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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.
Trade Pessimism Reigns Supreme
April 29, 2013.
April 19, 2013.
International Trade in Online Medical Services
April 12, 2013.
The Trade Negotiation Proliferation
April 2, 2013.
If the Canadians Can Handle Free Trade in Hockey Equipment…
March 22, 2013.
Debating Intellectual Property
March 15, 2013.
The Challenges of Negotiating a U.S.-EU Trade and Investment Agreement
February 26, 2013.
February 11, 2013.
Should We Compensate the Losers from Free Trade?
February 7, 2013.
New Trade Negotiations on Services
January 15, 2013.
Trade with China: An Opportunity, Not Something to Fear
January 9, 2013.
How Trade Agreements Stray from Free Trade
January 4, 2013.
Free Trade in Health Insurance
December 27, 2012.
Working on Trade Policy Can Be Depressing
December 13, 2012.
December 10, 2012.
December 6, 2012.
Optimism and Skepticism on Trade Policy in Obama’s Second Term
November 26, 2012.
November 21, 2012.
November 16, 2012.
Why a Good Year for Peanut Farming Is Bad News for Taxpayers
November 8, 2012.
November 5, 2012.
Romney’s Economic Advisers Pretend to Support Free Trade
October 31, 2012.
The Proposed U.S. – EU FTA: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
October 24, 2012.
What Would a President Romney Do on Trade?
October 17, 2012.
Some Refreshing Honesty in China-Bashing
October 15, 2012.