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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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More Bang for Your Buck
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.
March 23, 2009.
The Easy Solution to Rising Health Care Costs
March 23, 2009.
March 22, 2009.
March 22, 2009.
More Reasons Not to Nationalize Health Care
March 18, 2009.
Slow Learners in Corporate America
March 18, 2009.
Who’s Going to Buy All the U.S. Treasuries?
March 18, 2009.
March 16, 2009.
Threats to a Free Society, Small and Large
March 16, 2009.
Our Problem on the Ground in Afghanistan
March 16, 2009.
Are You Good for it, Ask the Chinese?
March 16, 2009.
March 13, 2009.
No Wonder the GOP Has No Credibility on Spending
March 12, 2009.
A ‘Stimulus’ Bill that Makes Us Worse Off
March 4, 2009.
March 4, 2009.
Disincentives to Work — Remember Those?
March 2, 2009.
When Is an Iraq Withdrawal not a Withdrawal?
February 27, 2009.
Time to Drop America’s Military Welfare Dependents
February 26, 2009.
You Just Gotta’ Love those Trial Attorneys
February 26, 2009.
Should America Defend Europe if it Won’t Defend Itself?
February 24, 2009.
How European Governments Hate Low Taxes
February 23, 2009.
Those Federal Strings that Come with Bail-Out Cash
February 21, 2009.
The Obama Recovery Plan: Carter Redux?
February 18, 2009.
German High Court Challenges EU and Lisbon Treaty
February 11, 2009.
What the Stimulus Is All About
February 10, 2009.