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Cato Handbook on Policy, 6th Edition (2005)

Contents
(All files are in Adobe Acrobat PDF format.)

Cato Handbook for Congress
  1. Introduction (8 pp, 99 kb)


  2. Limited Government and the Rule of Law (10 pp, 116Kb)


  3. Congress, the Courts, and the Constitution (26 pp, 185 kb)

Entitlement Reform

  1. Social Security (12 pp, 156 kb)


  2. Federal Welfare Reform (8 pp, 106 kb)


  3. State Welfare Implementation (8 pp, 122 kb)


  4. Health Care (12 pp, 135 kb)


  5. Medicare and Medicaid (10 pp, 116 kb)


Taxes and Spending

  1. The Federal Budget (18 pp, 142 kb)


  2. "Starving the Beast"’ Will Not Work (4 pp, 130 kb)


  3. Federal Tax Reform (14 pp, 156 kb)


  4. Fiscal Federalism (10 pp, 124 kb)


  5. International Tax Competition (8 pp, 125 kb)


Government Reform

  1. The Delegation of Legislative Powers (12 pp, 126 kb)


  2. Term Limits (10 pp, 111 kb)


  3. Campaign Finance (10 pp, 116 kb)


  4. Reclaiming the War Power (8 pp, 108 kb)


  5. Tort and Class Action Reform (8 pp, 108 kb)


Threats to Civil Liberties

  1. The Patriot Act (8 pp, 105 kb)


  2. Militarization of the Home Front (11 pp, 109 kb)


  3. Regulation of Electronic Speech and Commerce (12 pp, 121 kb)


  4. Property Rights and Regulatory Takings (18 pp, 155 kb)


  5. Tobacco and the Rule of Law (10 pp, 112 kb)


  6. The War on Drugs (8 pp, 108 kb)


  7. Restoring the Right to Bear Arms (8 pp, 117 kb)


  8. The Nanny State (6 pp, 98 kb)


  9. National ID Cards (6 pp, 87 kb)


Domestic Policy

  1. U.S. Department of Education (10 pp, 126 kb)


  2. Higher Education (8 pp, 136 kb)


  3. Improving K–12 Education (12 pp, 161 kb)


  4. Agricultural Policy (6 pp, 99 kb)


  5. Cultural Agencies (8 pp, 108 kb)


  6. Privatization (8 pp, 123 kb)


  7. Corporate Welfare (8 pp, 135 kb)


  8. State Fiscal Policy (12 pp, 131 kb)


  9. Federal Highway Programs (10 pp, 124 kb)


Regulation

  1. Health and Safety (12 pp, 397 kb)


  2. Transportation (10 pp, 128 kb)


  3. Antitrust (8 pp, 105 kb)


  4. Food and Drug Administration (6 pp, 98 kb)


  5. Telecommunications, Broadband, and Media Policy (18 pp, 172 kb)


  6. The Limits of Monetary Policy (10 pp, 124 kb)


  7. Major Policy Lessons from the Corporate Scandals (6 pp, 112 kb)


Energy and Environment

  1. Electricity Policy (12 pp, 116 kb)


  2. Energy Policy (12 pp, 121 kb)


  3. Pollution Policy (12 pp, 139 kb)


  4. Public Lands Policy (10 pp, 113 kb)


  5. Global Warming and Climate Change (12 pp, 5121 kb)


Foreign and Defense Policy

  1. Dismantling Al Qaeda (10 pp, 110 kb)


  2. Homeland Security (10 pp, 124 kb)


  3. The Defense Budget (12 pp, 131 kb)


  4. Strategic Nuclear Forces and Missile Defense (8 pp, 121 kb)


  5. Transatlantic Relations (8 pp, 107 kb)


  6. Nuclear Proliferation and the Terrorist Threat (12 pp, 132 kb)


  7. Strengthening the All-Volunteer Military (10 pp, 116 kb)


  8. Toward a Sensible U.S. Policy in the Middle East (10 pp, 114 kb)


  9. Iraq and the Persian Gulf: Getting Out, Staying Engaged (8 pp, 108 kb)


  10. East Asian Defense Commitments (10 pp, 113 kb)


  11. Relations with South and Central Asia (10 pp, 114 kb)


  12. The International War on Drugs (8 pp, 108 kb)


  13. Relations with China (10 pp, 135 kb)


  14. Relations with Russia (10 pp, 112 kb)


  15. Relations with Cuba (10 pp, 116 kb)


International Economic Policy

  1. Trade (12 pp, 133 kb)


  2. Immigration (12 pp, 133 kb)


  3. International Financial Crises and the IMF (10 pp, 117 kb)


  4. U.S. Policy toward Latin America (8 pp, 106 kb)


  5. Foreign Aid and Economic Development (14 pp, 130 kb)


  6. U.S. Policy toward Sub-Saharan Africa (8 pp, 146 kb)