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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.
Is the Fed Getting Too Much Credit for This Rally?
By Alan Reynolds. Barron’s. May 3, 2013.
Hyperinflation? No. Inflation? Yes.
By Steve H. Hanke. Globe Asia. March 25, 2013.
What’s the Trigger That Will Cause the Fed to Act?
By Henry G. Manne and Richard W. Rahn. Forbes. March 17, 2013.
Central Banks: Reform or Abolish?
By Gerald P. O’Driscoll Jr.. Working Paper No. 11. October 15, 2012.
Competition in Currency: The Potential for Private Money
By Thomas L. Hogan. Policy Analysis No. 698. May 23, 2012.
By George Selgin, William D. Lastrapes and Lawrence H. White. Working Paper No. 2. November 9, 2010.
Steve H. Hanke. The International Economy. Spring 2013.
Bretton Woods Transcripts Discovered
Jacques de Larosière and Steve H. Hanke. Swiss Derivatives Review. No. 51. Spring 2013.
Central Banks as Sources of Financial Instability
George Selgin. The Independent Review. Vol. 14. No. 10. Spring 2010.
Audit the Fed: Dodd-Frank, QE3, and Federal Reserve Transparency
By Mark A. Calabria. Testimony. October 4, 2011.
By Bert Ely. Testimony. May 11, 2011.
Some Reflections on Monetary Institutions and Exchange-Rate Regimes
By Steve H. Hanke. Testimony. January 3, 2000.
Policy Report. May/June 2013.
The Federal Reserve’s Unsound Policies
John A. Allison. Policy Report. May/June 2013.
Diminishing Quality of Fiscal Institutions in the United States and European Union
Thomas Grennes. Cato Journal. Winter 2013.
Third Annual Cato Papers on Public Policy Conference
Featuring Jeffrey A. Miron. June 6, 2013, June 7, 2013. Conference.
The Federal Reserve, the Centennial Monetary Commission, and the Sound Dollar Act
Featuring Rep. Kevin Brady and Mark A. Calabria. May 16, 2013. Policy Forum.
Constitutional Money: A Review of the Supreme Court’s Monetary Decisions
Featuring Steve H. Hanke, James A. Dorn, Richard H. Timberlake Jr. & George Selgin. April 24, 2013. Book Forum.
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