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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.
Apropos of Nothing, Your H. L. Mencken Quote of the Day
December 2, 2009.
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November 24, 2009.
November 19, 2009.
Should We Simultaneously Make China More Powerful and Try to Contain It?
November 10, 2009.
Deep Thoughts from the Weekly Standard
November 5, 2009.
November 2, 2009.
The New Republic and Guilt by Association
October 30, 2009.
Cause for Alarm in Iraq, or Just a Ripple?
October 30, 2009.
Neoconservatism and Militarism
October 23, 2009.
Why the Obama Administration Is All Over the Map on Afghanistan
October 8, 2009.
Could the U.S. Stop Israel from Bombing Iran?
September 29, 2009.
On What Larger Theory Is Neoconservatism Based?
September 28, 2009.
David Brooks Is Confused about Counterinsurgency
September 25, 2009.
The International Relations Academy and the Beltway “Foreign Policy Community”—Why the Disconnect?
September 22, 2009.
Another Day, Another Tranche of Afghanistan Reading Material
September 16, 2009.
September 15, 2009.
September 11, 2009.
August 28, 2009.
David Frum Analyzes Why ‘The Crazies’ Are Running the GOP
August 21, 2009.
August 19, 2009.
Stephen Brooks’ Response to Me, and Mine to Him
August 10, 2009.