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Featuring Benjamin H. Friedman, Research Fellow in Defense and Homeland Security Studies, Cato Institute; Spencer Ackerman, Senior Writer, WIRED Magazine; and Julian Sanchez, Research Fellow, Cato Institute; moderated by Laura Odato, Director of Government Affairs, Cato Institute.
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The rise in federal spending is causing an unprecedented real-estate surge in Washington.
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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.
April 23, 2010
Featuring Jim Harper, Director of Information Policy Studies, Cato Institute; and Christopher Calabrese, Legislative Counsel, American Civil Liberties Union.
August 14, 2009
Featuring Peter Dixon, Principal Researcher, Centre of Policy Studies, Faculty of Business and Economics, Monash University (Australia); and Daniel Griswold, Director, Center for Trade Policy Studies, Cato Institute.
June 18, 2008
Featuring the author, Jason L. Riley, Wall Street Journal Editorial Board, with comments by Michael Barone, U.S. News & World Report. Moderated by Daniel Griswold, Cato Institute.
April 17, 2008
Featuring Senator Judd Gregg (R-NH) and Daniel Griswold, Director, Center for Trade Policy Studies, Cato Institute.
September 12, 2007
Featuring the author, Philippe Legrain, with comments by Stuart Anderson, National Foundation for American Policy.
August 1, 2006
Featuring The Hon. Carlos Gutierrez, Secretary of Commerce.