Publications

The Cato Institute publishes about a dozen books each year that meet the highest standards of scholarship, are accessible to a broad readership, and explore policy alternatives consistent with the principles of individual liberty, limited governments, free markets, and peace.

Cato Journal is a unique and readable public policy journal for policymakers and scholars as well as interested laypeople. Published three times a year, it provides insightful and engaging analyses of important issues by leading scholars and policy analysts.

Cato's Letter is a free quarterly publication of speeches and articles that address the traditional American ideas of individual liberty, limited government, free markets and peace.

Cato's Letters are a series of distinguished essays on political economy and public policy. The Cato Institute takes its name from an earlier series of Cato's Letters, essays on political liberty written by John Trenchard and Thomas Gordon in the 18th century, which were widely read in the American colonies and played a major role in laying the philosophical foundation for the American Revolution.

The Cato Handbook for Policymakers sets the standard in Washington for real cuts in federal spending, taxes, and power. It offers an issue-by-issue detailed blueprint for reducing the federal government to the limits intended by the Founding Fathers.

Cato Policy Report, our bimonthly newsletter, gives you a comprehensive look at Cato's wide-ranging research program.

Economic Freedom of the World seeks to measure the consistency of the institutions and policies of various countries with voluntary exchange and the other dimensions of economic freedom.

Regulation magazine scrutinizes the effects of regulatory policies on our lives and livelihoods. Since its first publication in 1977 it has examined every market, from agriculture to health and transportation, and nearly every government intervention, from the regulation of interstate commerce to labor law and price controls. Each issue features articles by leading experts at the cutting edge of regulatory reform.

Published every September, the Supreme Court Review analyzes key cases from the Court's most recent term.