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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.
By Juan Carlos Hidalgo. New York Post. March 6, 2013.
By Dalibor Rohac. Washington Times. February 28, 2013.
By Richard W. Rahn. Washington Times. February 12, 2013.
Needed: An Exit Policy for Bad Businessmen
By Swaminathan S. Anklesaria Aiyar. Times of India. January 6, 2013.
By Doug Bandow. American Spectator (Online). December 31, 2012.
Indivisible Liberty: Personal, Political, and Economic
By Doug Bandow. Foundation for Economic Education. November 27, 2012.
America’s Vanishing Economic Freedom
By Michael D. Tanner. National Review (Online). September 19, 2012.
By James D. Gwartney, Robert A. Lawson and Joshua Hall. Philadelphia Inquirer. September 18, 2012.
By Richard W. Rahn. Washington Times. September 18, 2012.
By Steve H. Hanke. Globe Asia. September 14, 2012.
China’s Challenge: Balancing State and Market
By James A. Dorn. Asia Times Online. August 24, 2012.
The U.S. And China: Seeking Cooperation, But Finding Confrontation
By Doug Bandow. Forbes. May 7, 2012.
European Project’s Contradictory Nature Ensures Its Failure
By Alberto Mingardi. Investors.com. May 7, 2012.
China’s Dilemma: Power vs Freedom
By James A. Dorn. Asia Times Online. April 24, 2012.
Mao Yushi Wins the Cato Institute’s 2012 Milton Friedman Prize for Advancing Liberty
By James A. Dorn. Forbes.com. April 5, 2012.
By Richard W. Rahn. Washington Times. March 20, 2012.
Intellectual And Policy Corruption
By Richard W. Rahn. Washington Times. February 6, 2012.
Economic Freedom Must Accompany Democracy in Egypt
By Marian L. Tupy. Daily Caller. February 3, 2012.
By Deepak Lal. Business Standard. November 22, 2011.
Economic Freedom of the World: Lessons for the U.S.
By James D. Gwartney, Robert A. Lawson and Joshua Hall. Huffington Post. September 25, 2011.
For Global Health, China Must Liberalize
By James A. Dorn. Investor’s Business Daily. August 19, 2011.
By Swaminathan S. Anklesaria Aiyar. Economic Times (India). May 11, 2011.
By James A. Dorn. Diplomat. April 1, 2011.
By Swaminathan S. Anklesaria Aiyar. Economic Times (India). March 16, 2011.
By Richard W. Rahn. Washington Times. January 4, 2011.