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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.
By Peter Van Doren and Jerry Taylor. National Review. February 25, 2013.
Is Clean Energy an Impossible Dream?
By Peter Van Doren and Jerry Taylor. Huffington Post. February 1, 2013.
The Keystone XL Objections Wither Away
By Paul C. “Chip” Knappenberger. The Wall Street Journal. January 24, 2013.
By Scott Lincicome. Free Trade Bulletin No. 50. February 21, 2013.
Humanity Unbound: How Fossil Fuels Saved Humanity from Nature and Nature from Humanity
By Indur M. Goklany. Policy Analysis No. 715. December 19, 2012.
By Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren. Working Paper No. 10. October 11, 2012.
Jerry Taylor and Harry de Gorter. Future Science. Vol. 2. No. 1. 2011.
An Economic Critique of Corn-Ethanol Subsidies
Jerry Taylor. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis: Regional Economic Development. Vol. 5. No. 1. 2009.
Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren. The Georgetown Journal of Law & Public Policy. Vol. 6. No. 2. Summer 2008.
Panel Testimony on H.R. 1719 and H.R. 2915
By Robert J. Michaels. Testimony. September 22, 2011.
American Electric Power Co. v. Connecticut
By Ilya Shapiro. Legal Briefs. February 7, 2011.
Energy Efficiency: Can Tax Incentives Reduce Consumption?
By Chris Edwards. Testimony. May 24, 2007.
Providing Access to Electricity for the Unserved: A Free-Market Solution
Paul Ballonoff. Cato Journal. Winter 2013.
The Impact of Cartel Behavior on Global Oil Prices and the Challenge to Free Markets
Featuring Jerry Taylor. April 25, 2013. Policy Forum.
EPA’s Shaky “Endangerment Finding”
Featuring Patrick J. Michaels. March 7, 2013. Capitol Hill Briefing.
Gasoline Prices: Who’s to Blame and What to Do?
Featuring Jerry Taylor and Caleb O. Brown. May 18, 2012. Sponsor E-Briefing.
By Chris Edwards. February 2009.
By Peter Van Doren and Jerry Taylor. February 2009.
A Brief History of Energy Regulations
By Peter Van Doren. February 2009.
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