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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.
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Creating a Human Freedom Index
January 8, 2013.
A Map of Economic Freedom in India
January 8, 2013.
November 30, 2012.
Did Chávez Win the Elections? Is Venezuela a Democracy?
October 8, 2012.
The U.S. Takes a Dive in Economic Freedom of the World Index
September 18, 2012.
A Comprehensive List of Hyperinflations in History
August 15, 2012.
July 23, 2012.
Conservative Government Makes Spain One of Europe’s Highest Taxed Countries
February 29, 2012.
December 19, 2011.
New Video: Ending the Global War on Drugs
December 14, 2011.
Palestine To Adopt Chilean Private Pension Model
November 22, 2011.
October 27, 2011.
Vicente Fox on Legalizing Drugs
October 24, 2011.
Advice to a Free Libya on Turning the Resource Curse Into a Blessing
October 20, 2011.
Why Slovakia May Not Support Europe’s Bailout Plan
October 11, 2011.
The Decline in Global Economic Freedom
September 20, 2011.
Questioning the Beijing Consensus
July 6, 2011.
When Che Guevara Met Nat Hentoff
June 9, 2011.
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May 20, 2011.
May 17, 2011.
Thirty Years of Private Social Security in Chile
May 5, 2011.
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