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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.
What Does a Voucher Buy? A Closer Look at the Cost of Private Schools
By David F. Salisbury. Policy Analysis No. 486. August 28, 2003.
Mending the U.S.-European Rift over the Middle East
By Leon T. Hadar. Policy Analysis No. 485. August 20, 2003.
Replacing the Scandal-Plagued Corporate Income Tax with a Cash-Flow Tax
By Chris Edwards. Policy Analysis No. 484. August 14, 2003.
Casualties of War: Transatlantic Relations and the Future of NATO in the Wake of the Second Gulf War
By Christopher Layne. Policy Analysis No. 483. August 13, 2003.
Property Rights: The Key to Economic Development
By Gerald P. O’Driscoll Jr. and W. Lee Hoskins. Policy Analysis No. 482. August 7, 2003.
The Constitutional Case against “Free” Airtime
By Laurence H. Winer. Policy Analysis No. 481. August 6, 2003.
Why Subsidize the Soapbox? The McCain Free Airtime Proposal and the Future of Broadcasting
By John Samples and Adam D. Thierer. Policy Analysis No. 480. August 6, 2003.