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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.
What Are the Lessons from Post-Communist Transitions?
By Dalibor Rohac. Economic Affairs. Vol. 33. No. 1. February 6, 2013.
From Fighting the Drug War to Protecting the Right to Use Drugs: Recognizing a Forgotten Liberty
By Doug Bandow. Towards a Worldwide Index of Human Freedom. 2013.
An Index of Freedom in the World
By Ian Vásquez and Tanja Štumberger. Towards a Worldwide Index of Human Freedom. 2013.
Economic Transitions: Learning from Central Europe
By Dalibor Rohac. Hoover Institution Policy Review. Vol. 175. October 2, 2012.
GDP and its Enemies: the Questionable Search for a Happiness Index
By Johan Norberg. Centre for European Studies: Policy Brief. September 2010.
Peter Bauer: Blazing the Trail of Development
By Ian Vásquez. Econ Journal Watch. Vol. 4. No. 2. May 2007.
A Comment on Abhijit Banerjee’s Views on Making Aid Work
By Ian Vásquez. Boston Review. July 2006.
The Central Role of Economic Freedom in Democracy
By Ian Vásquez. Issues of Democracy. December 2005.