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Featuring Benjamin H. Friedman, Research Fellow in Defense and Homeland Security Studies, Cato Institute; Spencer Ackerman, Senior Writer, WIRED Magazine; and Julian Sanchez, Research Fellow, Cato Institute; moderated by Laura Odato, Director of Government Affairs, Cato Institute.
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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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Virginia Republicans nominate a 2013 ticket that exemplifies the party’s image problem.
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More Bang for Your Buck
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.
‘Crony Capitalism’ Is Not Capitalism
April 26, 2013.
Paring Back Leviathan, One Case at a Time
April 17, 2013.
Changing the World, Little By Little
April 15, 2013.
April 10, 2013.
Cato Weighs In With the Court – Cert.-Stage Amicus Edition
April 4, 2013.
April 4, 2013.
April 4, 2013.
April 2, 2013.
Reining In the Modern Executive State
March 21, 2013.
‘Constitutional Slippage’—Arts Edition
February 15, 2013.
America, Inc., Barack Obama, Chairman and CEO
February 14, 2013.
January 15, 2013.
January 3, 2013.
December 19, 2012.
The Gun-Control Debate Resumes
December 17, 2012.
December 10, 2012.
A Good Day for Property Rights
December 4, 2012.
Framing the Issue: We Need Growth, Not Taxes
December 3, 2012.
The GOP and the Anti-Tax Pledge
November 26, 2012.
November 21, 2012.
The Emerging Democratic Majority
November 19, 2012.
November 13, 2012.
Of Messages, Messengers, and the GOP
November 12, 2012.
November 8, 2012.
The Politics of Hope — and Denial
November 7, 2012.