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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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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.
A Contradiction in Keynesian Fiscal Policy
May 4, 2012.
May 1, 2012.
April 23, 2012.
April 20, 2012.
Milton Friedman on Tax Freedom Day
April 18, 2012.
ALEC’s Rich States, Poor States
April 12, 2012.
March 20, 2012.
Reforming the Army Corps of Engineers
March 14, 2012.
Latest Federal Health Fraud: $375 Million
March 1, 2012.
Corporate Tax Rates, CNN’s Narrow Sample
February 27, 2012.
Federal Workers Aren’t Victims
February 27, 2012.
Nancy Pelosi on Gasoline Prices
February 23, 2012.
February 22, 2012.
Government Workers vs. Their Unions
February 21, 2012.
Reporters Should Think Big on Budget Reforms
February 14, 2012.
February 13, 2012.
Obama’s Budget, Taxes, and Doctors
February 13, 2012.
CBO Spending Projections, Then and Now
February 10, 2012.
Indian Gaming: The Lobbyists Always Win
February 9, 2012.
Unemployment Insurance Fraud: Chile Has Solution
February 8, 2012.
February 6, 2012.
Has Congress Cut Any Spending Yet?
February 3, 2012.
Downsizing the Interior Department
February 2, 2012.
January 30, 2012.
Fact Checking the SOTU: Corporate Taxes
January 25, 2012.