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William A. Niskanen

Opinion and Commentary


"Slow Down the Political Response to a Perceived Crisis," Cato.org, February 9, 2009

"Repeal Sarbanes-Oxley--Lock, Stock And Barrel," Forbes, December 17, 2008

"To Rebuild the GOP," Washington Times, November 28, 2008

"In Defense Of Liberty," Forbes, October 21, 2008

"Some Major Threats to Limited Government," Examiner.com, March 26, 2008

"An Economic Mistake," USA Today, January 25, 2008

"U.S. Capital Markets May Be Dangerously Overregulated," World Commerce Review, August 28, 2007

"An Alternative Political Future For the District," Examiner.com, July 5, 2007

"Forging a Broader Consensus for Withdrawal from Iraq," Cato.org, May 4, 2007

"Don't Start Another War," Sacramento Bee, February 23, 2007

"Enron’s Last Victim: American Markets," The New York Times, January 3, 2007

"Opposing View: Thank Foreign Investors," USA Today, December 1, 2006

"Give Divided Government a Chance," Washington Monthly, October 1, 2006

"Congress Should Repeal the Sarbanes-Oxley Act," Baltimore Examiner, August 2, 2006

"Pause?," The Wall Street Journal, June 23, 2006

"The End of Small Government?," American Spectator (Online), September 20, 2005

"Advice to Chairman Cox: Avoid a Regulatory Ratchet," Investor's Business Daily, August 8, 2005

"A Hard Look at the European Constitution," by William A. Niskanen and Marian L. Tupy, Cato.org, May 27, 2005

"The Defense Threat to Bush's Budget," Cato.org, February 14, 2005

"What the Presidential Candidates Aren't Talking About," Cato.org, September 1, 2004

"Obesity and Medicare," Cato.org, July 18, 2004

"Obesity and Medicare," Cato.org, July 17, 2004

"Revise the NATO Charter before Accepting a Global Role," Cato.org, June 29, 2004

"Kerry has Muffed the War Issue," Cato.org, May 19, 2004

"FASB is Still Wrong about Stock Options," Cato.org, May 14, 2004

"Filipino Lessons for U.S. Strategy in Iraq," Financial Times, April 30, 2004

"The Nanny State Strikes Again," Fox News (Online), December 26, 2003

"War on Terror Does Not Require a War Machine," Financial Times, August 21, 2003

"Comparing the U.S. and EU Constitutions," Taipei Times, August 4, 2003

"Upholding Liberty in America," by Edward H. Crane and William A. Niskanen, Financial Times, June 24, 2003

"A Case for Divided Government," Cato.org, May 7, 2003

"One Last Time: The Case Against a War with Iraq," Cato.org, March 3, 2003

"No Exit Strategy?," Cato.org, January 30, 2003

"Two Simple Cures for What Ails American Corporations," Cato.org, September 23, 2002

"Government Should Steer Clear of the Fuel Economy Issue," by William A. Niskanen and Peter Van Doren, Los Angeles Times, March 1, 2002

"U.S. Should Refrain from Attacking Iraq," Chicago Sun-Times, December 7, 2001

"The Case for Optimism," Cato.org, October 21, 2000

"Time for Gore to Get Better Economic Advisers?," Cato.org, September 13, 2000

"On the Origins of the Long Boom," Cato.org, April 27, 2000

"On the Political State of the Union," Cato.org, February 3, 2000

"Bury Yesterday's Bad Fish," Cato.org, November 19, 1998

"A Personal Overview of U.S. Trade Policy," Council on Foreign Relations, June 24, 1998

"Antitrust and the Staples-Office Depot Merger," Legal Times, June 26, 1997

"Myths About the 1980s," The Wall Street Journal, November 6, 1997

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