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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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Finally, an Ally That Doesn’t Wait for America
June 29, 2009.
Buy American, Destroy American Jobs
June 24, 2009.
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The White House as Animal Farm
June 22, 2009.
New Technology Charts Old Repression
June 21, 2009.
The UN and Human Rights: Never Shall the Twain Meet
June 21, 2009.
Bad News For North Korea’s Dear Leader?
June 21, 2009.
The UN Can’t Even Promote Health
June 19, 2009.
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June 18, 2009.
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June 18, 2009.
Sen. Kennedy’s Budget-Breaking “Reform” Bill
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June 15, 2009.