Category: Economic Opportunity

By Steve Buckstein For a variety of reasons, many Americans are becoming addicted to…

By John A. Charles, Jr. Last week Governor Kate Brown gave a speech…

By Steve Buckstein Two hundred and forty-one years ago this July 4, the…

By Steve Buckstein To hear some teachers talk, you would think before smartphones…

By Lydia White A team of researchers from the University of Washington produced…

By Kathryn Hickok “That’s the trouble with this country. There ain’t a marshal…

Cascade Policy Institute Hosts Lunch with Special Guest Speaker Myron Ebell President Trump’s…

Join Cascade Policy Institute for an evening with special guest Dr. Jacqueline Pfeffer Merril,…

By Lydia White On Monday, government offices were closed in honor of Presidents’…

By John A. Charles, Jr. A bill has been introduced in the state…

Please join us for our monthly Policy Picnic led by Cascade Policy Institute’s Research Associate Lydia…

By Lydia White As inauguration weekend unfolded, Republicans cheered with a gasp of…

By John A. Charles, Jr. For the past 18 months, the Oregon Land…

By Steve Buckstein Decades of research and experience tell us that raising the…

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By Lydia White Amazon has introduced its new line of physical stores: Amazon…

By Steve Buckstein Here at Cascade Policy Institute, as a nonprofit, nonpartisan think…

Please join us for our monthly Policy Picnic led by Cascade’s President and CEO, John A….

By Randal O’Toole The housing affordability crisis is turning Portland, already one of…

By Randal O’Toole A recent Supreme Court decision found that government policies that…

— Why You Should Vote Down Metro’s Natural Area Levy By John A. Charles,…

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How many attorneys do you know who make their living defending liberty? Well,…

“The greatest thing I ever did with my life.” The largest sea evacuation…

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Every July much is said about the blessings of liberty, the meaning of…

Every July much is said about the blessings of liberty, the meaning of…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: John A. Charles, Jr. 503-242-0900 john@cascadepolicy.org Portland, OR…

Thursday, October 20, 2016 – 6:30pm to 9:00pm Tualatin Country Club Justice Clint…

What may be the funniest movie about personal initiative and limited government? Look…

Your average high school students may not be able to explain a fictional…

If you are looking for an uplifting summer movie for the teenage girls…

Williamsburg: The Story of a Patriot is the longest running motion picture ever,…

—A Declaration That Never Goes out of Style Two hundred and forty years…

Three days after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, President George W….

Have you taken your children to see Captain America: Civil War? There’s nothing…

Google announced recently that it would no longer run ads for payday loans,…

Please join us for our monthly Policy Picnic led by special guest speaker Adrian Moore, Ph.D., Vice President…

I first wrote in 2003 about what I call “The Statement”: “I support…

“Amateur” is French for “one who loves.” But today, the word is commonly…

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This week, Barack Obama became the first U.S. President in nearly 90 years…

While the Irish celebrate Saint Patrick’s Day this week, Italians are celebrating National…

Now that former world chess champion Garry Kasparov has weighed into the American…

“You cannot fight for something you don’t believe in,” says the wife of…

Catch the Aloha Spirit! Join us for a “Policy Luau” led by Tim Lussier,…

Oregon is on the way to becoming the highest minimum wage state in…

The annual “New Partners for Smart Growth” conference opens in Portland on Thursday,…

Oregon is known as a small business state. Few large corporations are headquartered…

Bull market? Bear market? Recession? Recovery? What does 2016 have in store for…

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Socrates said, “An unexamined life is not worth living.” 2016 begins with national…

Do you believe in Santa Claus? Many think they are too old to…

As the world approaches 2016, we reflect on what transpired in 2015 and…

By Gilion Dumas Student sit-ins, “safe spaces” (otherwise known as idea-free zones), demands…

When the first film of the Hunger Games series premiered, Cascade’s Sarah Wolf…

You may not have learned this in school, but prior to the 1623…

Since 2013, “Freedom in Film and Fiction” has been an occasional series of…

One of the most memorable and talked about lines from the November 10th…

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This week the Center for Public Integrity released a report grading the 50…

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There are still eighteen so-called “control states” in America that exert substantial control…

A union-backed group is planning to put an initiative on Oregon’s 2016 General…

By John A. Charles, Jr. During September, the Portland regional transit monopoly, TriMet,…

The debate over the sharing economy often revolves around the well-known players such…