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"Homeownership Myths"
by Mark A. Calabria
"The Week in Government Failure"
by Tad DeHaven
"Will America Copy England’s Self-Destructive Class-Warfare Tax Policy?"
by Daniel J. Mitchell
The Myth of the Compact City
The Obama administration has endorsed proposals to direct metropolitan areas to become more "compact" in order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Such a compact development policy calls for increasing urban population densities, housing more people in multi-family and mixed-use developments, investing more in mass transit and less in infrastructure for personal transportation, and concentrating jobs in selected areas. In a new paper, Cato scholar Randal O'Toole argues that compact-development policies represent a huge intrusion on private property rights, personal freedom, and mobility.
Why America Leads the World in Medical Innovation
Studies that compare America's health care sector to other countries typically omit any measure of innovation. A new study by Glen Whitman and Raymond Raad shows that America far and away leads the world in medical innovation. Since American innovations improve health world-wide, that is a virtue of the American system that is not reflected in comparative life-expectancy and mortality statistics. The authors argue that innovation should play a central role in the health care debate, and that the legislation before Congress could hinder the ability of creative individuals to innovate.
- "Bending the Productivity Curve: Why America Leads the World in Medical Innovation," by Glen Whitman and Raymond Raad
The New Threats to Free Speech
Liberal governments have traditionally relied on a particular bargain, in which freedom of expression is maintained for all, and in which emotional satisfaction is a private pursuit, not a public guarantee. Recent challenges to this bargain rely on a common assumption, namely that governments should provide emotional well-being to their citizens, even at the expense of free expression. In a new paper, Cato scholar Jason Kuznicki argues that restrictions on free expression do not make societies happier or more tolerant, but instead make them more fractious and censorious.
- "Attack of the Utility Monsters: The New Threats to Free Speech," by Jason Kuznicki
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