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Move to Defend: The Case against the Constitutional Amendments Seeking to Overturn Citizens United
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Featuring Frederick W. Smith, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, FedEx Corporation; Andrew Morriss, D. Paul Jones Jr. & Charlene A. Jones Chairholder in Law and Professor of Business, University of Alabama; and James L. Smith, Cary M. Maguire Chair in Oil and Gas Management, Southern Methodist University; moderated by Jerry Taylor, Senior Fellow, Cato Institute.
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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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Contrary to countless tales of its demise, U.S. manufacturing has always been strong relative to its own past and relative to other countries’ manufacturing sectors.
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More Bang for Your Buck
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.
Immigrant Myth: Fewer Use Government Services
Chattanooga Times Free Press. April 27, 2013.
The Immigrant ‘Welfare Queen’ Myth
The Blaze. April 15, 2013.
Skilled Immigration: The New Common Ground in the Reform Debate
Daily Caller. April 3, 2013.
Immigration: Government Can Only Regulate Legal Markets
April 19, 2013.
Heritage Immigration Study Fatally Flawed
April 4, 2013.
Tiered Guest Workers – Preliminary Details & Observations
April 1, 2013.
How to Make Guest Worker Visas Work
Policy Analysis No. 719. January 31, 2013.
The Economic Case against Arizona’s Immigration Laws
Policy Analysis No. 709. September 25, 2012.
Was Privateering Plunder Efficient?
Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization. Vol. 79. No. 3. August 2011.
Somalia after State Collapse: Chaos or Improvement?
Journal for Economic Behavior and Organization. Vol. 67. No. 3. September 2008.
April 24, 2013. Capitol Hill Briefing.
Economic Benefits of Immigration
March 21, 2013. Capitol Hill Briefing.
Immigration Wars: Forging an American Solution
March 6, 2013. Book Forum.
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