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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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More Bang for Your Buck
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.
Interstate Banking: The Reform That Won’t Go Away
By Steven Horwitz and George Selgin. Policy Analysis No. 97. December 15, 1987.
Nonbank Banks Are Not the Problem
By Catherine England. Policy Analysis No. 85. April 28, 1987.
A Step Toward Feudalism: The Chrysler Bailout
By David R. Henderson. Policy Analysis No. -4. January 15, 1980.