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In the latest issue of Regulation magazine, M. Todd Henderson reviews last year’s brouhaha over health insurance and birth control. According to Henderson, lost in the firestorm about religion and feminism were larger lessons about health care policy and regulation. Also in this issue, Cato scholar Richard L. Gordon argues that new federal efforts to cut emissions are the result of longstanding legal and judicial mandates, not a sudden Obama administration push.
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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.
WASHINGTON – “Al Gore’s Live Earth concerts on July 7, slated to draw the attention of 2 billion viewers, will be the largest...
WASHINGTON — On this, the eve of Independence Day, the Cato Institute is announcing the launch of its Center for Promotion of Human...
WASHINGTON — In spring 2006, amid much fanfare, Massachusetts enacted legislation ensuring universal health insurance coverage to all...
WASHINGTON — In one of its most important rulings this term, the Supreme Court today overturned portions of the controversial McCain-...
WASHINGTON — As Congress gears up for two weeks of intense debate on immigration reform, passing an effective reform bill remains a...
WASHINGTON — During fiscal year 2006, the federal government spent $92 billion on corporate welfare. In the policy analysis “The...
WASHINGTON — Forest Service wildfire spending has exploded out of control. The expenditure on fire and hazardous fuel treatments...
WASHINGTON — As South Africa celebrates the thirteenth anniversary of the country’s first multi-racial election, the nation...
WASHINGTON — With the 2002 farm bill set to expire in September, agricultural lobbyists, farmers’ advocacy groups, and bureaucrats...
Happiness research, the survey-based study of subjective well-being, claims to definitively establish the correlation between European-...
Judicial activism is loathed and mistrusted across the political spectrum — conservatives, liberals, and others. For good reason:...
WASHINGTON — From President Bush’s worry about America’s “addiction to oil” to the debate surrounding alternative fuels,...
The Cato Institute is pleased to announce the addition of Johan Norberg as a senior fellow. Norberg is a Swedish writer who focuses on...
WASHINGTON — Kenya’s political reforms may have stalled, but the process of democratization continues. In the Cato briefing...
WASHINGTON — In a ground-breaking opinion, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit today overturned the D...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – After a few minutes of viewing the evening news, it might be very difficult to believe that anything is getting better....
WASHINGTON – Microfinance is praised as one of the best methods for lifting the world’s poor out of poverty. But a new...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Despite a Republican president and Republican control of Congress, the federal government has grown far bigger and more...
WASHINGTON — The U.S. military occupation of Iraq has already cost more than 3,000 American lives and $350 billion. In a new policy...
The Cato Institute is pleased to announce the addition of Randal O’Toole as a Senior Fellow. O’Toole is one of America’s...
WASHINGTON — The White House released its plans for the 2008 federal budget today. Costing nearly $3 trillion, the proposed budget is...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns today unveiled the Bush Administration’s proposals for the upcoming renewal of...
WASHINGTON — This morning, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released estimates for this year’s federal deficit along with...
The Cato Institute is pleased to announce the addition of Daniel J. Mitchell as a Senior Fellow. Mitchell, who currently serves as the...
WASHINGTON — It’s become an unquestioned part of the conventional wisdom that income inequality is rising steadily and has been...