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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.
Clinton’s Budget: Return To Spender
By Stephen Moore. Investor’s Business Daily. February 4, 1998.
By Darcy Ann Olsen. Cato.org. February 2, 1998.
Huge Law Fees from Tobacco Lawsuits?
By Doug Bandow. Cato.org. January 27, 1998.
The Fabricated Crisis in Child Care
By Darcy Ann Olsen. Cato.org. November 7, 1997.
Forbes Is Wrong On Medical Marijuana
By Doug Bandow. Copley News Service. October 29, 1997.
When Victimhood Runs the System
By Doug Bandow. The New York Times. October 21, 1997.
The Tobacco Wars: Florida 1, Rule of Law 0
By Robert A. Levy. Cato.org. September 27, 1997.
Warning: The Tobacco Settlement Is Dangerous to Your Liberty
By Robert A. Levy. Cato.org. July 29, 1997.
By Doug Bandow. The Wall Street Journal. January 22, 1997.
The Pickpocket State vs. Tobacco
By Jerry Taylor. Cato.org. September 30, 1996.
Clinton’s Tobacco War: How High the Constitutional Price?
By Jerry Taylor. Cato.org. August 30, 1996.