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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.
New Republicans, Same Old Militarism
Philadelphia Inquirer. January 24, 2011.
National Interest (Online). December 1, 2010.
A U.S. Defense Budget Worthy of Its Name
Globalist. November 18, 2010.
Politico.com. September 21, 2010.
Frank Deserves Credit for Push to Cut Defense Spending
SouthCoastToday.com. July 1, 2010.
Los Angeles Times. June 14, 2010.
Foreign Policy. November 24, 2009.
Christian Science Monitor. July 21, 2009.
The US Should Cut Military Spending in Half
Christian Science Monitor. April 27, 2009.
The Iron Triangle vs. Small Wars
World Politics Review. April 9, 2009.
Don’t Bet on Obama Reining in Defense Spending
World Politics Review. February 18, 2009.
Be Wary of Using Military as Police
Orange County Register. December 26, 2008.
National Interest (Online). October 31, 2008.
World Politics Review. October 22, 2008.
The Problem of Making Policy Based on the Premise ‘If’
Australian Financial Review. April 18, 2008.
Don’t ‘Pull an Iraq’ in Afghanistan
Christian Science Monitor. April 3, 2008.
Learning the Right Lessons From Iraq
The Courier-Journal. March 2, 2008.
The Politics of Chicken Little(ism)
WashingtonPost.com. December 5, 2007.