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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.
Some Empirical Evidence of IRS Political Manipulation
May 14, 2013.
Congress Looks at Overcriminalization
May 7, 2013.
Ricin Suspect Used His Home to Elude Police
May 3, 2013.
April 22, 2013.
The Fact-free Gun Control Debate
April 18, 2013.
Don’t Fall For Obama’s Gun Control Folly
April 17, 2013.
Kopel on Obama’s ‘Common Sense’ Gun Controls
April 5, 2013.
March 8, 2013.
March 5, 2013.
Gun Owner Saves Boy from Pit Bull Attack! Wait … Police Say His Actions Could be ‘Criminal’ ?
January 23, 2013.
January 17, 2013.
January 16, 2013.
Obama’s Andrew Shepherd Moment?
January 15, 2013.
Milwaukee Grandmother: “[The Gun] Saved My Life”
January 11, 2013.
January 4, 2013.
Six-Year Old Suspended from School; “Threatening” Behavior
January 3, 2013.
December 21, 2012.
Congrats to Washington Examiner
December 20, 2012.
December 15, 2012.
Obama, Barbara Walters, and Marijuana Users
December 14, 2012.
Amendment 64 Becomes Law in Colorado
December 11, 2012.
Obama Mulling Response to State Marijuana Initiatives
December 7, 2012.
Reading the Washington Lawyer Magazine
December 4, 2012.
‘It’s Mathematically Not Possible’
December 3, 2012.
Indiana Police Chief: Legalize Marijuana
November 27, 2012.