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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.
By phasing out futile federal efforts in education, taxpayers would regain control of billions of their hard-earned dollars every year. The effect of this financial windfall on American society would be significant: creating jobs, stimulating investment, and raising the overall standard of living.
Hoosiers Are Right to Be Wary about Common Core
By Neal McCluskey. Indy Star. April 30, 2013.
Keeping Low-income Students from Being Throwaway Kids
By Nat Hentoff. Cato.org. April 3, 2013.
Teachers and Education Reformers Bypass Individual Students
By Nat Hentoff. Cato.org. March 27, 2013.
The Impact of Charter Schools on Public and Private School Enrollments
By Richard Buddin. Policy Analysis No. 707. August 28, 2012.
Behind the Curtain: Assessing the Case for National Curriculum Standards
By Neal McCluskey. Policy Analysis No. 661. February 17, 2010.
The Poverty of Preschool Promises: Saving Children and Money with the Early Education Tax Credit
By Adam B. Schaeffer. Policy Analysis No. 641. August 3, 2009.
Did Expansion of the Pell Grant Program Lead to Tuition Hikes?
Neal McCluskey. CQ Researcher. Vol. 23. No. 3. January 18, 2013.
Coming Soon: The Federal Department of Standardized Minds
Neal McCluskey. Freeman. Vol. 61. No. 6. July 2011.
Comparing Public, Private, and Market Schools: The International Evidence
Andrew J. Coulson. Journal of School Choice. Vol. 3. 2009.
Sequestration Needed for Federal Education Programs
By Neal McCluskey. Testimony. July 25, 2012.
By Neal McCluskey. Testimony. June 20, 2011.
The Impact of Federal Involvement in America’s Classrooms
By Andrew J. Coulson. Testimony. February 10, 2011.
School Choice and Development: Evidence from the Edgewood Experiment
John Merrifield and Nathan L. Gray. Cato Journal. Winter 2013.
Chicago: Teachers Unions’ Last Stand?
Featuring Caleb O. Brown and Neal McCluskey. September 19, 2012. Sponsor E-Briefing.
40 Years of Title IX: Blessing, Curse, or Something in Between?
Featuring Neal McCluskey. June 20, 2012. Policy Forum.
National Education Standards: Hopeful Change or Hollow Promise?
Featuring Neal McCluskey and Adam B. Schaeffer. June 2, 2010. Policy Forum.
By Neal McCluskey and Chris Edwards. May 2009.
By Neal McCluskey. May 2009.
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