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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.
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WASHINGTON — Government overspending is often attributed to politicians simply rewarding special interests in return for...
WASHINGTON — Christopher Preble, director of foreign policy studies at the Cato Institute, comments on the crisis in Lebanon: “...
WASHINGTON — The last 25 years have seen a 1,300 percent increase in the number of paramilitary raids on American homes. The...
The annual G8 Summit will take place in St. Petersburg, Russia starting Saturday, July 15th. Leaders from the world’s most...
WASHINGTON — Electricity deregulation unwisely discourages (and often, prohibits) vertical integration of electric power companies,...
WASHINGTON – One year after G8 leaders promised substantial Western help for Africa, Andrew Mwenda, a prominent African opinion leader, has...
WASHINGTON — The federal government should recognize that it is ill equipped to coordinate disaster relief management effectively and...
WASHINGTON – Imposition of punitive, unilateral trade sanctions by the United States against imports from China in response to China’...
WASHINGTON – While the world frets over the possible failure of the Doha trade talks, U.S. negotiating objectives remain...
WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Supreme Court rebuffed an expansive reading of federal power by environmental regulators. In Rapanos v....
The Supreme Court ruled today in a landmark decision that police can use evidence collected with a warrant even if officers fail to knock...
WASHINGTON – Given America’s focus on the Iranian nuclear program and the ongoing dispute with North Korea, the threat of nuclear...
WASHINGTON – Cato Institute foreign policy experts are available to discuss the latest events in Iraq. Contact the media relations...
A new book published by the Cato Institute shows why property rights are the basis of a free society. In Cornerstone of Liberty: Property...
WASHINGTON – As a key element in Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney’s expected 2008 presidential run, his health care reform plan is...
WASHINGTON – Next week the Senate is expected to vote on the proposed Federal Marriage Amendment (FMA), which would prohibit federal...
WASHINGTON – President Bush’s proposal to expand Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) has become highly politicized. In light of...
WASHINGTON — The landmark Canadian Supreme Court ruling in Chaoulli v. Quebec may stifle recent efforts to expand government control...
WASHINGTON — The one-year anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court ruling in Chaoulli v. Quebec is fast approaching, as is the...
WASHINGTON – President George W. Bush has failed in his most important responsibility “to preserve, protect and defend” the...
Since 9/11, governments and businesses have increased their demands for identification, believing that identifying people provides security...
America’s health care troubles largely stem from a great success: modern medicine can do much more today than it could in the past....
WASHINGTON — Emerging digital technologies, social networks, and other technological innovations pose a tremendous challenge to...
WASHINGTON — The Cato Institute today announced that the recipient of the 2006 Milton Friedman Prize for Advancing Liberty is Mart...