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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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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.
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.
Venezuela: On the Death of Chávez and the Ailing Bolivar
By Steve H. Hanke. Huffington Post. March 12, 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.
Diminishing Quality of Fiscal Institutions in the United States and European Union
Thomas Grennes. Cato Journal. Winter 2013.
The Real Causes of the Financial Crisis
John A. Allison. Cato's Letter. Winter 2012.
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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