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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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Contrary to countless tales of its demise, U.S. manufacturing has always been strong relative to its own past and relative to other countries’ manufacturing sectors.
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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.
Corporate Welfare Spending vs. the Entrepreneurial Economy
Testimony. June 1, 2012.
Federal Infrastructure Investment
Testimony. November 16, 2011.
The Damaging Rise in Federal Spending and Debt
Testimony. September 20, 2011.
Reducing Deficits by Cutting Spending
Testimony. July 26, 2011.
The Stimulus Bill and Government Spending
Testimony. February 16, 2011.
Challenges to U.S. Economic Recovery: Federal and State Spending
Testimony. February 3, 2011.
Approaches to Cutting Federal Spending
Testimony. June 30, 2010.
Taxes and Small Business Job Creation
Testimony. February 23, 2010.
Energy Efficiency: Can Tax Incentives Reduce Consumption?
Testimony. May 24, 2007.
Testimony. February 16, 2007.
The State of the Economy and the Budget
Testimony. September 28, 2006.
Regarding America’s Public Debt: How Do We Keep It From Rising?
Testimony. September 28, 2006.
Transparency and Control: Improving Financial Management in Congress
Testimony. May 25, 2006.
The Need for Tax Reform and the Possibility of a Flat Tax for the District of Columbia
Testimony. March 8, 2006.
Proposal for a “Dual-Rate Income Tax”
Testimony. May 11, 2005.
Testimony. January 20, 2004.
Dividend Taxation: Nearly All Major Nations Relieve Double Taxation
Testimony. January 21, 2003.
On The Subject of Economic Stimulus Proposals
Testimony. December 6, 2001.