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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.
Cato Papers on Public Policy: Second Annual Volume
Policy Report. March/April 2013.
Policy Report. March/April 2013.
Saving the Soul of Classical Liberalism
James M. Buchanan (1919 - 2013). Policy Report. March/April 2013.
The Case for Polarized Politics: Why America Needs Social Conservatism
David Lampo. Cato Journal. Winter 2013.
Knowledge and Cooperation: A Liberal Interpretation
Richard L. Gordon. Cato Journal. Winter 2013.
The Origins of State and Government
Tom G. Palmer. Cato's Letter. Fall 2012.
The Power of Principled Leadership
Gov. Chris Christie (R-NJ). Cato's Letter. Summer 2012.
C. Bradley Thompson. Cato's Letter. Summer 2011.
Mark Pennington. Cato's Letter. Spring 2011.
The Courage to Change the World
Gov. Mark Sanford. Cato's Letter. Winter 2009.
From Limited Government to Leviathan
Roger Pilon. Cato's Letter. Winter 2006.
Bipartisan Big Government in Washington
David Boaz. Cato's Letter. Fall 2004.
The Purpose and Limits of Government
Roger Pilon. Cato's Letters. Spring 1999.
The Rise of Government and the Decline of Morality
James A. Dorn. Cato's Letters. Spring 1996.