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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.
A spirited defense of free trade which tells the underreported story of how a more global U.S. economy has created better jobs and higher living standards for American workers.
An inspiring journey into the lives of families and teachers in the poorest communities of India, Africa, and China who have successfully created their own private schools in response to failed public education.
A guide to how human well-being has steadily improved with economic growth, technological change, and free trade combining to power a “cycle of progress” that has led to unprecedented improvements in human well-being.
Simple, pro-growth advice for developing economies.
On-the-ground reporting of the real effects of globalization.
How government land reform harms the rural poor.
The keys to economic growth in developing countries.
A brilliant Oxford scholar takes a skeptical look at environmentalism.
How monetary instability endangers market liberalism.
The dismal legacy and false promise of multilateral aid.
How countries get rich — or stay poor.
The horrors of white — and black — neocolonialism.