COMMENTARY
What Mitt and Hillary Have in Common, by Michael F.
Cannon. Mitt Romney has had to tap dance around the health-care reforms he
enacted while governor of Massachusetts. The first bad news was that the plan's
cost was higher than predicted. Then it reneged on its commitment to cover the
uninsured. But the latest news may require even fancier footwork. The Left is
now thanking Romney for making HillaryCare respectable again.
A Progressive Backlash?, by Alan Reynolds. It suddenly
became clear that Sen. Hillary Clinton and her advisers intend to run a negative
presidential campaign -- not negative about other candidates, but about the U.S.
economy. Mrs. Clinton considers herself "a thoroughly optimistic and modern
progressive." Optimistic progressives and liberals find her old-fashioned and
grumpy.
DAILY PODCAST
Scholars Charged with Espionage, featuring Justin Logan,
06/04/2007
A Discussion on The Age of Abundance: Part I, featuring
David Brooks, 06/01/2007
A Discussion on The Age of Abundance: Part II, featuring
Brink Lindsey, 06/01/2007
Has Abundance Made Us Impulsive?, featuring Tom G. Palmer,
05/31/2007
Chavez Clamps Down on Caracas, featuring Gustavo Coronel,
05/30/200
CATO BLOG HIGHLIGHTS
- IRAQ AS ANOTHER SOUTH KOREA?
In a recent post on Cato's daily blog, Cato@Liberty, Foreign Policy Analyst Justin Logan is
astounded by President Bush's recent remarks on his Iraq strategy. "Just when
you think things can't get any weirder, the White House has announced, per
Reuters, that President Bush would like to see a US military presence in Iraq
modeled on the one in South Korea... Readers may object that the US
military has maintaned a robust presence on the Korean peninsula for half a
century."
RECENT POLICY
PAPERS
The Myth of the Rational Voter: Why Democracies Choose Bad
Policies, by Bryan Caplan (May 29, 2007)
Federal Aid to the States: Historical Cause of Government Growth
and Bureaucracy, by Chris Edwards (May 22, 2007)
Comprehensive Immigration Reform: Finally Getting It
Right, by Daniel Griswold (May 16, 2007)
The Corporate Welfare
State: How the Federal Government Subsidizes U.S. Businesses, by Stephen
Slivinski (May 14, 2007)
The Alternative Minimum Tax: Repeal Not Reform, by Chris
Edwards (May 2007)
Growing Pains: The Evolving U.S.-China Trade Relationship,
by Daniel Ikenson (May 7, 2007)
NEW BOOKS AND
PERIODICALS
Feds In The Classroom: How Big Government Corrupts, Cripples, and
Compromises American Education, by Neal McCluskey
The Age of Abundance: How Prosperity Transformed America's
Politics and Culture, by Brink Lindsey
David's Hammer: The Case for an Activist Judiciary, by
Clint Bolick
Regulation, Volume 30, No. 1, Spring 2007
Cato Policy Report, May/June 2007
Cato Journal, Volume 27, No. 1, Winter 2007
Cato's Letter, Winter 2007: Entrepreneurs Are the Heroes of the
World, by Johan Norberg
Cato Handbook On Policy, 6th Edition, Edited by Edward H.
Crane and David Boaz
RECENT SCHOLAR
TESTIMONY
Energy Efficiency: Can Tax Incentives Reduce Consumption? -- May
24, 2007
Will REAL ID Actually Make Us Safer? An Examination of Privacy and
Civil Liberties Concerns -- May 8, 2007
Proposals to Improve the Electronic Employment Verification and
Worksite Enforcement System -- April 26, 2007
An Evaluation of the Campaign Accountability Act of 2007 -- April
18, 2007
The Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2007 -- April 17, 2007
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