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Books and Book Chapters

"Cutting Federal Spending," Chapter 4, Cato Handbook for Policymakers, 7th Edition (2009).

"The Defense Budget," Chapter 19, Cato Handbook for Policymakers, 7th Edition (2009).

"Corporate Welfare and Earmarks," Chapter 26, Cato Handbook for Policymakers, 7th Edition (2009).

Downsizing the Federal Government , by Chris Edwards (November 2005).

"The Federal Budget," Chapter 9, Cato Handbook on Policy, 6th Edition (2005).

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Cato Studies

"The New "Supercommittee": An "Optimistic" View," by Jared Lobdell, Ph.D., Working Paper no. 7, November 16, 2011

"Herbert Hoover: Father of the New Deal," by Steven Horwitz, Briefing Paper no. 122, September 29, 2011

"Bankrupt: Entitlements and the Federal Budget," by Michael D. Tanner, Policy Analysis no. 673, March 28, 2011

"Federal Aid-to-State Programs Top 1,100," by Chris Edwards, Tax & Budget Bulletin no. 63, February 9, 2011

"Congress Should Account for the Excess Burden of Taxation," by Christopher J. Conover, Policy Analysis no. 669, October 13, 2010

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Articles and Newsletters

"The Case for Cuts," by Chris Edwards, Cato Policy Report, vol. 33 no. 6, November/December 2011.

"Stimulus by Spending Cuts: Lessons from 1946," by Jerry Taylor and Richard K. Vedder, Cato Policy Report, May/June 2010.

"Federal Spending Transparency: Unlocking the Power of Abstraction," by Jim Harper, OMB Watch, May 20, 2010.

"Tax-Spend or Fiscal Illusion?," by Andrew T. Young, Cato Journal, vol. 29 no. 3, Fall 2009.

"Starve the Beast: A Further Examination," by Michael J. New, Cato Journal, vol. 29 no. 3, Fall 2009.

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Opinion and Commentary

"Highway Robbery by Republicans," by Michael D. Tanner, National Review (Online), February 8, 2012

"$189,000," by Michael D. Tanner, New York Post, January 28, 2012

"A Redistributive State of the Union," by Michael D. Tanner, National Review (Online), January 25, 2012

"Spending Can Be Cut Our Way, Or Europe's," by Jagadeesh Gokhale, philly.com, January 20, 2012

"The Most Important Secret of a Prosperous Economy," by Jim Powell, Forbes.com, January 16, 2012

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Events

"The Moral Implications of Deficits, Debt, and the Budget Battles Ahead," May 9, 2011 [Policy Forum]

"The Economic Impact of Government Spending," April 7, 2011 [Conference]

"Inflated: How Money and Debt Built the American Dream," February 8, 2011 [Book Forum]

"Obama's Fiscal Commission and the GOP Budget Agenda," December 16, 2010 [Capitol Hill Briefing]

"Nuclear Weapons Spending and the Future of the Arsenal," February 22, 2010 [Capitol Hill Briefing]

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Speeches and Congressional Testimony

"Cutting the Federal Budget Line by Line," by Tad DeHaven, Congressional Testimony, October 5, 2011.

"Reducing Deficits by Cutting Spending," by Chris Edwards, Congressional Testimony, July 26, 2011.

"Waste, Fraud, and Abuse in Small Business Administration Programs," Tad DeHaven, Congressional Testimony, June 16, 2011.

"The Stimulus Bill and Government Spending," Chris Edwards, Congressional Testimony, February 16, 2011.

"Challenges to U.S. Economic Recovery: Federal and State Spending," Chris Edwards, Congressional Testimoney, February 3, 2010.

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Multimedia

Congressional Budgeters' Rosy Outlook featuring Chris Edwards (February 3, 2012) [Daily Podcast, 06:27]

Daniel J. Mitchell: Taxes and Spending (February 1, 2012) [Cato Video, 10:21]

Michael D. Tanner discusses the State of the Union and income inequality on AFR's Crane Durham's Nothing But the Truth (January 30, 2012) [Media Highlights - Radio, 12:33]

Michael Tanner: 'We're Broke' (January 30, 2012) [Cato Video, 09:51]

State of the Union 2012 (January 27, 2012) [Cato Video, 09:39]

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