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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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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.
Why in the World Are We All Keynesians Again? The Flimsy Case for Stimulus Spending
By Andrew T. Young. Policy Analysis No. 721. February 14, 2013.
Spending Beyond Our Means: How We Are Bankrupting Future Generations
By Jagadeesh Gokhale. White Paper. February 13, 2013.
Infrastructure Investment: A State, Local, and Private Responsibility
By Chris Edwards. Tax and Budget Bulletin No. 67. January 18, 2013.
Should U.S. Fiscal Policy Address Slow Growth or the Debt? A Nondilemma
By Jeffrey A. Miron. Policy Analysis No. 718. January 8, 2013.
Fiscal and Generational Imbalances and Generational Accounts: A 2012 Update
By Jagadeesh Gokhale. Working Paper No. 12. November 13, 2012.
Economic Effects of Reductions in Defense Outlays
By Benjamin Zycher. Policy Analysis No. 706. August 8, 2012.
Corporate Welfare in the Federal Budget
By Tad DeHaven. Policy Analysis No. 703. July 25, 2012.
The American Welfare State: How We Spend Nearly $1 Trillion a Year Fighting Poverty—And Fail
By Michael D. Tanner. Policy Analysis No. 694. April 11, 2012.
The New “Supercommittee”: An “Optimistic” View
By Jared Lobdell, Ph.D.. Working Paper No. 7. November 16, 2011.
Herbert Hoover: Father of the New Deal
By Steven Horwitz. Briefing Paper No. 122. September 29, 2011.
Bankrupt: Entitlements and the Federal Budget
By Michael D. Tanner. Policy Analysis No. 673. March 28, 2011.
Federal Aid-to-State Programs Top 1,100
By Chris Edwards. Tax and Budget Bulletin No. 63. February 9, 2011.
Congress Should Account for the Excess Burden of Taxation
By Christopher J. Conover. Policy Analysis No. 669. October 13, 2010.
The Budgetary Impact of Ending Drug Prohibition
By Jeffrey A. Miron and Katherine Waldock. White Paper. September 27, 2010.
Budgetary Savings from Military Restraint
By Benjamin H. Friedman and Christopher A. Preble. Policy Analysis No. 667. September 21, 2010.
Lawless Policy: TARP as Congressional Failure
By John Samples. Policy Analysis No. 660. February 4, 2010.
National Academy Fiscal Future Report
By Chris Edwards. Tax and Budget Bulletin No. 60. January 1, 2010.
Will Federal Health Legislation Cause the Deficit to Soar?
By Daniel J. Mitchell. Tax and Budget Bulletin No. 58. November 1, 2009.
Number of Federal Subsidy Programs Tops 1,800
By Chris Edwards. Tax and Budget Bulletin No. 56. April 1, 2009.
Obama’s Budget Builds on Bush Precedents
By Chris Edwards. Tax and Budget Bulletin No. 55. March 1, 2009.
By Daniel J. Mitchell. Tax and Budget Bulletin No. 53. February 1, 2009.
Deficit Spending: A Scenario Analysis
By Arnold Kling. Tax and Budget Bulletin No. 54. February 1, 2009.
The Troubling Return of Keynesianism
By Ike Brannon and Chris Edwards. Tax and Budget Bulletin No. 52. January 1, 2009.
Sinking SCHIP: A First Step toward Stopping the Growth of Government Health Programs
By Michael F. Cannon. Briefing Paper No. 99. September 13, 2007.
By Chris Edwards. Tax and Budget Bulletin No. 47. July 1, 2007.