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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.
March 29, 2011.
New Jersey Canceled for Lack of Funds
March 24, 2011.
What if We Ran a Public School System… and No-One Came?
March 17, 2011.
Wisconsin: Post-Mortem & Predictions
March 10, 2011.
March 9, 2011.
Should We Spend More on Failed Programs?
March 7, 2011.
Corruption from Sea to Glistening Sea
March 3, 2011.
Profits Do Oft Disprove Jesters
February 7, 2011.
I Hope to See a LOT More of This…
February 3, 2011.
January 27, 2011.
January 25, 2011.
NAEP: If the Scores Don’t Rise, You Must Revise!
January 25, 2011.
“… your month, or even your year”
January 24, 2011.
If They Gave Out Awards for Good Policy Design…
January 21, 2011.
Education, Science, and Humility
January 20, 2011.
January 13, 2011.
Reply to Samuelson: It Is an Engineering Problem
January 10, 2011.
January 6, 2011.
December 16, 2010.
The Private Sector Lacks What?!?
December 7, 2010.
President Touts Historic Education Failure… Again
December 7, 2010.
Warner Brothers Distributes “The Cartel”
December 1, 2010.
Diane Ravitch Is Right on Republicans and NCLB
November 29, 2010.
Why Is Bill Gates Writing Code for a Coleco Adam?
November 19, 2010.