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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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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.
Postal Problems: the Role of Government Micromanagement
April 2, 2012.
How Not to Make the Case for Terminating Federal Programs
March 30, 2012.
Conservative House Republicans’ Budget Proposal
March 28, 2012.
Paul Ryan’s Budget: It’s Still Big Government
March 20, 2012.
Should the Small Business Administration Be Abolished?
March 19, 2012.
CBO Perpetuates Small Business Administration Myth
March 13, 2012.
Santorum’s Tunnel and Federal Transportation Policy
March 12, 2012.
Corporate Welfare: A Bipartisan Love Story
March 7, 2012.
USDA Turning Taxpayer Money into Wine
March 5, 2012.
Franken to Chu: Doggone It, Like My State’s Company
February 22, 2012.
USPS: Stuck With the Government Business Model
February 21, 2012.
Obama’s Proposed Cuts and the Scope of Government
February 14, 2012.
Obama’s Budget: This Isn’t Built to Last
February 13, 2012.
Another Log for the Government Spending Multiplier Fire
February 7, 2012.
Earmarks are a Symptom of the Problem
February 7, 2012.
Biennial Budgeting: Baloney Budget Reform
January 26, 2012.
State Dependency on the Federal Government
January 23, 2012.
U.S. Postal Service Fares Worse in Recession than Foreign Posts
January 17, 2012.
Obama Proposes New Department of Corporate Welfare
January 13, 2012.
Pennsylvania Moves to Starve Poor People
January 10, 2012.
A Guide to the Presidential Candidates’ Proposals to Cut Spending
December 29, 2011.
December 20, 2011.
Jack Link’s Presents: Messin’ With Taxpayers
December 19, 2011.
This Week in Government Failure
December 16, 2011.