shutdown Matters, but Probably Not for the Reasons You Think

Scott Lincicome / October 23, 2025

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Trump’s New Furniture Tariffs Are (Almost) Everything Wrong with U.S. Trade Policy Today

Scott Lincicome / October 8, 2025

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Chinese Industrial Policy Is an Anchor, Not an Engine

Scott Lincicome / October 1, 2025

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Trade Is Among People—And Retaliation Can Be, Too

Scott Lincicome / September 24, 2025

Trump’s New Furniture Tariffs Are (Almost) Everything Wrong with U.S. Trade Policy Today

Chinese Industrial Policy Is an Anchor, Not an Engine

Trade Is Among People—And Retaliation Can Be, Too

An ICE Raid in Georgia Becomes a Massive (and Unsurprising) U.S. Policy Failure

America’s Latest Farmer Crisis Is Government-Grown

Intel Again, Unfortunately

No, ‘the Economists’ Didn’t Botch Trump’s Tariffs

How Much of Your Life (and Money) Have Dumb Rules Wasted?

Trump’s #XiToo Moment

‘Bidenomics’ at 3: Invisible Waste Becomes (More) Visible

The Three Best—and Worst—Things in Trump’s Big Tax Law

The Shutdown Matters, but Probably Not for the Reasons You Think

Trump’s New Furniture Tariffs Are (Almost) Everything Wrong with U.S. Trade Policy Today

Chinese Industrial Policy Is an Anchor, Not an Engine

Trade Is Among People—And Retaliation Can Be, Too

The Shutdown Matters, but Probably Not for the Reasons You Think

Trump’s New Furniture Tariffs Are (Almost) Everything Wrong with U.S. Trade Policy Today

Chinese Industrial Policy Is an Anchor, Not an Engine

Trade Is Among People—And Retaliation Can Be, Too

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