Move to Defend: The Case against the Constitutional Amendments Seeking to Overturn Citizens United
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Three years ago the U.S. Supreme Court decided the case of Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. It found that Congress lacked...
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The Implications of the Expanding U.S. Drone Program
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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We are grateful to the Harry and Lynde Bradley Foundation and the Carthage Foundation whose support of the October 2012 Cato Conference “Europe’s Crisis and the Welfare State: Lessons for the United States” made possible this special issue of the Cato Journal.
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U.S. Is Among Fewer Drug War Defenders
May 24, 2013
Cato Institute research on federal and private sector employee firings is cited on MSNBC’s Jansing & Co.
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Finally Talking Terror Sensibly
John Mueller, Mark G. Stewart and Benjamin H. Friedman
The best way to undermine terrorism is to avoid being frightened by it.More Commentary
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Washington Booms during Slowest Recovery
The rise in federal spending is causing an unprecedented real-estate surge in Washington.
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Poverty and Progress: Realities and Myths About Global Poverty
Renowned development economist Deepak Lal draws on 50 years of experience around the globe to describe developing-country realities and rectify misguided notions about economic progress.
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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.











