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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.
Conspicuous Frugality: Is Cheap the New Cool?
By Dalibor Rohac. The Umlaut. April 24, 2013.
From Stagnation to Prosperity to Stagnation
By Richard W. Rahn. Washington Times. April 16, 2013.
Raising Minimum Wage Will Hurt More than Help
By Doug Bandow. Detroit News. April 9, 2013.
The Misuse of Top 1 Percent Income Shares as a Measure of Inequality
By Alan Reynolds. Working Paper No. 9. October 4, 2012.
The Negative Effects of Minimum Wage Laws
By Mark Wilson. Policy Analysis No. 701. June 21, 2012.
Herbert Hoover: Father of the New Deal
By Steven Horwitz. Briefing Paper No. 122. September 29, 2011.
The Case Against the Fiscal Stimulus
Jeffrey A. Miron. Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy. Vol. 33. No. 2. Spring 2010.
Milton Friedman: float or fix?
Steve H. Hanke. International Forecaster. September 2, 2008.
Sustainable Development: A Market-Liberal Vision
James A. Dorn. Electronic Journal of Sustainable Development. Vol. 1. No. 1. December, 2006.
The Power of Memory and Acknowledgment
Vladimir Bukovsky. Cato's Letter. Winter 2010.
Daniel Griswold. Cato's Letter. Spring 2005.
Bringing Capitalism to the Masses
Hernando de Soto. Cato's Letter. Summer 2004.
At the Brink: Will Obama Push Us Over the Edge?
Featuring John R. Lott, Jr. and David Boaz. April 19, 2013. Book Forum.
Taxes and Economic Growth: Understanding the Effects
Featuring Chris Edwards. February 15, 2013. Capitol Hill Briefing.
Conscious Capitalism: Liberating the Heroic Spirit of Business
Featuring Tucker Carlson. February 4, 2013. Book Forum.
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