Asia’s Story of Growing Economic Freedom
The global financial crisis reinforced a sense that the world is "shifting East"—to Asia. The essential story of modern...
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The Common Core: De Facto Federal Control of America’s Schools
Featuring Rep. Scott Garrett (R-NJ), Chairman of the Congressional Constitution Caucus; Neal McCluskey, Associate Director, Center for Educational Freedom, Cato Institute; and Lindsey Burke, Will Skillman Fellow in Education, Heritage Foundation; moderated by Laura Odato, Director of Government Affairs, Cato Institute.
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We are grateful to the Harry and Lynde Bradley Foundation and the Carthage Foundation whose support of the October 2012 Cato Conference “Europe’s Crisis and the Welfare State: Lessons for the United States” made possible this special issue of the Cato Journal.
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North Korea: From Hyperinflation to Dollarization?
For years, North Korea has been crushed by a communist command economy, producing little besides mass starvation. More recently, the plight...More Commentary
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NH Court: You Can Choose a School So Long as It’s Secular
A New Hampshire trial court’s school choice ruling is a theater of the absurd.
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Poverty and Progress: Realities and Myths About Global Poverty
Renowned development economist Deepak Lal draws on 50 years of experience around the globe to describe developing-country realities and rectify misguided notions about economic progress.
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