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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.
This Week in Government Failure
July 1, 2011.
The Federal Government and Financial Literacy
June 30, 2011.
$2 Trillion in Cuts in Perspective
June 29, 2011.
This Week in Government Failure
June 24, 2011.
Sen. Scott Brown, the SBA, and Discrimination
June 23, 2011.
CBO’s Long-Term Budget Outlook
June 22, 2011.
Oberstar Comes to the EDA’s Defense
June 21, 2011.
This Week in Government Failure
June 19, 2011.
DeMint on the Economic Development Administration
June 15, 2011.
This Week in Government Failure
June 10, 2011.
Downsizing the Department of Labor
June 9, 2011.
Extinguish Federal Grants to Firefighters
June 7, 2011.
Economic Development Administration Reauthorization
June 6, 2011.
This Week in Government Failure
June 3, 2011.
House Republicans Target Amtrak
June 1, 2011.
Senate Vote on Rand Paul’s Budget
May 31, 2011.
Agriculture Cuts to Usher in the Apocalypse
May 25, 2011.
May 17, 2011.
This Week in Government Failure
May 13, 2011.
High-Speed Rail and Federalism
May 11, 2011.
May 10, 2011.
More HUD Community Development Duds
May 3, 2011.
This Week in Government Failure
April 29, 2011.