From the sound of the president’s speech last night we might be headed for a lame duck session in Congress and a fight over some unpopular climate legislation.
You can read my op-ed on the coming battle over climate legislation over at Townhall.
Latest Study
Move to Defend: The Case against the Constitutional Amendments Seeking to Overturn Citizens United
Featured Event
May 17
Featuring Benjamin H. Friedman, Research Fellow in Defense and Homeland Security Studies, Cato Institute; Spencer Ackerman, Senior Writer, WIRED Magazine; and Julian Sanchez, Research Fellow, Cato Institute; moderated by Laura Odato, Director of Government Affairs, Cato Institute.
Featured Publication
In the new issue of Cato Policy Report, Cato President and CEO John A. Allison argues that the Federal Reserve is increasing the long-term risk in our financial system through both its monetary and regulatory policies. Also in this issue, James D. Gwartney looks at the incomplete “public choice revolution,” and explains how mainstream economics is leaving both current students and the general public with a misleading, false, and romantic view of government and the operation of the democratic political process.
Latest Multimedia
May 17, 2013
May 17, 2013
Latest Commentary
Featured Book
More Bang for Your Buck
The Cato Institute tops a new measure of think tank performance in the United States, according to a recent report. Cato bested all other U.S. think tanks in the main category of “Aggregate Profile per Dollar Spent.” “I’m grateful to the Center for Global Development for showing that Cato gives its sponsors something I wish government gave more of to taxpayers: bang for the buck,” said Cato CEO John Allison.
From the sound of the president’s speech last night we might be headed for a lame duck session in Congress and a fight over some unpopular climate legislation.
You can read my op-ed on the coming battle over climate legislation over at Townhall.
Paul C. "Chip" Knappenberger and Patrick J. Michaels
The mainstream press is starting to entertain the possibility the the rate of climate change is being overestimated.
Paul C. "Chip" Knappenberger and Patrick J. Michaels
400ppm of carbon dioxide should remind us of our continuing success at expanding the global supply of energy to meet a growing demand.
The Defense of Environment and Property Act of 2013 would help protect property rights against federal abuses.
Farmers receiving government subsidies shouldn’t complain about strings being attached

This work by Cato Institute is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.