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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.
September 28, 2011.
Term Limits and Popular Government
September 27, 2011.
A Look at the Balanced Budget Amendment
August 4, 2011.
August 2, 2011.
July 25, 2011.
The Costs of Mandated Disclosure
July 6, 2011.
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July 1, 2011.
June 24, 2011.
The War in Libya and Limited Government
June 24, 2011.
June 17, 2011.
June 10, 2011.
June 9, 2011.
The End of the War Powers Resolution
May 20, 2011.
May 19, 2011.
What the Tea Party Hath Wrought?
May 16, 2011.
Why Campaign Finance Reformers Love Secrecy
April 28, 2011.
April 27, 2011.
Citizens United and Rule by Decree
April 21, 2011.
New Evidence on the Costs of Mandating Disclosure
April 13, 2011.
April 11, 2011.
The Legitimacy of the Libyan War
March 29, 2011.
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March 3, 2011.
Accountability in the New Congress
March 2, 2011.