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Featuring Frederick W. Smith, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, FedEx Corporation; Andrew Morriss, D. Paul Jones Jr. & Charlene A. Jones Chairholder in Law and Professor of Business, University of Alabama; and James L. Smith, Cary M. Maguire Chair in Oil and Gas Management, Southern Methodist University; moderated by Jerry Taylor, Senior Fellow, Cato Institute.
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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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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.
Media Fail Primary First Amendment Mission
By Nat Hentoff. Cato.org. April 10, 2013.
Why U.S. Can’t Deliver Women’s Rights to Afghanistan
By Malou Innocent. CNN.com. April 2, 2013.
The High Court’s Marriage Jitters
By Walter Olson. Daily News. March 27, 2013.
Marriage against the State: Toward a New View of Civil Marriage
By Jason Kuznicki. Policy Analysis No. 671. January 12, 2011.
The Federal Marriage Amendment: Unnecessary, Anti-Federalist, and Anti-Democratic
By Dale Carpenter. Policy Analysis No. 570. June 1, 2006.
Understanding Privacy — and the Real Threats to It
By Jim Harper. Policy Analysis No. 520. August 4, 2004.
The Beginning of the End of the Gay Marriage Debate
Ilya Shapiro. Engage. Vol. 14. No. 1. February 2013.
Discrimination, Affirmative Action, and Freedom: Sorting out the Issues
Roger Pilon. American University Law Review. Vol. 75. No. 45. 1996.
By Ilya Shapiro, Robert A. Levy, Roger Pilon, James Schindler & Sophie Cole. Legal Briefs. March 1, 2013.
By Ilya Shapiro, Robert A. Levy, Roger Pilon, James Schindler & Sophie Cole. Legal Briefs. February 28, 2013.
By Ilya Shapiro and Matt Gilliam. Legal Briefs. January 2, 2013.
Frederick Douglass: The Self-Made Man
Robert McDonald. Cato's Letter. Fall 2011.
After the Arguments: What’s Next for Marriage Equality?
Featuring Ilya Shapiro and Walter Olson. April 12, 2013. Capitol Hill Briefing.
Law, Politics, and Same-Sex Marriage
Featuring Ilya Shapiro and Walter Olson. March 27, 2013. Policy Forum.
Wounds That Will Not Heal: Affirmative Action and Our Continuing Racial Divide
Featuring John Samples. November 20, 2012. Book Forum.
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