Posted by Melissa Landry on February 12, 2026Louisiana’s Grid Gambit: Is It Time to Let Private Power Play?Last month, the New Orleans City Council voted unanimously to impose a one-year moratorium on data center [...]Read more
Posted by Hope Schumaker on May 8, 2025The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same: The Antitrust Crusade Rolls OnMuch has changed since President Trump assumed office just over 100 days ago. Despite the upheaval of [...]Read more
Posted by Hope Schumaker on January 16, 2025The Free Market at Work: Return of the MetaIn a gold chain and just over five minutes, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg promised that Meta platforms, like [...]Read more
Posted by Daniel J. Erspamer on December 16, 2021Economic ‘Freedom’ Study Ranks Louisiana Below AverageThe Cato Institute has released this year’s edition of the “Freedom In the 50 States” index. Louisiana [...]Read more
Posted by Editor on June 28, 2011The Public, the Charter, and the PhilanthropistA new Cato Institute paper highlights the need for models that punish poor performance and reward good. [...]Read more
Posted by Jamison Beuerman on February 18, 2011Commentary: New Insights on Obamacare from Cato Institute"Tanner rightfully labels the new health care law a 'colossal failure' which will irrevocably transform [...]Read more
Posted by Fergus Hodgson on February 1, 2011Research: Louisiana’s Fiscal Albatross, The Coming Public Pension CrisisPelican Institute Report: taxpayers on the hook for billions of dollars in unfunded liabilities. Despite [...]Read more
Posted by Fergus Hodgson on September 30, 2010Jindal Receives “A” Grade for Fiscal PolicyCato Institute ranks Governor second in nation Today the Cato Institute released its 2010 Fiscal Policy [...]Read more
Posted by Jamison Beuerman on April 8, 2010Commentary: Ravitch Off Base on Charter SchoolsAs mentioned in a previous post, Andrew Coulson of the Cato Institute, in his fine obituary for Jaime [...]Read more