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Move to Defend: The Case against the Constitutional Amendments Seeking to Overturn Citizens United
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May 17
Featuring Benjamin H. Friedman, Research Fellow in Defense and Homeland Security Studies, Cato Institute; Spencer Ackerman, Senior Writer, WIRED Magazine; and Julian Sanchez, Research Fellow, Cato Institute; moderated by Laura Odato, Director of Government Affairs, Cato Institute.
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In the new issue of Cato Policy Report, Cato President and CEO John A. Allison argues that the Federal Reserve is increasing the long-term risk in our financial system through both its monetary and regulatory policies. Also in this issue, James D. Gwartney looks at the incomplete “public choice revolution,” and explains how mainstream economics is leaving both current students and the general public with a misleading, false, and romantic view of government and the operation of the democratic political process.
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News reports from China and France confirm that labor compensation is constantly rising.
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More Bang for Your Buck
The Cato Institute tops a new measure of think tank performance in the United States, according to a recent report. Cato bested all other U.S. think tanks in the main category of “Aggregate Profile per Dollar Spent.” “I’m grateful to the Center for Global Development for showing that Cato gives its sponsors something I wish government gave more of to taxpayers: bang for the buck,” said Cato CEO John Allison.
!["How Safe Are We? Balancing Risks, Benefits, and Costs" featuring John Mueller](http://www.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/styles/multimedia-listing/public/multimedia/2013/vlcsnap-2013-05-15-17h20m42s165.jpg ""How Safe Are We? Balancing Risks, Benefits, and Costs" featuring John Mueller")
![Richard W. Rahn's Washington Times article "Putting Out the Welcome Mat for Prosperity" is read on the air on C-SPAN's Washington Journal](http://www.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/styles/multimedia-listing/public/multimedia/2013/rahn-cspan-5-14-13.jpg "Richard W. Rahn's Washington Times article "Putting Out the Welcome Mat for Prosperity" is read on the air on C-SPAN's Washington Journal")