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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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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.
Higher Taxes or Smaller Entitlements: What Should Voters Choose?
Huffington Post. April 20, 2011.
Why We Must Freeze the Debt Limit
Politico. April 19, 2011.
Democrats’ Social Security Policy Dilemma
Washington Times. April 7, 2011.
Budget Policy Talk in the Dark
Politico.com. March 10, 2011.
Stimulus Now but Slowdown Later
Washington Times. January 3, 2011.
Disability Insurance Must Be Restructured to Protect Vulnerable, Incentivize the Fit
Investor’s Business Daily. December 17, 2010.
Commentary on the Obama Debt Commission’s Social Security Reform Proposals
Cato.org. November 11, 2010.
Globalist. August 20, 2010.
The (Still) Missing Social Security Annual Report
Forbes. July 12, 2010.
The E.U.’s Aggressive Bailout Plan
Forbes. May 11, 2010.
Forget the European Monetary Fund
Forbes. March 17, 2010.
Forbes. October 29, 2009.
National Post. October 13, 2009.
Hard Truths about End-of-Life Care
National Review (Online). September 11, 2009.
Forbes. September 10, 2009.
National Review (Online). August 31, 2009.
National Review (Online). August 25, 2009.
National Review (Online). August 6, 2009.
Forbes. August 4, 2009.
If Islamabad’s Accountable, Is ISI to Blame?
Cato.org. December 11, 2008.
Long-Term Implications of the Financial Crisis
Cato.org. October 14, 2008.
Cato.org. September 26, 2008.
Forbes.com. September 17, 2008.
National Review (Online). May 14, 2008.
Washington Post. April 24, 2008.