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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.
Income Inequality Data Has Flaws
December 8, 2011.
Supercommittee Fails; Now Let’s Talk Specific Cuts
November 21, 2011.
November 18, 2011.
Crumbling Bridges and Infrastructure Fearmongering
November 17, 2011.
November 17, 2011.
PPPs and Privatization for Infrastructure
November 17, 2011.
November 14, 2011.
November 2, 2011.
October 26, 2011.
The Downside of Federal Infrastructure Spending
October 24, 2011.
American Government Spending: 41% of GDP
October 19, 2011.
Cain 9-9-9: Huge Tax Haul from VAT
October 18, 2011.
Did Canada Steal Our Tenth Amendment?
October 18, 2011.
October 7, 2011.
October 4, 2011.
October 3, 2011.
Competitiveness: Let Markets Lead the Way
September 30, 2011.
Warren Buffett’s Tax Story Is Bogus
September 21, 2011.
Peter Schiff: For Jobs, Look to Microeconomics
September 14, 2011.
Capital Gains Taxes: Washington Post Omissions
September 12, 2011.
September 12, 2011.
Total State Spending Has Not Been Cut
September 9, 2011.
Obama’s Job Speech Full of Bad Ideas
September 9, 2011.
For Jobs, Cut the Corporate Tax Rate
September 8, 2011.
September 6, 2011.