Paul Best

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Argentine President Javier Milei has modified or eliminated more than 15,000 articles across the country’s regulatory framework since taking office.

Federico Sturzenegger is the architect of those reforms.

In a conversation with Cato's @hiperfalcon for the latest issue of Free Society, @fedesturze detailed how the administration is dismantling decades of bureaucracy, overcoming entrenched special interests, and liberating Argentina's economy. 

Watch the full interview on our YouTube channel:
https://t.co/LWeYUeqK2E

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A generation raised under constant supervision is discovering that the oversight doesn’t end when they grow up. In the 21st century, the government increasingly acts as a permanent chaperone, standing between young people and the milestones that have long marked adulthood, writes Cato media fellow @RIKKISCHLOTT.

Check out her article in the Summer issue of Free Society: https://t.co/KAtXqDQGqd

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The new issue of Free Society is here!

Cato scholars trace the ideas that shaped the Declaration of Independence, the struggle to extend its promises to more individuals, and why the Founders' principles are as relevant today as they were in 1776.

Inside you'll also find interviews and commentary on affordability, Argentina's deregulation push, the state of the American dream, and more.

Check it out now: https://t.co/m24pjkwgeO

[Molly Nixon @mollyretweets]

Worrying the president might become a king is an American tradition dating back to the Constitution’s drafting. My piece in Cato’s Free Society on the founders’ anxiety about executive power— and whether it was justified.

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At the end of the Revolutionary War, George Washington astonished much of the world by voluntarily resigning his commission rather than clinging to power.

In this preview of the next Free Society, Cato's @mollyretweets explores the Founders' suspicion of concentrated power and how the executive branch has evolved over the past 250 years.

https://t.co/saeDCreaSx

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“Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none.” – Thomas Jefferson.

The Founders warned against permanent alliances, foreign commitments, and interference in other nations' affairs. American foreign policy in the 21st century violates those warnings. In the new issue of Free Society, Cato's @brandan_buck and @Hoffman8Jon explain what a return to first principles would look like.

https://t.co/pAZl0IkUUm

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The Declaration of Independence, as the late David Boaz once observed, is the “finest piece of libertarian writing in history.”

For the 250th, Cato scholars revisit the ideas that shaped the Founding and trace their enduring relevance today.

Read more in this preview of Free Society’s Summer 2026 issue:
https://t.co/3QCG4WQ40G

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From steel and semiconductors to defense and mining, the government is increasingly intertwined with private firms, threatening the market-driven dynamism that underpins American prosperity.

Read @scottlincicome on this new era of "state corporatism" in Free Society magazine: https://t.co/C9ZqG3sKug

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María Corina Machado’s movement represents Venezuela’s best hope for freedom, says Cato’s @VasquezIan.

In this special preview of the Winter 2026 issue of Free Society, Vasquez details how Machado exposed the Chavista regime’s massive electoral fraud and unified Venezuela’s opposition.

https://t.co/viC7zmkYKk

[Ian Vasquez @VasquezIan]

The US should work w Maria Corina Machado, the person who can bring freedom to Venezuela.

https://t.co/1FAcGm4oTC

[Paul Best @KincaidBest]

Hayek on prices: “I am convinced that if it were the result of deliberate human design, and if the people guided by the price changes understood that their decisions have significance far beyond their immediate aim, this mechanism would have been acclaimed as one of the greatest triumphs of the human mind.”

[Pamela Hobart @gtmom]

I graduated with high honors from an affluent, acclaimed high school and then again with high honors with a BA in philosophy & pre-law before EVER once hearing the idea that prices convey information and coordinate actors.

I'll never forget rolling up to a philosophy conference in Pasadena in 2008 and wandering into a session on "price gouging" and the pro-"price gougers" introduced this concept.

Possibly the single most transformative moment of my entire education.

[Scott Lincicome @scottlincicome]

I'm back in the @washingtonpost today, explaining why the Supreme Court's review of Trump's "emergency" tariffs should focus on the law, not the administration's crazy doomsaying abt what would happen to the US if the tariffs are invalidated:

🎁: https://t.co/O9hrKEal1B

[Ryan Bourne @MrRBourne]

Congratulations @JMilei. As @VasquezIan has documented, Milei's deregulatory & monetary/fiscal restraint agenda is setting conditions for enduring growth. Let's hope further reforms can entrench macroeconomic stability & inoculate against currency crises.

https://t.co/zDSfQBk6He

[Ian Vasquez @VasquezIan]

Big victory for Milei’s party in Argentina’s mid-term elections where it’s gotten about 41% of the votes. The market reforms will continue. https://t.co/P9DjXSjRxW

[Cato Institute @CatoInstitute]

The new Free Society is here!
Following our deep dive into Javier Milei’s fight to restore liberty in Argentina, the Fall 2025 issue explores the global and timeless forces that drive freedom forward—innovation, open speech, and the power to act without permission.

Here's what's inside👇🧵

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🍷Victor Owen Schwartz turned a passion for wine into a defense of the Constitution. When President Trump’s tariffs nearly crushed his business, he took the administration to court. Don’t miss @KincaidBest's story in Free Society: https://t.co/LSMyU64bGj

[藤丸＠自由主義研究所【Japan Institute for Libertarianism】 @jufujimaru]

アルゼンチン🇦🇷の規制緩和についての記事です。

”規制緩和・国家改造省は、
政府の効率化ではなく「自由を拡大する」ことを使命として明確に掲げている。
そのため規制を見直す際には、「そもそもその分野に政府が関与すべきかどうか」という根本的な問いから始めていた”

https://t.co/MS2i35UdEB

[Brandan P. Buck @brandan_buck]

"Our first duty is to keep America out of foreign wars. Our entry would only destroy democracy, not save it. ‘The path to war is a false path to freedom.’”

My latest, "The Lost Liberalism of America First," and a companion thread are below.

[Cato Institute @CatoInstitute]

New Issue Alert: Free Society is here!
From the fight for school choice to the moral case for free trade—and a powerful call for Congress to reclaim its constitutional role—this summer’s issue brings the boldest thinking on liberty, innovation, and American renewal.

Don’t miss the ideas shaping a freer, more responsible future🧵:

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La experiencia de la ciudad de Nueva York con el cobro por congestión, aunque su estructura sea imperfecta, es una prueba del orden espontáneo, un experimento en el mundo real que muestra la "maravilla" de los precios.

@KincaidBest ✍️ https://t.co/Ivm37i8xRC