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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.
Stop the Federal Spending Spree
Atlanta Journal-Constitution. June 7, 2010.
Charade of IEDC Handouts Exemplifies Governor’s ‘Press Release Economics’
Fort Wayne News-Sentinel. March 25, 2010.
Want Better Mail Service? Look Abroad
AOL News. March 3, 2010.
Cut the Commerce Department to Boost Real Business
Washington Times. February 19, 2010.
Five Decades of Failure Are Enough
Washington Times. February 9, 2010.
American Spectator. August 28, 2009.
Courier-Post. August 16, 2009.
National Review (Online). July 15, 2009.
Cato.org. August 1, 2005.
Republicans Become the Party of Big Government
Cato.org. February 2, 2004.
“Conservative” Bush Spends More than “Liberal” Presidents Clinton, Carter
Cato.org. July 31, 2003.
The Mother of All Big Spenders: Bush spends like Carter and panders like Clinton.
National Review (Online). July 28, 2003.
Bush Administration Embraces Welfare State
Cato.org. July 23, 2003.
Bush’s Bigger, Fatter Welfare State
National Review (Online). July 18, 2003.
Cato.org. June 14, 2003.
GOP Should Give Spending Cuts a Chance
Cato.org. April 9, 2003.
On Spending, Bush Is No Reagan
Cato.org. April 1, 2003.
Cato.org. March 26, 2003.
Federal Government Should Increase Firing Rate
Cato.org. November 10, 2002.
Bush Firm on Labor Flexibility
Fox News (Online). October 10, 2002.
Cato.org. July 6, 2002.
Full Disclosure for Corporate Welfare
Cato.org. June 5, 2002.
Save the Farms — End the Subsidies
Cato.org. March 3, 2002.
New York Post. December 12, 2001.
Real Emergencies and Farm “Emergencies”
Cato.org. October 8, 2001.