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Move to Defend: The Case against the Constitutional Amendments Seeking to Overturn Citizens United
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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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Those who denounce “profits” in education don’t understand the role of profits in a market.
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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.
The Apparent Corruption of the IRS
May 20, 2013.
Did Citizens United Critics Push the IRS to Misbehave?
May 13, 2013.
Changing the Electoral College Game
January 28, 2013.
Don McGahn and Ray LaRaja on Citizens United
January 25, 2013.
January 24, 2013.
November 7, 2012.
October 8, 2012.
August 6, 2012.
Some Perspective on Campaign Spending in 2012
August 2, 2012.
August 2, 2012.
July 26, 2012.
Tax Credits and Campaign Spending
July 23, 2012.
July 16, 2012.
July 16, 2012.
Citizens United Lives for Another Day
June 25, 2012.
False Consciousness Strikes Again
June 6, 2012.
May 21, 2012.
March 16, 2012.
March 7, 2012.
As It Turns Out, Money Is Speech
February 6, 2012.
Should I Change My Mind about Super PACs?
January 23, 2012.
SpeechNow, the Decision that Made a Difference
January 20, 2012.
January 19, 2012.
The Citizens United Anniversary
January 19, 2012.
How Google Destroyed American Democracy
January 18, 2012.