The Danish Model — Don’t Try This at Home
Increasingly, both in Denmark and abroad, I hear the claim that Denmark is somehow proof that a gentler socialism is preferable to free-...
- Research
Latest Study
- Events
Featured Event
December 11
REAL ID: Fear, Federalism, and the U.S. National ID Program
Featuring Jim Harper, Senior Fellow, Cato Institute; moderated by Peter Russo, Director of Congressional Affairs, Cato Institute.
- Publications
Featured Publication
Winter 2015-2016
Of all the rights the U.S. Constitution protects, courts are probably most vigilant about protecting free speech. Freedom of expression is not only a cornerstone of democratic government, but also central to the more ordinary choices citizens make in their daily lives. Yet one class of speech has been almost entirely ignored by the courts: speech by professionals engaged in their business. In the new issue of Regulation, Cato scholar Timothy Sandefur argues that the Supreme Court should make it clear that censoring professionals is intolerable.
- Commentary
Latest Multimedia
Jim Harper discusses REAL ID on NJTV News
January 5, 2016
Immigration Enforcement Losses and Wins
January 5, 2016
More Multimedia
Latest Commentary
There Are No Heroes Inside the Bundy Standoff in Oregon
While social-media hotheads storm politicos and backcountry hotheads storm bird sanctuaries, cooler heads should handle the Hammond ranch situation carefully and lawfully.More Commentary
Latest Blog Post
The Unintended Consequences of Regulating School Choice
Regulations intended to ensure quality appear to have had the opposite effect.
More Blog Posts
- Store
Featured Book
Perilous Partners: The Benefits and Pitfalls of America’s Alliances with Authoritarian Regimes
American leaders have cooperated with regimes around the world that are, to varying degrees, repressive or corrupt. Such cooperation is said to serve the national interest. But these partnerships also contravene the nation’s commitments to democratic governance, civil liberties, and free markets. In Perilous Partners, authors Ted Galen Carpenter and Malou Innocent provide a strategy for resolving the ethical dilemmas between interests and values faced by Washington.
- Support
Cato Annual Report 2014
The Cato Institute has released its 2014 Annual Report, which documents a dynamic year of growth and productivity. “Libertarianism is the philosophy of freedom,” Cato’s David Boaz writes in his book, The Libertarian Mind. “It is the indispensable framework for the future.” And as the new report demonstrates, the Cato Institute, thanks largely to the generosity of our Sponsors, is leading the charge to apply this framework across the policy spectrum.
