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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.
By Neal McCluskey. Detroit News. May 20, 2013.
Is the Government Spying on Reporters More often than We Think?
By Julian Sanchez. Mother Jones. May 17, 2013.
Hospital Lobby Fears They Might Not Get Medicaid Subsidies
By Michael F. Cannon. AzCapitolTimes.com. May 17, 2013.
By Michael D. Tanner. National Review (Online). May 15, 2013.
Why People Keep Misunderstanding the ‘Connection’ between Race and IQ
By Brink Lindsey. The Atlantic. May 15, 2013.
Blame Campaign Finance Crusaders for IRS Mess
By John Samples. Daily Caller. May 15, 2013.
At Last, Justice for Locked-in Juveniles?
By Nat Hentoff. Cato.org. May 15, 2013.
U.S. Defense Cuts: An Ax Is Needed, Not a Scalpel
By Doug Bandow. Japan Times (Online). May 15, 2013.
Putting out the Welcome Mat for Prosperity
By Richard W. Rahn. Washington Times. May 14, 2013.
Nothing to Joke about in a Partisan IRS
By Gene Healy. DC Examiner. May 14, 2013.
The Perils of Religious Persecution in Iran
By Doug Bandow. Forbes. May 13, 2013.
By Alex Nowrasteh. Philadelphia Inquirer. May 13, 2013.
Electoral College Was Framers’ Antidote to Popular Vote
By Robert A. Levy. DC Examiner. May 13, 2013.
Fast Growth Will Save Lives Not the Food Security Bill
By Swaminathan S. Anklesaria Aiyar. Times of India. May 12, 2013.
By Dalibor Rohac. National Interest (Online). May 10, 2013.
The Minimum Wage Is a Jobs and Freedom Killer
By James A. Dorn. US News and World Report Online. May 10, 2013.
FBI’s Latest Proposal for a Wiretap-Ready Internet Should Be Trashed
By Julian Sanchez. Wired (Online). May 10, 2013.
By Michael D. Tanner. National Review (Online). May 8, 2013.
Graduates, Your Ambition Is the Problem
By Roger Pilon. The Wall Street Journal. May 8, 2013.
Prodding China to Pressure North Korea: How US Policy Should Change
By Ted Galen Carpenter. Aspenia. May 8, 2013.
By William G. Shipman. Washington Times. May 8, 2013.
By Doug Bandow. National Interest (Online). May 8, 2013.
Growing Government and Slowing Growth — Obama’s Contradiction
By Michael D. Tanner. Harvard Economics Review. May 8, 2013.
Is Obama Continuing Bush-Cheney Torture?
By Nat Hentoff. Cato.org. May 8, 2013.
The Minimum Wage Delusion, and the Death of Common Sense
By James A. Dorn. Forbes.com. May 7, 2013.