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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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More Bang for Your Buck
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.
How Privacy Regulation Will Chill Commerce
By Solveig Singleton. Cato.org. December 13, 1999.
To Do Their Jobs, Drug Makers And Cost-Cutters Need Access To Our Health Data
By Solveig Singleton. Bridge News. October 29, 1999.
A Call That Needs To Go Through… MCI WorldCom-Sprint
By Solveig Singleton. Bridge News. October 13, 1999.
Four Pillars Down, Thousands to Go
By Solveig Singleton. Cato.org. September 22, 1999.
By Solveig Singleton. Cato.org. August 16, 1999.
Self-Regulation: Regulatory Fad or Market Forces?
By Solveig Singleton. Cato.org. August 7, 1999.
Private Mail Boxes and the Right to Privacy
By Edward L. Hudgins. Cato.org. June 24, 1999.
Know Your Customer: Know Your Comrade
By Solveig Singleton. Cato.org. February 4, 1999.
Can You Trust the Ministry of Privacy?
By Solveig Singleton. Cato.org. August 26, 1998.
When You Call, Who Is Listening?
By David B. Kopel. Cato.org. July 9, 1998.
‘Deadbeat Dad’ Database Endangers Everyone
By Doug Bandow. Investor’s Business Daily. April 30, 1998.
By Solveig Singleton. Cato.org. November 25, 1997.
By Solveig Singleton. Cato.org. November 4, 1997.
The National ID Card: It’s Baaack!
By Stephen Moore. Cato.org. September 23, 1997.
By Solveig Bernstein. Cato.org. August 6, 1997.
Democracy Betrayed Means New Wiretapping Powers
By Solveig Bernstein. Cato.org. October 2, 1996.
The U.S. Government’s Encryption Policy Dodge
By Solveig Bernstein. Cato.org. September 11, 1996.