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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.
By David B. Kopel and Ilya Shapiro. Legal Briefs. February 8, 2013.
The PPACA’s Health Insurance Exchanges and Medicaid Expansion
By Michael F. Cannon. Testimony. January 22, 2013.
The Illegal IRS Rule to Increase Taxes & Spending under ObamaCare
By Michael F. Cannon and Jonathan H. Adler. Testimony. August 2, 2012.
Challenges to U.S. Economic Recovery: Federal and State Spending
By Chris Edwards. Testimony. February 3, 2011.
The Need for Tax Reform and the Possibility of a Flat Tax for the District of Columbia
By Chris Edwards. Testimony. March 8, 2006.
Commerce and Consumer Protection Implications of Hurricane Katrina
By William A. Niskanen. Testimony. September 22, 2005.