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"Never a Recession in Washington"
by Doug Bandow
"Of Course Defense Analysts Are Biased"
by Benjamin H. Friedman
"This Week in Government Failure"
by Tad DeHaven
How Global Economic Integration Renders Trade Policy Obsolete
During the past few decades, a truly global division of labor has emerged, presenting opportunities for specialization, collaboration, and exchange on scales once unimaginable. But trade and investment policy has not kept pace with these remarkable changes in commercial reality. In a new study, Cato scholar Daniel J. Ikenson argues that governments and policymakers should eliminate trade barriers and commit to policies that nurture the promise of our highly integrated global economy.
- "Made on Earth: How Global Economic Integration Renders Trade Policy Obsolete," by Daniel J. Ikenson
The Global Warming Email Controversy
The environmental community has been abuzz over emails and other documents hacked from a UK climate-change research center. The documents suggest a deliberate campaign to exclude from scientific journals opinions that challenge global warming as being human caused.
Cato scholar and climatologist Patrick J. Michaels, mentioned prominently and negatively in the emails, has been consistent in his view: "Global warming is indeed real, but it is also a very complicated and difficult issue that can provoke very unwise policy in response to political pressure. Drastic action is unwarranted at this time."
- Climate of Extremes: Global Warming Science They Don't Want You to Know, by Patrick J. Michaels and Robert C. Balling, Jr.
- "Global Warming and Climate Change," Cato Handbook for Policymakers
- Additional Cato Research on Global Warming
New Cato Policy Report Looks at Auto Bailouts, Afghanistan, and Federal Employees
In the most recent issue of Cato Policy Report, Cato scholar Daniel J. Ikenson looks at the aftermath of the GM and Chrysler bailouts. Also in this issue, Cato founder and president Edward H. Crane discusses how Afghanistan presents an opportunity for Republicans to return to their traditional noninterventionist roots, and Chris Edwards reveals the truth of federal employee compensation.
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Financial Fiasco
An easily accessible work on the economic crisis, the book guides readers through a world of irresponsible behavior, showing how many of the "solutions" being implemented are repeating the mistakes that caused the crisis.
Mad About Trade
This much-needed antidote to a rising tide of protectionist sentiment in the United States offers a spirited defense of free trade and tells the underreported story of how a more global U.S. economy has created better jobs and higher living standards for American workers.
Climate of Extremes
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