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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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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.
Move to Defend: The Case against the Constitutional Amendments Seeking to Overturn Citizens United
By John Samples. Policy Analysis. April 23, 2013.
Regulatory Protectionism: A Hidden Threat to Free Trade
By K. William Watson and Sallie James. Policy Analysis No. 723. April 9, 2013.
Zimbabwe: Why Is One of the World’s Least-Free Economies Growing So Fast?
By Craig J. Richardson. Policy Analysis No. 722. March 18, 2013.
Why in the World Are We All Keynesians Again? The Flimsy Case for Stimulus Spending
By Andrew T. Young. Policy Analysis No. 721. February 14, 2013.
Liberalizing Cross-Border Trade in Higher Education: The Coming Revolution of Online Universities
By Simon Lester. Policy Analysis No. 720. February 5, 2013.
How to Make Guest Worker Visas Work
By Alex Nowrasteh. Policy Analysis No. 719. January 31, 2013.
Should U.S. Fiscal Policy Address Slow Growth or the Debt? A Nondilemma
By Jeffrey A. Miron. Policy Analysis No. 718. January 8, 2013.
China, America, and the Pivot to Asia
By Justin Logan. Policy Analysis No. 717. January 8, 2013.
A Rational Response to the Privacy “Crisis”
By Larry Downes. Policy Analysis No. 716. January 7, 2013.