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Featuring Frederick W. Smith, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, FedEx Corporation; Andrew Morriss, D. Paul Jones Jr. & Charlene A. Jones Chairholder in Law and Professor of Business, University of Alabama; and James L. Smith, Cary M. Maguire Chair in Oil and Gas Management, Southern Methodist University; moderated by Jerry Taylor, Senior Fellow, Cato Institute.
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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.
The Pentagon as a Jobs Program
April 30, 2013.
Rubio Blames GOP for Government Dependency
April 22, 2013.
In the Wake of Tragedy, Policymakers Should Exercise Restraint
April 17, 2013.
Duplicative Government Programs Are a Symptom of the Problem
April 11, 2013.
April 10, 2013.
April 9, 2013.
Awaiting Obama’s Latest Budget Proposal
April 5, 2013.
On Spending Cuts, Politicians Prefer Gimmicks
March 29, 2013.
Force-Feeding Fiscal Federalism
March 21, 2013.
March 15, 2013.
Ryan Budget Proposal Is Not a Blueprint for Limited Government
March 12, 2013.
Sequestration and Voter Ignorance
March 5, 2013.
Sequestration: Governors Are a Special Interest Too
February 26, 2013.
February 26, 2013.
Sequestration Cuts in Perspective
February 25, 2013.
Why the Areas Affected by Sequestration Should be Cut
February 21, 2013.
Local Media Fuels Anti-Sequestration Cuts Hysteria
February 15, 2013.
Those Phantom Spending ‘Cuts’ from 2011
February 12, 2013.
Defense Spending Hasn’t Been Cut by $600 Billion
February 6, 2013.
U.S. Postal Service to End Saturday Mail Delivery
February 6, 2013.
$10.3 Billion in Unemployment Insurance Improper Payments
February 1, 2013.
Sequestration Cuts Will Lead to Floods, Plagues, and Pestilence
January 29, 2013.
Federal Money to the States Isn’t ‘Free’
January 25, 2013.
‘Unthinkable, Draconian’ Spending Cuts
January 24, 2013.