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"Libertarian Summer Seminars"
by David Boaz
"McArdle on Whether Health Insurance Affects Health"
by Michael F. Cannon
"Healthcare Fraud Summit"
by Tad DeHaven
Manipulating Science
Science is increasingly being manipulated by those who try to use it to justify political choices based on their ethical preferences and who are willing to suppress evidence of conflict between those preferences and the underlying reality. In a new study, author George Avery shows how this problem is clearly seen in two policy domains, health care and climate policy. "When we abandon the values and practices of science, or pervert them to support a predetermined agenda," says Avery, "we elevate 'appearances' and subordinate 'facts.'"
TARP as Congressional Failure
The story of the Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP) is a story of congressional failures. In a new study, Cato scholar John Samples explains how, as a result of vague goals and priorities, Congress lost control of the implementation of the law and unconstitutionally delegated its powers to the Treasury secretary. Argues Samples, "The facts of this case suggest that, in a crisis, our republican constitution has given way to unified technocratic power obscured by empty rituals of legislation and oversight."
- "Lawless Policy: TARP as Congressional Failure," by John Samples
Are Unions Good for America?
The new special issue of Cato Journal challenges the myth that unions benefit all workers and exposes the fallacy of the "high-wage doctrine." It shows that the threat from public sector unions is real and that recent post-election concessions to unions may only be the beginning of a new round of political rent seeking and even more onerous labor laws. An expansion of union power, especially in the public sector, would further erode the rule of law and freedom, and have adverse effects on U.S. competitiveness and on private sector development.
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Gridlock
America's transportation system is on the verge of collapse and Gridlock reveals how we got into this mess and how to fix it by focusing on free market improvements to methods of transportation that pay for themselves and increase everyone's mobility.
Shifting Superpowers
This book aims to energize the debate over the proper direction of U.S. foreign policy in Asia, urging America to adapt to the realities of a changing world in which China is not automatically America's enemy, while India is not consistently America's ally.
Financial Fiasco
An easily accessible work on the economic crisis, the book guides readers through a world of irresponsible behavior, showing how many of the "solutions" being implemented are repeating the mistakes that caused the crisis.
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