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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.
Republicans Slowly Catch Up to the 21st Century
May 16, 2013.
Scandals Keep Eroding Our Faith in Benevolent Government
May 16, 2013.
Is This the Libertarian Moment?
May 14, 2013.
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Capitalizing on Big Government
May 6, 2013.
Prophets of the Communist Police State
May 4, 2013.
The American Roots of Tax Aversion
April 29, 2013.
New York Is Open for Business, Cuomo Style
April 28, 2013.
April 18, 2013.
Still Looking for the Anti-Tea Party
April 10, 2013.
April 5, 2013.
April 5, 2013.
The Making of a Japanese Ambassador
April 3, 2013.
Art, Religion, and Taxpayer Funding
April 2, 2013.
April 1, 2013.
Deficits and Inflation, from the Fed to the Cartoon Page
April 1, 2013.
Did Gay Marriage Bans Help Bush Win in 2004?
March 27, 2013.
Jim DeMint’s Misfire on Marriage
March 27, 2013.
March 25, 2013.
March 8, 2013.
I Was a Rand Paul Fan Before It Was Cool
March 7, 2013.
March 5, 2013.
Buying Votes with Taxpayers’ Money — in India
March 5, 2013.